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MUSA TEXTILIS Nee in Anal. Cienc. Nat. 4 (1801) 123; Hook. Lond. 



Journ. Bot. 7 (1848) 268; Baker in Ann. Bot. 7 (1893) 211; K. 



Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 1 (1900) 19; Ridl. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 199; Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) 



Bot. 388, t. 18, f. 6-10; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 105. 

 Musa abaca Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824) 130; C. B. 



Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 305. 

 Musa troglodytarum Linn. var. textoria Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 247, 



ed. 2 (1845) 173, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 311. 

 Musa mindanaensis Rumph.; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 588; Naves 



Novis. App. (1880) 218. 



Abaca or Manila hemp of commerce. Very extensively cultivated in 

 those provinces from central Luzon to Mindanao where the dry season is 

 not pronounced. In Luzon the chief abaca provinces are Camarines, Albay, 

 and Sorsogon. The islands of Samar and Leyte are very important pro- 

 ducing centers, as are also parts of Mindanao, especially Davao. Endemic. 



Local name: Abaka (most dialects). The species is variable, and sundry 

 forms have distinctive local names. 



MUSA URANOSCOPOS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 645, excl. syn. Rumph. 



Musa coccinea Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 47; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 218; 



Ridl. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 199; Teodoro op. cit. 



10 (1915) Bot. 388. 



Planted here and there for ornamental purposes on account of its very 



showy red bracts. A native of southeastern Asia. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Musa alphurica Rumph. ; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 217. 

 Musa corniculata Rumph.; Naves 1. c. 

 Musa ornata Roxb.; Naves op. cit. 218. 

 Musa simiarum Rumph.; Naves op. cit. 217. 

 Musa uranoscopos Rumph.; Naves op. cit. 218. 



Musa chapara Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1825) 131; C. B. Rob. 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 305; Teodoro op. cit. 10 (1915) 



Bot. 415. 

 Unrecognizable except that it is a form or variety of Musa sapientum 

 Linn. 



Musa ensete Gmel.; Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 887. 



This occurs on the grounds of the College of Agriculture at Los Banos 

 as a recently introduced and cultivated species and has no claims to be 

 considered as Philippine. 



Musa nigra Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824) 131; Teodoro in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 415. 



Unrecognizable except that it is a form or variety of Musa sapientum 

 Linn. 



Musa paradisiaca Linn. var. ulnaris Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 246, ed. 2 

 (1845) 172, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 309; Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 10 (1915) Bot. 414; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 107. 



