VoL x AMARYLLIDACEAE 213 



Introduced from Mexico at an early date in colonial history, now widely 

 distributed in the Philippines, in some provinces extensively grown for its 

 fiber. Pantropic. 



Local names: magei (all dialects); pita (C. Bis.). 



AGAVE SISALANA Perrine ex Engelm. in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3 

 (1875) 314; Berger Agav. (1915) 230. /. 66. 



Introduced in the early part of the present century, and now widely 

 planted for its fiber. A native of tropical America. Sisal. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Agave Mexican a Lam.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 253. 



10. CURCULIGO Gaertner 



CURCULIGO AGUSANENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1645. 



Luzon (Sorsogon), Mindanao (Zamboanga, Agusan), Elmer 13584, 

 17005, B. S. 36910 Ramos & Edano. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local names: Kuyabang (Sub.); pagatpat (Mbo.) ; tayabong (Sub.). 



CURCULIGO BREVIPEDUNCULATA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 

 1647. 

 Palawan, Balabac, Panay, Elmer 13164, Merrill 5373, Phil. PI. 1318, B. S. 

 32576 McGregor. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



CURCULIGO CAPITULATA (Lour.) 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 703; 

 Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 142. 



Leucojum capitulalum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 199. 



Curculigo recurvata Dry. in Ait. Hort. Kew .ed. 2, 2 (1811) 253; 

 Naves Novis. App. (1880) 253; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 401; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1645. 



Batan Islands, Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon, Bili- 

 ran, Leyte, Panay, Siargao, Mindanao), Merrill 9670, Phil. PI. 847, Elmer 

 6202, 7771, 18196, Williams 1150, B. S. 35389 Ramos & Edano, 31962 Santos, 

 15299, 23571 Ramos, 18867 McGregor, 14006 Robinson, F. B. 4893 Curran. 

 In thickets and forests, chiefly at medium altitudes, ascending to 1,800 m. 

 India to southern China through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Abang-abang (Bik.) ; atukgan (Ig.) ; katuagan (Ig.) ; 

 talauangit (Bag.); tayubang (Bon.); tokan (Ig.) ; tolabang (If.). 



CURCULIGO GLABRA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 267; 

 C. B. Rob. op. cit. 6 (1911) Bot. 196; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 

 (1913) 1645. 

 Luzon (Sorsogon), Polillo, Alabat, Mindoro, Merrill 5750, 10449, Elmer 

 14990, B. S. 10366 McGregor. In primary forests at low and medium alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) 63, t. 16; Elm. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1645; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 100. 

 Gethyllis acaulis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 260, ed. 2 (1845) 181, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 324. 



