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ALOCASIA SAN DERI AN A Bull. Cat. (1894) 8, fig.; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 132; Engl. & Krause Pflanzenreich 71 (1920) 104. 

 Schizocasia sanderiana Engl, in Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 26. 



Mindanao (Misamis, Agusan), Merrill 7276, F. B. 4762 Mearns & Hut- 

 chinson. In damp primary forests at low altitudes. A very beautiful 

 species common in greenhouse cultivation in Europe and America. 

 Endemic. 



ALOCASIA SINUATA N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. (1885) 678; Engl. & 

 Krause Pflanzenreich 71 (1920) 102. 



This was described from cultivated specimens supposedly of Philippine 

 origin; Merrill 9568 from Palawan possibly represents it. Endemic. 



ALOCASIA WENZELII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 2. 



Biliran, Samar, Leyte, Mindanao (Agusan), Wenzel 97, B. S. 24266 

 Ramos, 18929 McGregor, F. B. 7615 Hutchinson. In forests at low alti- 

 tudes; perhaps a gigantic form of A. zehrina C. Koch & Veitch. Endemic. 



Local name: Handuroi (S. L. Bis.). 



ALOCASIA ZEBRINA C. Koch & Veitch in Wochenschr. Gartn. Pflan- 



zenk. 6 (1863) 331, Fl. des Serres 15: t. 1541; Naves Novis. App. 



(1882) 294; Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 507; Merr. 



Fl. Manila (1912) 133; Engl. & Krause Pflanzenreich 71 (1920) 



105. 



Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Whitford 645, Elmer 17790, 14911, 



B. S. 6731 Robinson. In primary forests at low and medium altitudes. 



Endemic. 



Local name: Badiang (Bik.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Alocasia alba Schott; iNaves Novis. App. (1882) 293. 

 Alocasia cucullata Schott; Naves 1. c 

 Alocasia longiloba Miq.; Naves op. cit. 294. 

 Alocasia lowii Hook, f . ; Naves 1. c. 

 Alocasia Montana Schott; Naves op. cit. 293. 

 Alocasia odora C. Koch; Naves op. cit. 294. 

 Alocasia pubera Schott; Naves op. cit. 293. 



16. COLOCASIA Schott 



COLOCASIA ESCULENTUM (Linn.) Schott Melet. 1 (1832) 18; Merr. 



Fl. Manila (1912) 134, Interpret Herb. Amb. (1917) 131, Sp. 



Blancoanae (1918) 92. 

 Arum esculentum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 965. 

 Arum colocasia Linn. 1. c. 

 Colocasia antiquorum Schott Melet. 1 (1832) 18, Naves Novis. App. 



(1882) 292; Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 491; Hook. f. 



in Curtis's Bot. Mag. Ill 50 (1894) t. 7364; Engl. & Krause in 



Engl. Pflanzenreich 71 (1920) 65. 



