214 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Planted throughout the settled areas of the Philippines at low and me- 

 dium altitudes. The horse-radish tree, introduced from tropical Asia or 

 Malaya in the prehistoric period, now pantropic in cultivation. 



Local names: Arunggai (Pang.); balungai (Bis.); dool (Pamp., Bis.); 

 kalamungai (P. Bis.) ; kalungai (Bik., Bis., Tag.) ; kamalongan (P. Bis.) ; 

 kamaluiigai (Pamp., Tag.) ; komkompilan (Ilk.) ; malongai (Tag.) ; malu- 

 rigai (Tag.); malungit (Pamp., Bis.); marongoi (Sbl.) ; marungai (Ilk., 

 lb.). 



NEPENTHACEAE 



1. NEPENTHES Linnaeus 



NEPENTHES ALATA Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 805, ed. 2 (1845) 555, ed. 

 3, 3 (1879) 214; Hook. f. in DC. Prodr. 17 (1873) 99; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 173; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 137, 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 218; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 59, 5 (1910) Bot. 350, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 160; 

 Macfarl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 36 (1908) 71. 

 Nepenthes blancoi Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1852) 10; Hook, 

 f. in DC. Prodr. 17 (1873) 105; Macfarl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 

 36 (1908) 40. 

 Nepenthes sp. Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 808, ed. 2 (1845) 556, ed. 3, 



3 (1879) 215. 

 Nepenthes melamphora F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 173, non Blume. 

 Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Mindanao, common in the mossy forest, 

 chiefly on exposed ridges on the higher mountains in the Mountain Prov- 

 ince, occurring on open grassy slopes above an altitude of 1,400 m; in 

 Mindoro and other regions where the forests are continually wet, oc- 

 curring along streams at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Aran-kalau (Bis.) ; batbatidor (Ilk.) ; batidor (Ilk.) ; gor- 

 gorita (Ilk.) ; inomang-kalau (Tag.) ; inomang-kaloo (Bik.) ; kadung (Ilk.) ; 

 kaka (Tag.) ; kakalong (Ig.) ; kakalum (Ig.) ; kakalung (Ig.) ; kalo (Ig.) ; 

 kalu (Bon.) ; opli (Tag.) ; salud-salud (C. Bis.) ; sikado (Bag.) ; sogon- 

 sogon (C. Bis.); taka (Bik.); tandayrua (C. Bis.); ulakgio (Bon.). 



Var. Bl FLORA Macfarl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 36 (1908) 72. 



Negros, Whit ford 1723. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest, altitude 

 about 1,100 m. 



Var. ECRISTATA Macfarl. 1. c. 



Nepenthes graciliflora Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1494. 

 Leyte, Sibuyan, Mindanao, F. B. 16886 Rosenbluth, 4-632 Mearns & Hut- 

 chinson, Elmer 12465. On forested ridges, altitude 1,100 to 1,700 m. 



NEPENTHES BURKEI Mast, in Gard. Chron. Ill 6 (1889) 492, 566, /. 69, 

 8 (1890) 184, Hort. Veitch. (1906) 300, 486; Macfarl. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich 36 (1908) 55. 

 Mindoro, Panay, Merrill 577 U, F. B. 4392 Merritt, B. S. 32597 McGregor. 



In the mossy forest, altitude 1,000 to 1,400 m. Endemic. 



NEPENTHES COPELANDII Merr. ex. Macfarl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 36 

 (1908) 51. 

 Mindanao (Davao, Mt. Apo), Copeland 1033, Elmer 11523, Be Vore & 

 Hoover 294. In thickets, altitude about 2,400 m. Endemic. 



