BOTANICAL, 



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The specimen on which the record was based was probably wrongly iden- 

 tified. Blume's species is a synonym of Begonia mollis A. DC. of Java and 

 Borneo. 



CACTACEAE 



1. ACANTHOCEREUS (Berger) Britton and Rose 



ACANTHOCEREUS PENTAGON US (Linn.) Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. 

 Na't. Herb. 12 (1909) 432, Cact. 2 (1920) 123, /. 182-184, t. 

 14, f. 1. 

 Cactus pentagonas Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 467. 

 Cereus pentagonus Haw. Syn. PL Succ. (1812) 180. 



Luzon (Laguna). Occasional in hedges where planted. Introduced 

 from tropical America. 



2. HYLOCEREUS (Berger) Britton and Rose 



HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS (Haw.) Britton & Rose in Britton PL Ber- 

 muda (1918) 256, Cact. 2 (1920) 187, /. 163, 164. 



Cereus undatus Haw. in Phil. Mag. 7 (1830) 110. 



Cactus pitajaya Blanco PI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 289, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 

 172, t. 324, non Jacq. 



Cereus triangularis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 99; Merr. Fl. Ma- 

 nila (1912) 339, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 228, non Mill. 



Occasionally planted for ornamental purposes, Merrill 7084, Sp. Blan- 

 coanae 1011, but not spontaneous. Introduced from tropical America. 



3. CEREUS Miller 



CEREUS HEXAGON US (Linn.) Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) No. 1; 

 Britton & Rose Cact. 2 (1920) 4, /. 1, 2. 

 Cactus hexagonus Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 466. 



Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2 (1850) 207; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 339. 

 Luzon (Rizal). Occasionally planted for ornamental purposes, and in a 

 few localities in regions subject to a long dry season, persistent in thickets, 

 etc. Introduced from tropical America. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



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Cereus flagelliformis Mill.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 99. 

 Cereus tetragonus Mill.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Cereus speciosissimus Desf.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



4. NOPALEA Salm-Dyck 



NOPALEA COCHINELLIFERA (Linn.) Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 



2 (1850) 64; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 24, Fl. 



Manila (1912) 340, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 278; Britton & Rose 



Cact. 1 (1919) 34, t.-4. 

 Cactus cochinellifera Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 468. 

 Opuntia cochinelif era Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768); F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 99. 



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