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4. CHILOCARPUS Blume 



CHILOCARPUS LEYTENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1453. 



Leyte, Elmer 7359, Wenzel 315. In primary forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



5. LEPINIOPSIS Valeton 



LEPINIOPSIS TERNATENSIS Valeton in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 12 

 (1895) 252, t. 28; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 

 48. 

 Lepiniopsis philippinensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1458. 



Luzon (Camarines), Mindoro, Sibuyan, Cebu, Panay, Negros, Mindanao 

 (Surigao, Agusan), Elmer 12378, Ahem 693, F. B. 64-23 Espinosa, 12323 

 Everett, 22840 Ponce, 20738 Rafael & Ponce, B. S. 31393 Ramos & Edano, 

 35339 Martelino & Edano, 22066, 89818, 40833 Ramos, 1741 McGregor, 

 34.347, 34872 Ramos & Pascasio. In forests at low and medium altitudes. 

 Moluccas; a monotypic genus. 



Local names: Kolinos (C. Bis.); kolinus (C. Bis.); kulanos (Bik.) ; 

 kuyon-kuyon (P. Bis.); magpanias (C. Bis.). 



6. PLUM! ERA Tournefort 



PLUM I ERA ACUMINATA Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 2 (1811) 70; Merr. 

 Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 427, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 308. 

 Plumiera acutifolia Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 2 (1812) 667; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 426; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 129; Merr. 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 369. 

 Plumiera alba Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 111, ed. 2 (1845) 80, ed. 3, 1 

 (1877) 148, t. 39, non Linn. 

 Generally planted for ornamental purposes, but nowhere established. 

 Introduced from Mexico by the Spaniards, now pantropic in cultivation. 

 Local names: Kachiichi (C. Bis.); kalachuche (Tag., Bik.); kalasusi 

 (Tag.); kalatsutsi (Tag.); kalanuche (Ilk.); kalasasi (Tag.); kalonoche 

 (Ilk.); karachucha (Tag.); karatuche (Tag.); all corruptions of its Aztec 

 name. 



7. ALSTON I A R. Brown 



ALSTONIA ANGUSTIFOLIA Wall. Cat. (1829) No. 1650, nomen nudum; 

 A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 409; King & Gamble in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Bengal 74 2 (1907) 440. 



Mindanao (Lanao, Davao), Elmer 10840, Clemens 696. In forests at 

 medium altitudes. Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 



The Philippine form is very close to the var. macrophylla King & Gamble 

 and should be compared with A. villosa Blume var. glabra Koord. & Val. 



ALSTONIA ANGUSTILOBA Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 438; Koord. & 

 Val. in Meded. Lands. Plantent. 11 (1894) 120; King & Gamble in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 74 2 (1907) 438. 

 Alstonia iwahigensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1447. 

 Palawan, Elmer 13167, Merrill 74-8. In primary forests up to 600 m 

 altitude. Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo. 



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