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5. DATURA Linnaeus 



DATURA METEL Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 179; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 98, 



ed. 2 (1845) 72, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 136, t. Si; Safford in Journ. Wash. 



Acad. Sci. 11 (1921) 178, /. 2. 

 Datura fastuosa Linn. Syst ed. 10 (1759) 932; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 100, ed. 2 (1845) 73, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 136, t. 35; Dunal in 



DC. Prodr. 13 a (1852) 542; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 145; C. B. 



Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 243; Merr. Sp. Blan- 



coanae (1918) 343. 

 Datura alba Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. 17 (1834) 73; Nov. Act. 



Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 392; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 



13 * (1852) 542; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 145; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 434, Fl. Manila (1912) 414. 

 Datura fastuosa Linn. var. alba C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 



Ind. 4 (1883) 243; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 465; Sp. 



Blancoanae (1918) 343. 



In open waste places in and about settlements, sometimes planted (the 

 double-flowered form). A native of tropical Asia, now pantropic. 



Local names: Kamkamaulau (Ilk.); katchibong (Bis.); katchobong (P. 

 Bis.); kachubung (Sul.) ; katiabon (S. L. Bis.); salanpune (Pamp.) ; siva 

 (Iv.) ; susupan (Ibn.) ; talampunai (Pamp., Tag.) ; talongpunai (Bik., 

 Tag.) ; tarampunai (Tag.) ; tatchubong (Bis.) ; taubibong (Bis.) ; tram- 

 punai (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Datura bojeri Del.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 145. 

 Datura ferox Linn.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Datura nilhummatu Dunal; F.-Vill. op. cit. 145. 

 Datura stramonium Linn.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



6. CESTRUM Linnaeus 



CESTRUM NOCTURNUM Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 191; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 

 13 * (1852) 631; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 146; Naves in Blanco 

 FL Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 151; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 434, FL Manila (1912) 414. 

 ? Cestrum parqui Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 122, non 

 L'Her. 

 Widely cultivated in the Philippines for its flowers, which are very 

 fragrant at night. Introduced from tropical America. 

 Local name: Dama de *noche (Sp.). 



Oestrum diurnum Linn, is occasionally cultivated in Manila : a very 

 recent introduction. 



7. NICOTIAN A Linnaeus 



NICOTIANA TABACUM Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 180; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 

 (185.7) 670; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 101, ed 2 (1845) 74, ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 138, t. 36; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 146; Comes 

 Monog. Nicotiana (1899) 16 (var. havannensis Comes); Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 123, 5 (1910) Bot. 384, FL 

 Manila (1912) 415, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 344. 



