180 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1922 



AMORPHOPHALLUS MERRILLII Krause in Notizbl. Kgl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 

 5 (1912) 266. 



Panay (Batbatan Island), Cavilli, Merrill 7177, McGregor. Abundant 

 in primary forests on Cavilli, a small island in Sulu Sea. Endemic. 



AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI Durieu Cat. Jard. Bordeaux (1869) 12, var. 



KONJAC (C. Koch) Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 313, Pflan- 



zenreich 48 (1911) 85. 



Amorphophallus konjac C. Koch in Berl. Allg. Gartenz. (1858) 166. 



Luzon (Rizal, Bataan, Laguna), Mindoro, Palawan, Balabac, Panay, 



Mindanao, McGregor 274, Elmer 18185, Merrill 9419, Whiford 1338, F. B. 



17649 Curran, B. S. 26211 Ramos, 15641 Fenix. In thickets and forests at 



low altitudes. Indo-China, Japan. 



Local names: Bulang-an (Mang.) ; pungapung (Tag.). 



AMORPHOPHALLUS VARIABILIS Blume in Rumphia 1 (1835) 146, t. 

 35, 37; Kunth Enum. 3 (1841) 33; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 

 200; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 290; Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 

 2 (1879) 313, Pflanzenreich 48 (1911) 80; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. 

 Veg. (1895) 130. 



Luzon (Union), Mindanao (Davao), Basilan, Copeland 1264, B. S. 

 15444 Reillo, 9999 Robinson. In light forests at low altitudes. Java. 

 Local name: Bagong (Bag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Amorphophallus bulbifer Blume; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 290. 

 Amorphophallus dubius Blume; Naves op. cit. 289. 

 Amorphophallus giganteus Blume; Naves op. cit. 290. 

 Amorphophallus titanum Becc; Naves op. cit. 289. 

 Amorphophallus tuberculigera Schott; Naves 1. c. 



12. HOMALOMENA Schott 



HOMALOMENA ELMERI Engl, ex Engl. & Krause in Pflanzenreich 55 

 (1912) 42. 

 Palawan, Elmer 13229, F. B. 21586 Danao. In forests along streams at 

 low altitudes; scarcely distinct from H. palawanensis Engl. & Krause. 

 Endemic. 



HOMALOMENA PALAWAN ENSIS Engl, ex EngL & Krause in Pflan- 

 zenreich 55 (1912) 39, /. 19. 

 Palawan, B. S. 912 Foxworthy. Margins of pools at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



HOMALOMENA PHILIPPIN ENSIS Engl, ex Engl. & Krause in Pflan- 

 zenreich 55 (1912) 55, /. 33. 

 Homalomena rubescens Kunth var. latifolia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 55 

 (1898) IS. 



