70 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 



1923 



Var. STENOPHYLLA var. nov. 



A typo differt foliis anguste lanceolatis, 5 ad 7 cm longis, 1.2 ad 1.5 

 cm latis. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 33005 Ramos. In primary forests, altitude 

 about 450 m. 



Local names: Te-61o (Lan.) ; susuno (Sub.). 



THEA MEGACARPA Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1842. 



Camellia megacarpa Cohen-Stuart in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ill 1 

 (1919) 245. 



Palawan, Elmer 12822. On forested ridges, altitude about 300 m. En- 

 demic. 



THEA SINENSIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 515; Kochs in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 27 

 (1900) 587. 

 Thea chinensis Sims in Curtis's Bot. Mag. t. 998. 



Camellia theifera Griff. Not. 4 (1854) 558, t. 601, f. 1-3; Cohen- 

 Stuart in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ill 1 (1919) 275. 

 Camellia thea Link Enum. Hort. Berol. 2 (1822) 73. 

 Camellia sinensis O. Kuntze in Act. Hort. Petrop. 10 (1887) 195. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Merrill h3'2b, Santos 36. The common tea plant is 

 occasionally planted about Baguio for hedges, etc., but not for the produc- 

 tion of tea. Introduced shortly before 1905. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Camellia drupifera Lour.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 19. 



Camellia japonica Linn.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Camellia sasanqua Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 530, ed. 2 (1845) 371, ed. 3, 

 2 (1879) 322, non Thunb. 



Blanco's description was based on a plant cultivated in Manila, and its 

 status is indeterminable from his imperfect description. 



2. GORDONIA Ellis 



GORDON I A BENGUETICA Burkill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 15 (1919) 478. 

 Luzon (Benguet), F. B. 5083 Curran. In stream depressions, altitude 

 about 1,200 m. Endemic. 



GORDONIA LUZON ICA Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 57; Merr. & 



Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 114; Burkill in Journ. 



Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 76 (1917) 149, /. 8 f Philip. Journ. Sci. 



15 (1919) 478. 

 Gordonia fragrans Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 95. 

 Gordonia welbornei Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 500; Burkill 



in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 76 (1917) 150. 



Luzon (Benguet, Bataan, Zambales, Laguna, Sorsogon), Negros, Panay, 

 Mindanao (Lanao, Bukidnon, Surigao). In primary forests and on ex- 

 posed forested ridges, altitude 600 to 1,300 m. New Guinea. 



Local names: Kalambug (Mbo.) ; suran-suran (Bis.); tabanko (Lan.); 

 tagililumboi (C. Bis.). 



