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Introduced from Mexico at an early date in colonial history, now widely 

 distributed in the Philippines, in some provinces extensively grown for its 

 fiber. Pantropic. 



Local names: magei (all dialects); pita (C. Bis.). 



AGAVE SI SAL AN A Perrine ex Engelm. in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3 

 (1875) 314; Berger Agav. (1915) 230. /. 66. 

 Introduced in the early part of the present century, and now widely 

 planted for its fiber. A native of tropical America. Sisal. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Agave mexicana Lam.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 253. 

 10. CURCULIGO Gaertner 



CURCULIGO AGUSANENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1645. 



Luzon (Sorsogon), Mindanao (Zamboanga, Agusan), Elmer 13584, 

 17005, B. S. 36910 Ramos & Edano. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Kuyabang (Sub.); pagatpat (Mbo.) ; tayabong (Sub.). 



CURCULIGO BREVIPEDUNCULATA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 

 1647. 

 Palawan, Balabac, Panay, Elmer 131 6^^, Merrill 5373, Phil. PI. 1318, B. S. 

 32576 McGregor. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



CURCULIGO CAPITULATA (Lour.) 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 703; 

 Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 142. 

 Leucojum, capitulatum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 199. 

 Curculigo recurvata Dry. in Ait. Hort. Kew ed. 2, 2 (1811) 253; 

 Naves Novis. App. (1880) 253; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 401; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1645. 

 Batan Islands, Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon, Bili- 

 ran, Leyte, Panay, Siargao, Mindanao), Merrill 9670, Phil. PI. 8U7, Elmer 

 6202, 7771, 18196, Williams 1150, B. S. 35389 Ramos & Edano, 31962 Santos, 

 15299, 23571 Ramos, 18867 McGregor, H006 Robinson, F. B. ^893 Curran. 

 In thickets and forests, chiefly at medium altitudes, ascending to 1,800 m. 

 India to southern China through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Abang-abang (Bik.) ; atukgan (Ig.) ; katuagan (Ig.) ; 

 talauangit (Bag.); tayubang (Bon.); tokan (Ig.) ; tolabang (If.). 



CURCULIGO GLABRA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 267; 

 C. B. Rob. op. cit. 6 (1911) Bot. 196; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 

 (1913) 1645. 

 Luzon (Sorsogon), Polillo, Alabat, Mindoro, Merrill 5750, 10H9, Elmer 

 H990, B. S. 10366 McGregor. In primary forests at low and medium alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) 63, t. 16; Ehn. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1645; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 100. 

 Gethyllis acaulis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 260; ed. 2 (1845) 181, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 324. 



