218 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Palawan, Negros, Elmer 13060, F. B. 21599, 13700 Curran. In primary- 

 forests, altitude about 225 m. Endemic. 

 Local name: Tulambak (Tagb.). 



MEMECYLON VENOSUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 154, 

 • 8 (1913) Bot. 221. 



Mindanao (Agusan, Misamis, Bukidnon, Lanao, Davao, Zamboanga), 

 Clemens U32, Elmer 13666, 11752, Merrill 8100, F. B. 20277 Miranda, 

 27036 Malana, 38798, 39019, 39158 Ramos & Edano. In primary forests, 

 ascending to 900 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Gikayan (Lan., Mbo.) ; hikayan (Buk.) ; timbaras (Bag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Memecylon acuminatum Sm. ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 90. 

 Memecylon amplexicaule Roxb.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Memecylon caeruleum Jack; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Memecylon costatum Miq.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Memecylon diversifolium Presl Epim. (1851) 208; Triana in Trans. 



Linn. Soc. 28 (1871) 156; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 90; Cogn. 



in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 1149; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 



8 (1913) Bot. 218. 

 The type was an unnumbered Cuming specimen supposed to have come 

 from the Philippines; an examination of it shows that it is identical with 

 Memecylon caeruleum Jack and that it was probably a part of Cuming 

 2322 from Malacca. 



Memecylon elegans Kurz; F.-Vill. op. cit. 89. 



Memecylon grande Retz.; F.-Vill. op. cat. 90. 



Memecylon laevigatum Blume; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Memecylon macrophyllum Thw.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Memecylon manillanum Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 18 (1852) 276; 

 Walp. Ann. 4 (1857) 803; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 576. 



The type is Cuming 2322 from Malacca. A synonym of Memecylon 

 caeruleiim Jack. 



Memecylon terminale Dalz.; F.-Vill. op. cit. 90. 



EXCLUDED GENERA 



Allomorphia exigua Blume; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 28 (1871) 74; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 88. 

 Cuming 2295 on which the reference was based was from Malacca, not 

 from the Philippines. 



Anplectrum divaricatum Triana; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 88. 



Dissochaeta pepericarpa Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 15 (1851) 71; 

 Walp. Ann. 3 (1853) 871; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1856) 522; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 88. 

 Cuming 2259, the basis of the Philippine reference, was from Malacca. 



