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29. ICHNOCARPUS R. Brown 



ICHNOCARPUS VOLUBILIS (Lour.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 21 



(1922) 506. 

 Gardenia volubilis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 506. 

 Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 435; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 2 (1857) 449; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 126, Rev. 



PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 186; F.-Vill.. Novis. App. (1880) 131; 



Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1882) 670; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 



1 (1906) Suppl. 118, 7 (1912) Bot. 333, Fl. Manila (1912) 375, 



Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 313. 

 Echites caudata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 106, ed. 2 (1845) 77, ed. 



3, 1 (1877) 143, t. 97, non Linn. 

 Ichnocarpus frutescens A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 435, quoad Philip.; 



F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 131; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 33, 



t. 67, f. E, non R. Br. 

 Ichnocarpus navesii Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 313. 

 Carruthersia daronensis Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1450. 



Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in most or 

 all islands and provinces, incl. Elmer 17716 as Toxocarpus maldlingensis 

 Elm. Often common. In thickets and secondary forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. India through Malaya to the Moluccas and Celebes. 



Echites affinis R. & S., placed here by Hooker f. as a synonym, ex type 

 in Roth's herbarium, is remote from this species. 



Local names: Hinggiu (Tag.) ; hinggi (Tag.) ; hipgi (Bis.) ; ikdag (Ig.) ; 

 kari (Bag., Mbo.) ; sadak (Ilk.); sigid (C. Bis.); uakak (Ibn.). 



30. NERIUM Linnaeus 



NERIUM INDICUM Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) No. 2; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 373, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 313. 

 Nerium oleander Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 104, ed. 2 (1845) 75, ed. 3, 1 



(1877) 140, t. 47, non Linn. 

 Nerium odorum Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 (1789) 297; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 443; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 115; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 131. 

 Throughout the Philippines in cultivation, but nowhere established. Ap- 

 parently introduced by the Spaniards and usually known by its Spanish 

 name, adelfa. A native of subtropical or tropical Asia, now pantropic; not 

 satisfactorily distinguished from the oleander, N. oleander Linn. 

 Local names: Adelfa (Sp.) ; baladre (Tag.). 



31. STROPHANTHUS de Candolle 



STROPHANTHUS CUMINGII A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 418; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 2 (1857) 442; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 131; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 126; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 374; Franch. 



Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris III 5 (1893) 269 (cummingii). 

 Strophanthus dichotomus DC. var. luzoniensis Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 



(1883) 33, t. 67, f, C. 

 Strophanthus erectus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 261. 



