46 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 192S 



3. CAMPTOSTEMON Masters 



CAMPTOSTEMON PH ILIPPINENSE (Vidal) Becc. Malesia 3 (1889) 273. 

 Cumingia philippinensis Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 212, t. 1, 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 64; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. Manila 

 (1892) 28. 

 Neesia altissima F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1883) 356, non Blume. 

 Luzon (Tayabas), Palawan, Masbate, Panay, Negros, Bohol, Mindanao 

 (Zamboanga), Basilan. In the margins of mangrove swamps and bor- 

 dering tidal streams. Borneo. 



A second species occurs in northern Australia, while the third species 

 of the genus occurs in the Aru Islands. 



Local names: Bungalon (Tag.); dandulit (Sul.) ; gapas-gapas (P. Bis.) 

 libatong-puti (Tag.); nigi-puti (Tag.); lapa-lapa (C. Bis.). 



4. DURIO Adanson 



DURIO Zl BETH IN US Murr. Syst. (1774) 591; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 480; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 167; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 1 (1874) 351; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 26; Becc. Malesia 

 3 (1887) 230, t. 12, f. 1-5, t. 36, f. 1-12; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 

 (1883) 16, t. 17, f. C; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. Manila (1892) 29; 

 Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. Java 2 (1895) 132. 



Mindanao (Agusan, Butuan, Lanao, Zamboanga, Cotabato, Davao), Sulu 

 Archipelago. Cultivated for its highly prized fruit, not definitely known 

 from the Philippines in a wild state. Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Java, 

 Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, and the Moluccas, mostly in cultivation. 



Local names: Dulian (Lan., SuL, Mag., Bag.) ; durian (Lan.) ; durio 

 (Bag.); duyan (SuL). 



EXCLUDED GENUS 



Neesia synandra Mast.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1883) 356. 



STERCULIACEAE 



1. PENTAPETES Linnaeus 



PENTAPETES PHOENICEA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 698; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1 2 (1858-59) 180; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 28; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 98, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 68; Naves 

 in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 235. 

 Pentapetes coecinea Blanco FL Filip. (1837) 529. 



Pentapetes cebuana Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 369, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 

 319, t. 235. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Union, Tayabas, Bataan, Pampanga, Laguna), Samar, 

 Negros, Mindanao. In open, rather damp grasslands; local, sometimes 

 cultivated. Probably an introduced plant in the Philippines, but now 

 thoroughly naturalized. India to Indo-China and Malaya. 

 Local name: Yamyampaka (Sub.). 



2. MELOCHIA Dillenius 



MELOCHIA CONCATENATA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 675; Merr. Sp. Blan- 

 coanae (1918) 258. 

 Melochia supina Linn. 1. c; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 524, ed. 2 

 (1845) 365, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 310. 



