Vo1 - l DIOSCOREACEAE 215 



Tacca vesicaria Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 261. 



Tacca palmata Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 182, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 325. 



Tacca rumphii Schauer in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1: 442; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 577; Naves Novis. App. 



(1880) 257. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna), 

 Semirara, Panay. In thickets and secondary forests at low altitudes. 

 Malay Archipelago. 



Local names: Kanalong (Bis.); magsaloro (Bis.); payung-payungan 

 (Tag.). 



TACCA PINNATIFIDA Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 70, t. 35; Presl Rel. 

 Haenk. 1 (1827) 148; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 182, ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 327; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 577; Naves Novis. App, 

 (1880) 257; Hook. f. in Curtis's Bot. Mag. Ill 49 (1893) t 7299, 

 7800; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 150, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 101. 

 Tacca gaogao Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 262, 856. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte) to Palawan and Mindanao, in most islands and 

 provinces. Chiefly in sandy soil in thickets near the sea. Tropical Africa 

 and Asia through Malaya to Australia and Polynesia. 



Local names: Gau-gau (Tag.); kanobong (Bis.); panarien (Ilk.); tam- 

 bobon (Sbl.) ; tayobong (Bis.); yabyaban (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Tacca aspera Roxb.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 258. 

 Tacca lancaefolia Zoll. ; Naves 1. c. 



DIOSCOREACEAE 



1. DIOSCOREA Plumier 



DIOSCOREA ALATA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1033; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 799, ed. 2 (1845) 550, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 207; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 

 (1859) 572; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 259; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 151, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 146, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 102; Prain & Burkill in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. II 10 

 (1914) 39. 



Cultivated throughout the Philippines for its edible tubers, but certainly 

 not a native of the Archipelago. Pantropic in cultivation, a native of the 

 Old World Tropics. 



Local names: fpoi (Ig.) ; kinampai (Bis.) ; liiktu (If.) ; ubi (Tag.), Bik., 

 Ibn., Ilk., It., Bis.). 



DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1033; Schauer in Nov. 



Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1:445; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



3 (1859) 574; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 258; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. 



Manila (1892) 171; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 151; Prain & Burkill 



in Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1596, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. II 10 



(1914) 26. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Union, Nueva Ecija, Batangas, Bulacan, Rizal, Ba- 

 taan, Zambales, Sorsogon), Masbate, Leyte, Mindanao. In thickets at low 



