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Local names: Abod (Bis.) ; abur (Bis.) ; dausum (Bis.) ; katangal (Bis.) ; 

 kosol (Bis.) ; panabor (Bis.) ; taliunud (Bik.) ; talaonor (Bis.) ; tambal 

 (Tag.) ; tanual (Bis.). 



6. PANCRATIUM Linnaeus 



PANCRATIUM ZEYLANICUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 290; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 253, ed. 2 (1845) 177, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 317, t. 321; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1880) 256; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 148, Sp. Blanco- 

 anae (1918) 99. 

 Luzon (Union, Camarines), Palawan, Biliran, Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 

 S78, B. S. 1853Jf McGregor, 881 Foxworthy. In coconut and abaca planta- 

 tions, thickets, etc., sometimes planted. Certainly not a native of the 

 Philippines. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Baoang-baoang (Bis.) ; hagobaoa (Bis.) ; katongal (Tag.). 



EXCLXJDED SPECIES 



Pancratium malabathricum Herb.; Naves Novis.' App. (1880) 256. 



7. HIPPEASTRUM Herbert 



HIPPEASTRUM MINIATUM Herb. Amaryll. Suppl. (1837) 31; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1880) 255; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 99. 

 Amaryllis atamasco Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 254, ed. 2 (1845) 178, 

 ed. 3, 1 (1877) 319, t. 359; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 

 (1905) 85, non Linn. 

 Luzon (Union, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas), Panay, Mindanao, Siassi, 

 Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 10Jf8, EVmer 17Jf38h. Introduced and planted for 

 ornamental purposes, but more or less naturalized in coconut groves, etc. 

 A native of tropical America. 

 Local name: Lirio (Tag.). 



8. POLIANTHES Linnaeus 



POLIANTHES TUBEROSA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 316; Blanco FL Filip. 



(1837) 259, ed. 2 (1845) 181, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 323; Naves Novis. 



App. (1880) 254; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 



85, FL Manila (1912) 146, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 99. 



Cultivated for its fragrant flowers but nowhere naturalized. A native of 



tropical America. Tuberose. 



Local names: Azucena (Sp.) ; nardo (C. Bis.). 



9. AGAVE Linnaeus 



AGAVE CANTALA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 25; Berger Agav. (1915) 

 236; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 144, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 99. 



Furcraea cantala Haw. Syn. PI. Succul. Suppl. (1819) 42. 



Agave cantula Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 167; Naves Novis. 

 App. (1880) 253; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 146. 



Agave americana Blanco FL Filip. (1837) 258, ed. 2 (1845) 180, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 322, t. 96; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 253; Merr. in 

 Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 23; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. 

 Veg. (1905) 129, non Linn. 



