130 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Cactus opuntia Blanco Ft. F'ilip. (1837) 414, ed. 2 (1845) 288, ed. 



3, 2 (1878) 171, non Linn. 

 ? Opuntia ficus-indica Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 118, 

 non Mill. 

 Planted here and there for ornamental purposes, in some regions subject 

 to a long, dry season (Rizal Province, Luzon), naturalized. Introduced 

 from tropical America. . 



Local names: Akakud (Bon.); dapal (Bis.); dila-dila (Ilk.); dilang- 

 baka (Tag.); nopal (Bik.) ; palad (Bik.). 



5. OPUNTIA Tournefort 



OPUNTIA MONACANTHA Haw. Suppl. PI. Succ. (1819) 81; Burkill in 

 Records Bot. Surv. India 4 (1911) 312. 



Sulu Archipelago (Sibutu), Merrill 11567. In sandy soil near the beach. 

 Introduced. A native of tropical America, now more or less distributed in 

 the Old World Tropics. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Opuntia dillenii F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 99. 



EXCLUDED GENUS 



Melocactus communis Link; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 99. 



THYMELAEACEAE 



1. AQUILARIA Lamarck 



AQUILARIA MALACCENSIS Lam. Encycl. 1 (1783) 49; Gamble in Journ. 



As. Soc. Beng. 75 2 (1912) 264; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 



(1915) Bot. 44. 



Luzon (Camarines), F. B. 211*52 Alvarez. On forested slopes at low 



altitudes, apparently very rare or local. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 



Bangka. 



AQUILARIA APICULATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 411. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon), B. S. 38601 Ramos & Edano. In dry forests, 

 altitude 1,100 m. Endemic. 



2. GYRINOPSIS Decaisne 



GYRINOPSIS ACUMINATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 294. 



Bucas Grande, Dinagat, B. S. 35158, 35055 Ramos & Pascasio. In dry 

 forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



GYRINOPSIS BRACHYANTHA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 



313, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 380; Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. 



5 (1913) 1629. 

 Luzon (Cagayan) B. S. 71*89,' 13862 Ramos, 19562, 17220 Curran. In 

 primary forests at low altitudes. Moluccas. 



GYRINOPSIS CITRINAECARPA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1631. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 13566. On forested ridges, altitude about 

 1,200 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Agododan (Mbo.). 



