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Citrus webberi Wester in Philip. Agr. Review 8 (1915) 13, incl. var. 

 montana Wester op. cit. 14. 



Widely scattered in cultivation, but planted on a large scale in Batangas 

 Province, Luzon. All warm countries but probably a native of southern 

 China. Perhaps not specifically distinct from Citrus aurantium Linn. 

 The loose-skinned or mandarin orange. 



Local names: Alsem (Bon.); darangita (Ilk.); naranjita (Sp.) ; dala- 

 ngita (Tag.); ransas (Bik.) ; sintonis (Tag.); tison (Tag.). 



Citrus webberi Wester, here reduced to C. nobilis Lour., may be a hybrid 

 between C. nobilis Lour, and C. hystrix DC. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Citrus madurensis Lour.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 38. 



This is Fortunella japonica (Thunb.) Swingle, and does not occur in 

 the Philippines. 



EXCLUDED GENERA 



Feronia elephantum Correa; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 38=Feronia 

 limonia (Linn.) Swingle. 



The wood apple is not a native of the Philippines; it is now cultivated at 

 the Agricultural Station at Lamao, Bataan Province, Luzon. 



Ruta GRAVEOLENS Linn.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 34. 



This European plant is very rarely cultivated in Manila gardens; it has 

 no claims to be considered as a Philippine species. 



Casimiroa edulis La Llave. 



A native of Mexico, recently introduced and cultivated at Lamao. 



SIMARUBACEAE 



1. SURIANA Plumier 



SURIANA MARITIMA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 284; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. 

 Explor. Exped. (1854) 307; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 

 Bot. 274. 



Lumbucan (Sulu Sea), Merrill Phil. PL 403. On sandy seashores. A 

 pantropic strand plant, yet often very local, in the Old World chiefly on 

 small isolated islands. 



2. SAMADERA Gaertner 



SAMADERA INDICA Gaertn. Fruct. 2 (1791) 352, t. 156; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 38; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 19, t. 26, f. C, Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 101, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 78; 

 Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 29, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 206. 

 Manungala pendula Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 306. 

 Niota tetrapetala Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 4 (1798) 490; Blanco Fl. 

 Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 213, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 35. 

 Luzon (Cagayan), Mindoro, Palawan, Mindanao (Lanao), F. B. 27227 

 Penas, 11879 Amarillas, 4061, 3738 Merritt, 12208 Rosenbluth, 3819 Curran, 

 25498 Cruz, 23136 Acuna. In forests at low altitudes. India to Malaya. 



