240 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



ROUREA IMBRICATA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2597. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 11*309. In forests, altitude about 950 m; 

 very closely allied to Rourea volubilis Merr. and perhaps not specifically 

 distinct. Endemic. 



Local name: Dakolai (Mbo.). 



ROUREA. LUZON I ENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 404. 



Luzon (Camarines), B. S. 3353U Ramos & Edano. In thickets at low 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



ROUREA UNIFOLIOLATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 372. 



Leyte, Wenzel 36. In forests at low altitudes. This may ultimately 

 prove to be merely a form of Rourea volubilis Merr. with all or most of the 

 leaves unif oliolate ; it is certainly very closely allied to that species. En- 

 demic. 



ROUREA VOLUBILIS (Blanco) Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 

 (1905) 36, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) ,Suppl. 61, 4 (1909) Bot. 125. 

 Cnestis volubilis Blanco Fl. Filip (1837) 385. 

 Cnestis trifolia Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 270, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 136, 



non Lam. 

 Rourea heterophylla Planch, in Linnaea 23 (1850) 419; Walp. Ann. 

 2 (1851) 297; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 658; A. Gray Bot. 

 Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 375; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 56; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 106, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 103. 

 Santaloides volubile Schellenb. Beitr. Anat. Syst. Connar. (1910) 51, 



Fedde Repert. 10 (1912) 247; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 164. 

 Rourea microcarpa Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2599. 

 Rourea subvolubilis Elm. op. cit. 2600. 

 Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Mindanao and Palawan. In thickets 

 and forests at low and medium altitudes ; common and variable. Hainan. 



Local names: Baralang (Ibn.) ; bitog (Ig.) ; gikos-gikos (Tag.); hanam- 

 babau (Bis.) ; kalayan (Bag.) ; kamagsa (Tag.) ; kamagsa-takilis (Tag.) ; 

 mabindato (Bis.); palo santo (Sp.) ; tioa (Bag.); ungalina (Bis.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Rourea commuta Planch.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 56. 

 Rourea rugosa Planch. ; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Rourea santaloides W. & A.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



4. CNESTIS Jussieu 



CNESTIS PALALA (Lour.) Merr. in Journ. Straits Branch Roy. As. 



Soc. 85 (1922) 201. 

 Thysanus palala Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 284, excl. syn. Rumph. 

 Thysanus cochinchinensis DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 91. 

 Cnestis diffusa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 386; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 127, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 164. 

 Cnestis comiculata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 386, ed. 2 (1845) 270, 



ed. 3, 2 (1878) 138, non Lam. 

 Cnestis polyphylla Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 270, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 



137, non Lam. 



