Vo1 - 2 ANONACEAE 159 



Unona chinensis DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 495, Prodr. 1 (1824) 91; Merr. 



PL Manila (1912) 208. 

 Unona desmos Raeusch. Nomencl. ed. 3 (1797) 161; Dunal Monogr. 



Anon. (1817) 112; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 5. 

 Unona discolor Vahl Symb. 2 (1791) 63, t. 86; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 



91; Miq. PL Ind. Bat. 1 3 (1858) 41; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



5; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 12, t. 4, f. A, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 41 (var. pubiflora Hook. f. & Th.) ; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. 



Calcutta 4 (1893) 56, t. 74; Boerl. in Ic. Bogor. 1 (1899) 98; 



Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forest. Bull. 1 (1903) 20. 



Palawan, Basilan, Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill 9279, F. B. 7425 

 Manalo, 20092 Miranda, B. S. 210 Bermejos, 37234 Ramos & Edano. In 

 thickets and forests at low and medium altitudes. India to southern China, 

 southward to Java and Borneo. 



I believe, after examining a series of specimens from both Cochinchina 

 and southern China, that Loureiro's two species are the same; in fact, he 

 expresses the opinion that the Chinese form (from Canton) was probably 

 only a variety of the Cochinchinese one. 



DESMOS MINDORENSIS (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Unona mindorensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 273. 

 Desmos elegans Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3070. 



Luzon (Bataan, Laguna, Rizal, Batangas, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Merrill 

 5568, 5656, 4060, Williams 512, B. S. 27862 McGregor, 4572, 13755, 26217, 

 39775 Ramos, F. B. 25720 Mabesa, 26466 Catalan, Elmer 15884 (Polyalthia 

 irosinensis Elm.), 17649. In forests at low and medium altitudes, as- 

 cending to 1,000 m. Endemic. 



DESMOS PALAWAN ENSIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Unona palawanensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1742. 



Palawan, Elmer 13125. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



DESMOS RUBRA (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Unona rubra Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 224. 



Balabac, B. S. 480 Mangubat. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local name: Pirangat (SuL). 



7. POLYALTHIA Blume 



POLYALTHIA BARN ESI I Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 

 15, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 53. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Sur, Bataan), Mindoro, F. B. 596 Barnes, 

 760, 802, 3032 Borden, 9911 Merritt, Whit ford 359, Adduru 108. In forests 

 at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Dalinas-lalaki (Tag.); latauan (Tag.); panaguiaten 

 (Ilk.). 



POLYALTHIA DOLICHOPHYLLA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 

 391. 



Panay, B. S. 30983, 30873, Ramos & Edano, 35428 Martelino & Edano. 

 In forests along small streams at low altitudes. Borneo. 



