Vo1 - x ARACEAE 187 



Calla gaby Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 659. 



Caladium esculentum Vent. Jard. Cels. (1800) sub. t. 30; Blanco 



Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 459, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 64. 

 Caladium colocasia W. F. Wight in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 



208. 

 Caladium violaceum Desf. Cat. Hort. Paris ed. 3 (1829) 7; Naves 



Novis. App. (1882) 292. 



Generally cultivated throughout the Philippines, but not a native of the 

 Archipelago. It rarely produces flowers in the Philipines. A number of 

 varieties are recognized by Filipinos. Pantropic in cultivation. Taro. 



Local names: Aba (Ilk.); aua (Ilk.); abalong (Bis.); amoang (Bon.); 

 gabi (Tag.); pising (Bon.); dagmai (Bis.); kimpoi (Bis.); lagbai (Tag., 

 (Bis.); linsa (Bik.); lubingan (If.); natong (Bik.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Colocasia affinis Schott; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 293. 

 Colocasia fallax Schott; Naves 1. c. 

 Colocasia indica Engl.; Naves 1. c. 



17. CALADIUM Ventenat 



CALADIUM BICOLOR (Ait.) Vent. Jard. Cels. (1800) t. 30; Naves Novis. 

 App. (1882) 291; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 131; Engl. & Krause 

 in Engl. Pflanzenreich 71 (1920) 31. 

 Arum bicolor Ait. Hort. Kew 3 (1789) 316. 



Cultivated for its variegated leaves; occasional in the settled areas as 

 an escape. A native of tropical America. 



Local names: Corazon de maria (Sp.) ; linsang-pula (Bik.). 



18. TYPHONIUM Schott 



TYPHONiUM DIVARCATUM (Linn.) Decne. in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris 

 3 (1834) 367; Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 611; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1882) 295 et in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) 

 t. 330, var. MOTLEYANUM (Schott) Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 

 2 (1879) 612. 

 Typhonium motleyanum Schott Prodr. (1860) 106; Usteri Beitr. Ken. 

 Philip. Veg. (1905) 130; Engl. Pflanzenreich 73 (1920) 115. 

 Introduced and cultivated only; occasional in old gardens, but scarcely 

 established. India to the Moluccas. 



TYPHONIUM FLAGELLIFORME (Lodd.) Blume in Wall. Cat. (1832) 



No. 8928; Engl. Pflanzenreich 73 (1920) 112, /. 16. 

 Arum flagelliforme Lodd. Bot. Cab. (1819) t. 396. 

 Arum cuspidatum Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenz. (1823) 101. 

 Typhonium cuspidatum Decne. in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris 3 (1834) 



367; Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1879) 616; Naves Novis. App. 



(1882) 295; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 131, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 



92. 

 Arum divaricatum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 657, ed. 2 (1845) 458, 



ed. 3, 3 (1879) 62, non Linn. 



