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Plumbago viscosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 78, ed. 2 (1845) 58, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 111. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Batangas, Rizal, Laguna), Palawan. 

 In thickets at low and medium altitudes, probably introduced. Old World 

 Tropics. 



Local names: Bangbang (Ilk.); sangdikit (Tag.); talankau (Ilk.). 



SAPOTACEAE 



MADHUCA Gmelin * 



(Bassia Koenig, 1771, non Allioni, 1766) 



MADHUCA BET IS (Blanco) comb. nov. 



Azaola betis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 402, ed. 2 (1845) 281, ed. 3, 

 2 (1878) 157; A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 196; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 

 (1859) 1039; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 31, t. 62, f. F. 

 Payena betis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 125. 

 Illipe betis Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 46, Govt. 



Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 25 (1905) 57. 

 Bassia betis Merr. in Philip. Journ.' Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 56, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 300. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Cavite, Rizal, Tayabas, Camarines), F. B. 4286, 6651, 

 7056 Klemme, TOl Van Wickle, B. S. 2143 Ramos, Merrill 2066, Phil. PI. 

 956. In primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Bakaiau (Pang.); baniti (Bik.) ; banitis (Bik.) ; betis 

 (Tag., Pamp., Bik.); manilig (Mag.); pappagai (Ibn.) ; pappagan (Ibn.) ; 

 piafiga (Ibn., Ilk.); piangan (Ibn.). 



MADHUCA CORIACEA (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Illipe coriacea Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 41. 

 Bassia coriacea Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 56. 



Luzon (Tayabas, east coast), Samar, Leyte, Mern-ill 1008, Wenzel 1111, 

 F. B. 22724 Lasquety. In primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local name: Lisong-insik (Tag.). 



MADHUCA FUSICARPA (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Payena fusicarpa Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2820. 

 Bassia cagayanensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 48. 

 Luzon (Cagayan), Dinagat, Mindanao (Davao, Agusan), Elmer 14058, 

 13890, F. B. 26883 Bernardo, 28313 Elumir, B. S. 35219 Ramos. In pri- 

 mary forests, ascending to 1,000 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Malobon (Mbo.) ; marobon (Mbo.) ; silanangsang (Mbo.). 



MADHUCA LANCEOLATA (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Payena lanceolata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 42. 



Dinagat, Ahem 493. Probably in forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local name: Lono-lono (C. Bis.). 



* Bassia Koenig (1771) is invalidated by Bassia Allioni (1766), the latter 

 genus (Chenopodiaceae) having been reinstated by several botanists as a 

 valid one. Illipe was not published by Koenig as a generic name as con- 

 sidered by Baillon and by Engler, but merely as a native name of Bassia 

 longifolia Linn. Madhuca Gmelin is the oldest valid name for the genus. 



