VoL 3 SOLANACEAE 429 



Cultivated at higher altitudes, especially in the Mountain Province, Lu- 

 zon, and in the Lanao region in Mindanao. Introduced from tropical Amer- 

 ica. Potato; patatas (Sp.). . -, 



SOLANUM VERBASCI FOLIUM Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 184; Dunal in DC. 

 Prodr. 13 * (1852) 114; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 640; C. B. 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 230; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 143; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 130; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 123, Fl. Manila (1912) 416, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 342. 

 Solanum mauritianum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 134, ed. 2 (1845) 

 96, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 176, t. 86, non Willd. 



Throughout the Philippines in thickets and secondary forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Kasungog (Bag.); kayok (Bag.); liuangkag (Buk.) ; ma- 

 latabako (Tag.) ; malatalong (Tag.) ; noog-noog (C. Bis.) ; pangau (Ilk.) ; 

 talong-aso (Tag.) ; ungali (Bis.). 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Solanum aethiopicum Linn.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 144. 

 Solanum cerasiferum Dunal; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Solanum sanctum Linn.; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 122. 



The specimen in all probability will prove to be a form of Solanum me- 

 longena Linn. 



Solanum trilobatum Linn.; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13 1 (1852) 287; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 144. 



The reference was based on Cuming 2342, which was from Malacca. 

 Solanum undatum Lam.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Solanum wendlandii Hook. f. ; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 417. 



An introduced and cultivated form which may persist. 



4. LYCOPERSICUM Miller 



LYCOPERSICUM ESCULENTUM Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) No. 2; 



Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 392; Miq. 



Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 635; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 143; Merr. 



Fl. Manila (1912) 418, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 341. 

 Lycopersicum cerasiforme Dunal Solan. (1816) 113; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 143. 

 Solanum lycopersicum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 185; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 134, ed. 2 (1845) 96, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 176, t. 43. 



Throughout the Philippines, thoroughly established in old clearings, 

 waste places, etc., the original form with small fruits. Improved forms are 

 extensively cultivated. A native of tropical America, now pantropic. 

 Tomato. 



Local names: Kamatis (Tag., Bik., Sul., Ilk., Ig.) ; kamatis-bundok 

 (Tag.); tomate (Sp.) ; umli (If.). 



