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PUNICACEAE 



PUNICA Tourneffort 



PUNICA GRANATUM Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 472; DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 3; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 495; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 422, 

 ed. 2 (1845) 295, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 184, t. 211; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 344, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 282. 



Planted here and there in gardens throughout the Philippines but no- 

 where spontaneous. A native of southwestern Asia, now introduced in 

 all tropical countries. Pomegranate. 



Local names: Dalima (Sul.) ; granada (Sp.). 



LECYTHIDACEAE 



1. PETERSIANTHUS Merrill 



(Petersia Welw., non Klotz.) 



PETERSIANTHUS QUADRIALATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) 

 Bot. 200. 

 Terminalia quadriaiata Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 

 301, 647. 



Luzon (Sorsogon), Samar, Masbate, Cebu, Mindanao (Surigao), F. B. 

 12558 Rosenbluth, 4526 Zschokke, 24746 Phasis, B. S. 24146 Ramos. In 

 primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



The two other known species of this genus are confined to tropical Africa. 



Local names: Bagulahgog (S. L. Bis.); guog (Bis.); kapulau (C. Bis.); 

 lumangog (S. L. Bis.) ; magtalisai (S. L. Bis.) ; toog (Bik., S. L. Bis., 

 P. Bis., C. Bis.); tuug (C. Bis.); tohog (Mbo.). 



2. BARRINGTONIA Forster 



HARRINGTON I A ACUTANGULA (Linn.) Gaertn. Fruct. 2 (1791) 97, 

 t. 101; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1879) 508; Schauer 

 in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 335; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 86. 



Eugenia acutangula Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 471. 



Botryoropis luzonensis Presl Epim. (1851) 220; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 

 (1855) 492. 



Stravadium luzonense Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 1 (1875) 84. 



Barringtonia luzonensis Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 213; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 113, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 133; Merr. FL Manila (1912) 346. 



Barringtonia reticulata Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 490; Rolfe in 

 Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 213; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

 113, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 133; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) 102. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao and Palawan, in most islands and prov- 

 inces. In thickets and forests at low and medium altitudes, often common. 

 India through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



