Vo1 - 3 ARALIACEAE 233 



CEPHALOSCHEFFLERA PANAYENSIS (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Schefflera panayensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 439. 



Panay, B. S. 30736 Ramos & Edano. In the mossy forest, probably abovw 

 1,000 m altitude. Endemic. 



5. POLYSCIAS Forster 



POLYSCIAS NODOSA (Blume) Seem, in Journ. Bot. 3 (1865) 181; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 102; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 117, 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 145; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. Java 

 7 (1900) 11; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 110, 

 Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 408, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 294. 



Aralia nodosa Blume Bijdr. (1826) 873. 



Paratropia nodosa DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 265; Presl Epim. (1851) 

 250. 



Aralia umbraculif era Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 22, nomen nudum, 

 Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 108. 



Aralia pendula Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 223, ed. 2 (1845) 157, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 283. 



? Polyscias acuminata Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 28, t. 55, f. A; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 102, non Seem. 



Luzon (Benguet, Pangasinan, Zambales, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna, Taya- 

 bas, Sorsogon), Palawan, Leyte, Mindanao, Basilan. In second-growth 

 forests at low and medium altitudes. Conspicuous on account of its cha- 

 racteristic growth habit. Java to the Moluccas. 



Local names: Bias-bias (Tag., Bis.) ; bingliu (Tag., Bis.) ; bonliu (Tag.) ; 

 bungdieu (Ig.) ; bungliu (Tag.) ; goyung-goyung (Tag.) ; hagdan-anak 

 (C. Bis.) ; malapapaya (Tag., Bis., Pang.) ; mano-mano (Yak.) ; bungloi 

 (Bis.); tukod-langit (Tag., Pamp.). 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES 



Polyscias disperma Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 226; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 384. 



This was excluded by Blanco in the second edition of his Flora de Fi- 

 lipinas. It is unrecognizable from the very short and imperfect descrip- 

 tion. 



6. NOTHOPANAX Miquel 



NOTHOPANAX CRISPATUM (Bull.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 

 Bot. 241, Fl. Manila (1912) 357. 

 Panax crispatum Bull. Cat. (1888) 9. 



Somewhat cultivated in the Philippines for ornamental purposes; of re- 

 cent introduction and nowhere spontaneous. Widely cultivated, its origin 

 uncertain. 



NOTHOPANAX FRUTICOSUM (Linn.) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1856) 765; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 241, Fl. Manila (1912) 

 358, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 410, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 295. 

 Panax fruticosum Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1513; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 ed. 2 (1845) 156, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 281, t. 78; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes 



