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CALAMUS USITATUS Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 265, ed. 2 (1845) 185, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 330, t. 9,9 (as C. mollis); Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 

 (1849) 340; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1855) 131; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 

 (1883) 42, t. 93, f. D; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 85; Brown & 

 Merr. in Philip. Bur. Forestry Bull. 18 (1919) t. 11, 12. 



Calamus mollis Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 99; 

 Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 280; Becc. in Rec. Bot. Surv. 

 India 2 (1902) 204, Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 46, Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calcutta 11 (1908) 82, 212, t. 61, 62, Webbia 1 (1905) 345, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 342, 14 (1919) 348, Lean. Philip. 

 Bot. 8 (1919) 3046; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 

 88, Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 399, Fl. Manila (1912) 124, 

 non Blanco. * 



Calamus haenkeanus Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3 (1849) 337; Kunth 

 Enum. 3 (1841) 211; Walp. Ann. 2 (1852) 488, 5 1858) 831; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1855) 127; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 275. 



Batan and Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Apayao, 

 Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Zambales, Laguna, 

 Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon), Palawan, Biliran, Samar, Mindanao (Suri- 

 gao), Elmer 11969, 17052, 17727, 18201,, Merrill 7407, 1642, 1743, 1411, 2077, 

 Williams 561, B. S. 28131 Fenix, 11218, 1863k McGregor, 9571 Robinson, 

 4032 Fenix, 381 Ramos, F. B. 23981 Maneja, 24536 Aguilar, 17034, 5957, 

 G297, 5982, 6338, 17273, 8489 Curran, 2480, 2481, 3026 Borden, 24195 Bawan, 

 25102 Paraiso. In secondary forests and thickets at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Abet (Tag.) ; abit (Tag.) ; arit (Bag.) ; babuyan (Sbl.) ; 

 balit (Ilk.) ; bari (Ibn.) ; barit (Ibn., Ilk.) ; digtan (Tag.) ; hanapas (Bik.) ; 

 kakalsan (Tag.) ; pagipe (C. Bis.) ; ritoko (Ting.) ; tindarora (Bik.) ; 

 tandulang-parang (Tag.) ; tagaloa (S. L. Bis.) ; tagokan (P. Bis.) ; tololang- 

 lutukan (Tag.) ; uei (Pang.) ; uai (Tag., Ilk.) ; uhoi (Tagb.) ; valet (Iv.) ; 

 yantok (Tag., Sbl.). 



Var. MAJOR (Becc.) comb. nov. 



Calamus mollis var. major Becc. in Webbia 1 (1905) 345, Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 349. 

 Luzon (Bataan), F. B. 24.99 Meyer, Whitford 80. In forests at low 

 altitudes. 



Local name: Uai (Tag.). 



Var. PALAWAN ICUS (Becc.) comb. nov. 



Calamus mollis var. palawanicus Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 233, 14 (1919) 345, Lean. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3047. 

 Palawan, Elmer 12607, F. B. 3613 Curran, B. S. 609 Foxworthy, 191, 196 

 Bermejos. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



CALAMUS VI DALIAN US Becc. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 2 (1902) 212, 

 Webbia 1 (1905) 350, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 11 (1908) 115, 

 464, t. 211, Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 634. 

 Calamus horrens Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 280; Ceron Cat. 

 PI. Herb. Manila (1902) 175, non Blume. 



