Vo1 - 3 RUBIACEAE 515 



Local names: Bansiu-na-babae (Tag.) ; bulala (Ibn.) ; lavuan (Gad.); 

 tikem (Ilk.); tikum (Ilk.). 



NEONAUCLEA VENOSA Merr. in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5 (1915) 542. 

 Nauclea venosa Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 45. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), F. B. 9183 Whit ford & Hutchinson. In pri- 

 mary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



NEONAUCLEA VIDALII (Elm.) Merr. in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5 (1915) 

 542. 

 Nauclea vidalii Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 16. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Benguet, Lepanto, Bontoc, Nueva 

 Vizcaya,. Pangasinan, Pampanga, Rizal). In forests on slopes, etc., chiefly 

 at medium altitudes, ascending 1 to 2,100 m. Scarcely more than a glabrous 

 or nearly glabrous form of N. bartlingii Merr. Endemic. 



Local names: Balor (Tag.); garunyan (Ilk.); kalot (Ilk.); kaluntingan 

 (P. Bis.); kanabling (Bik.) ; kitim (Ting.); malanangu (Tag.); pana- 

 bosoben (Ilk.) ; panglangtayen (Ilk.) ; tichum (Ig.) ; tikim (Ig., Bon.) ; 

 tikum (Ting.).; uisak (Tag.). 



NEONAUCLEA WENZELII Merr. in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5 (1915) 542. 

 Nauclea wenzelii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 386. 



Leyte, Wenzel 31f8. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Nauclea hagekii K. Schum. & Lauterb.; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. 

 (1905) 119. 



It is suspeceted that Usteri's Philippine specimen was wrongly identified. 



Nauclea parvifolia Roxb. DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 344 "et forte in insulis 

 Philippinis." 



Roxburgh's species is Mitragyna parvifolia Korth. of India; it does not 

 occur in the Philippines. 



Nauclea purpurea Roxb.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 105. 



Nauclea africana Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnaea 4 (1829) 148, non Schum., 

 var. luzoniensis DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 345. 



The description is too short to warrant a definite identification of this 

 variety. 



17. NAUCLEA Linnaeus 



(Sarcocephalus Afzelius) 



NAUCLEA ELM ERI Merr. in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5 (1915) 535. 



Sarcocephalus ovatus Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 33, non Nau- 

 clea ovata Merr. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Rizal, Laguna), F. B. 3150 Ahern's collector, B. S. 

 17958 Otanes, Merrill 2637, Quisumbing 1020. In forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Bangkal (Tag.). 



