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those of tropical Asia and Malaya. Quisumbing, Phil. Agr. Review 12* 

 (1919) 1-73 t. ISO, described and figured a number of varieties from extra- 

 Philippine plants, cultivated at Los Baiios, which have not been included 

 in this enumeration. They are Musa sapientum Linn. var. gladiata Quis., 

 origin unknown; var. oanga Quis., from New Guinea; var. klum Quia., 

 from India; var. misi Quis., from Samoa; var. saloor Quis., from Borneo; 

 var. chuntara Quis., from Siam; var. pop Quis., from Borneo; var. maori 

 Quis., from Raratonga; var. sicsec Quis., from New Guinea; var. languma 

 Quis., from New Guinea; var. radja Quis., from Java {=Musa regia 

 Rumph. !) ; var. nam Quis., apparently from Indo-China; var. yanaikonban 

 Quis., from India; var. rachidis Quis., from the Malay Peninsula; var. 

 cochinchinensis Quis., from Indo-China {=Musa odorata Lour.!); var. 

 katali Quis., from India; var. khai Quis., from Siam; var. krie Quis., 

 origin unknown; var. yan Quis., origin unknown; var. hazard Quis., from 

 India ; var. maduranga Quis., from India ; Musa paradisiaca Linn. var. enosa 

 Quis., from Java {=Musa comiculata Rumph.!); and var. tiparot Quis., 

 origin unknown. 



Var. MAGNA Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 244, ed. 2 (1845) 171, ed. 3, 1 

 (1877) 307; Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 413; 

 Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 108; Quis. in Philip. Agr. Review 

 12" (1919) 67, t. 12, f. 212, 213. 



Planted here and there for its fruit. Endemic? 



Local name: Tundok (Tag.). 



Var. MAXIMA Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 245, ed. 2 (1845) 171, ed. 3, 1 

 (1877) 308; Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 414 j 

 Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 109. 

 Planted here and there for its fruit, Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 920. En- 

 demic? 



Local names: Batabia (Tag.); matabia (Tag.). 



Var. SUBRUBEA Blanco FL Filip. (1837) 245, ed. 2 (1845) 171, ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 307; Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 414, 

 t. 16, f. 1-5; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 109. 



Planted here and there. Endemic? 



Teodoro's figure and description were apparently based on material of 

 Cuban origin and hence may well not represent the form Blanco described. 



MUSA SAPIENTUM Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1303; Teodoro in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 393. 

 Musa paradisiaca Linn, subsp. sapientum O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 1 

 (1892) 692; K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 1 (1900) 20. 



The bananas, distinguishable from the plantains {Musa paradisiaca) 

 chiefly in the consistency and characters of the mature fruits. A number 

 of forms are found in the Philippines in cultivation, many in all probability 

 introduced from other parts of Malaya and from tropical Asia. 



Var. ANGAO Quis. in Philip. Agr. Review 12' (1919) 58, t. 5, f. 30; t. 



7, f. 69; t. 9, f. 126; t. 11, f. 192, 193; t. 26, f. 2. 



Mindanao (Misamis). Cultivated at Los Bafios. 

 Local name: Angau (C. Bis.). 



