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Local names: Agotagot (Mbo.) ; kamiin (Sbl.) ; sigbut (Bag.); taka 

 (Ig-). 

 HENSLOWIA PALAWAN ENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1834. 



Palawan, Elmer 12752. In thickets at low altitudes. Endemic. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Henslowia BUXIFOLIA Blume; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 125. 



To this species Usteri refers a specimen from Cebu; I have seen no 

 Philippine material that I consider referable to Blume's species. 



Henslowia philippinensis A. DC. Prodr. 14 (1857) 631; Rolfe in Journ. 

 Bot. 21 (1884) 287. 

 Dendrotrophe philippinensis Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1858) 1096. 



The type of this is Cuming 2255, from Malacca, not from the Philippines. 



3. THESIUM Linnaeus 



THESIUM PSILOTOIDES Hance in Journ. Bot. 6 (1868) 48; C. B. Rob. 

 in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 35 (1908) 65. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Williams 1810, Merrill U3U7, Phil. PL 870, 

 Vanoverbergh 408. On open grassy slopes, altitude 1,200 to 1,500 m. 

 Southern China. 



EXCLUDED GENUS 



Santalum album Linn.; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 81, f. C. 



Vidal's figure was drawn from Beddome; however, he states that he had 

 received specimens of sandalwood from Balabac. No botanical material 

 representing the genus has ever been collected in the Philippines. 



OPILIACEAE 



1. OP I LI A Roxburgh 



OPILIA AMENTACEA Roxb. PI. Coromandel 2 (1798) 31, t. 158; Laws, 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 583; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 45; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 20, t. 30, f. B, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 86; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 50. 

 Opilia fragrans Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1824. 

 Luzon (Lepanto, Pangasinan, Rizal, Bataan, Camarines), Polillo, Culion, 

 Palawan, Merrill 596, Elmer 12691, B. S. 17826 Otanes, 19294 Reillo, 

 F. B. 23513 Alvarez. In dry thickets and open forests at low and medium 

 altitudes, especially near the sea. India, through Malaya to northeastern 

 Australia. 



Local names: Agaroiroi (P. Bis.); aratig (Tagb.). 



2. CANS J ERA Jussieu 



CANSJERA RHEEDII Gmel. Syst. 1 (1791) 280; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 1 (1875) 582; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 265. 

 Cansjera scandens Roxb. PI. Coromandel 2 (1798) 2, t. 103. 

 Cansjera malabarica Lam. Encycl. 3 (1791) 433. 

 Cebu, Basilan, Sulu Archipelago (Sibutu), Merrill 5291, B. S. 11092, 

 F. B. 18999 Miranda. In thickets chiefly near the seashore, rare. India to 

 southern China through Malaya to Australia. 



