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RANDIA UNCARiA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 30, 4 (1912) 1354; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 130. 



Luzon (Zambales, Bataan, Laguna, Camarines, Sorsogon), Mindoro, 

 Palawan, Samar, Leyte, Panay, Mindanao, Basilan. Chiefly in primary 

 forests at low and medium altitudes, represented by numerous collections. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Kauilan (S. L. Bis.) ; keri-keri (Tagb.). 



RANDIA WHITFORDII (Elm.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 130, 3 (1908) Bot. 437; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 

 1004, 5 (1913) 1895. 

 Gardenia whitfordii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 4. 

 Randia fasciculiflora Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 4, pro minore 

 parte. 

 Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Pangasinan, Zambales, 

 Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Sorsogon), Palawan, Leyte, Samar, Mindanao 

 (Agusan). In primary forests at low and medium altitudes, represented 

 by numerous collections ; probably referable to some other genus. Endemic. 

 Local names: Gisgis (Tagb.); linuan (Ibn.) ; malabayabas (Tag.); 

 malakafe (Tag.); ohana (Neg.) ; panga (Ilk.); sapilan (Tag.); simag- 

 tonog (Mbo.). 



RANDIA WILL1AMS1I Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1004. 



Sibuyan, Mindanao (Zamboanga), Elmer 12U7U, Williams 2161. In 

 primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Stigmanthus cymosus Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 117, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 

 209; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 362, non Lour. 



The status of this form is indeterminable from Blanco's very imperfect 

 description. It may be a Randia. 



Randia spinosa (Thunb.) Blume; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 449. 



Randia dumetorum Lam.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 108. 



This was admitted in the Flora of Manila on the basis of a single 

 introduced plant in cultivation; it has apparently not persisted. 



Randia malabarica Lam.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 108. 



28. GARDENIA Ellis 



GARDENIA AUGUSTA (Linn.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 485. 



Varneria augusta Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 136. 



Gardenia jasminoides Ellis in Philos. Trans. 51 2 (1761) 935. 



Gardenia florida Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 305; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 

 378; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 229; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 109; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 154; Merr. Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 449. 



Cultivated for ornamental purposes, but nowhere spontaneous. Only 

 the double-flowered form occurs in the Philippines. Pantropic in culti- 

 vation, a native of southern China. 



Local name: Rosal (Sp.). 



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