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Blanco knew this species only from cultivated specimens which he ob- 

 served in northern Luzon. I have seen no Philippine material representing 

 the hollyhock, which if still grown in the Archipelago must be of very rare 

 occurrence. 



Pavonia zeylanica Cav.; Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 

 Suppl. 1: 305; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 23. 



I suspect that Meyen's plant from Manila, on which Walper's record 

 was based, was erroneously identified. 



BOMBACACEAE 



1. BOMB AX Linnaeus 



BOMBAX CEiBA Linn. :Sp. PL (1753) 511; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 479; 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 372, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 324, t. 226; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 92, Fl. Manila (1912) 

 325, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 257. 



Bombax malabaricwtn DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 479; Mast, in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 349; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 26; Vidal 

 Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 16, t. 17, f. B; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 64; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. Java 2 (1895) 122. 



Melaleuca grandifiora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 615. 



Luzon (Abra, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Rizal), Mindoro, Cami- 

 guin de Misamis, Mindanao. Scattered in secondary and primary forests 

 at low and medium altitudes. India to southern China southward to Su- 

 matra and Java. 



Local names: Bobor (Ilk.) ; buboi-gubat (Tag.) ; malabulak (Tag.) ; tag- 

 linau (Tag.); taroktok (Ilk.). 



2. CEIBA Medicus 



CEiBA PENTANDRA (Linn.) Gaertn. Fruct. 2 (1791) 244, t. 133; Perk. 



Frag. Fl. Philip. (1894) 112; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry 



Bull, 1 (1903) 37, Philip. Journ. ,Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 93, Fl. Manila 



(1912) 326, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 257. 

 Bombax pentandrum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 511; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 531, ed. 2 (1845) 371, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 324, t. 238. 

 Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 479; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 166; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 



350; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 26; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 



16, t. 17, f. A. 



Planted in the settled areas throughout the Philippines. Pantropic, 

 possibly a native of tropical America. 



Local names: Balios (Tag.); basanglai (Ilk.); boboi (Bik., Tag.); boi- 

 boi (Ak., Bis.); buboi (Tag.); bulak (Tag., Pamp.) ; bulak-dondol (C. 

 Bis.) ; bulak-kastila (Pamp.) ; bulak-kahoi (Tag.) ; bulak-sina (Tag.) ; 

 daldol (Bis.) ; doldol (Bis.) ; dogdol (C. Bis.) ; dondol (Ilk., C. Bis.) ; 

 gataoua (If.) ; gapas (C. Bis.) ; kayo (Bik., Bis.) ; kasanglai (Pang.) ; 

 kapak (Sbl.); kapas (Sbl.) ; kapas-sanglai (Ilk.); kapos (Pang.); kapok 

 (Bis., Sul.); kapuk (Sub); kulak (Ilk.); sanglai (Ting., Bon.) 



