152 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Local names: Alintatau (Tag.) ; anobling (Tag-., Bis.) ; balikasan 

 (Tag.) ; kumarong (Tagb.) ; kumarung (Tagb.) ; malalaskalas (Tag.) ; 



malapina (P. Bis.) ; malikaskasan (Bis.) ; marapiiia (Ilk.) ; pala-pala 

 (Pang.) ; pangi-pangi (C. Bis.) ; patangis (Sul.) ; pulupina (P. Bis.) ; 



tabhisan (P. Bis.) . 



TALAUMA PULGARENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1809. 



Palawan (Mt. Pulgar), Elmer 13192. On forested ridges, altitude 

 about 600 m; rare. Especially characterized by its small flowers. En- 

 demic. 



TALAUMA PUBESCENS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 133. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao, Davao) , Clemens 686, Elmer 10858, B. S. 

 15924 Fenix, F. B. 25187 Alvarez. In forests, altitude at and above 700 

 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Manaiyakut (Bag.). 



TALAUMA RETICULATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 249. 



Dinagat, B. S. 35187 Ramos & Pascasio. In forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



TALAUMA VILLARIANA Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 307; 

 Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 38; Merr. in Govt. Lab, Publ. 

 (Philip) 35 (1906) 7, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 52, 5 

 (1910) Bot. 348. 

 Talauma mutabilis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 4; Naves in Blanco 

 Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. U8; Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 

 15, non Blume. 

 Talauma gitingensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1479. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao, locally common in hill forests at low and 

 medium altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Anobling (Tag.); batangis (Tag.); makalaskalas (Bik.) ; 

 malasapsap (Tag.); paraup (Neg.) ; patanis (Tag.) ; patangis (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Talauma rumph ii Blume; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 4. 



3. MICH ELI A Linnaeus 



MICH ELI A ALBA DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 449; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. 

 (1917) 223. 

 Michelia longifolia Blume Bijdr. (1825) 7; Fl. Jav. Magn. (1828) 12, 

 t. 2, 3; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 205. 

 Luzon (Manila). Cultivated for ornamental purposes; a native of Java. 

 Local name: Champakang-puti (Tag.). 



MICHELIA CHAMPACA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 536; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 

 79; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 462, ed, 2 (1845) 322, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 

 232, 1. 191; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 4; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 38; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 15; Merr. 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 205, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 223, Sp. Blan- 

 coanae (1918) 146. 

 Cultivated for ornamental purposes in Manila and in other towns; a 



native of India, now cultivated in most tropical countries. 



