Vo1 - 2 MELIACEAE 359 



Cipadessa fruticosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 162; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. 

 Manila (1892) 42. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), Panay, Mindanao (Zamboanga, 

 Davao) . In thickets and forests, at low and medium altitudes, ascending 

 to 2,200 m. India to Java. 



Local names: Bieum (Ig.) ; taboat (Bag.); banaibag (Ig.). 



CIPADESSA WAR BURG 1 1 Perk, in Notizbl. Kgl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3 (1903) 

 79, Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 30. 

 Luzon (Cagayan), Warburg 12357 in Herb. Berlin; not certainly dis- 

 tinct from C. baccifera Miq. ; if distinct, endemte. 



4. TURRAEA Linnaeus 



TURRAEA HUMILIS (Blanco) Merr, in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 

 (1905) 30, Fl. Manila (1912) 274, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 208. 

 Plagianthus humilis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 526, ed. 2 (1845) 367, 



ed. 3, 2 (1879) 315, t. 181. 

 Turraea pumila F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 41; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 81, non ? Benn. 

 Luzon (Batangas, Rizal, Laguna), Merrill 6232, Sj). Blancoanae 509, 

 B. S. 14994 Ramos. In open ravines and thickets at low altitudes, .rare 

 and local. Endemic. 



TURRAEA MEM BR AN AC EA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 



306. 



Turraea pubescens Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 211; Vidal Rev. 



PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 81, non Hellen. 



Luzon (Rizal, Pampanga), Merrill 3913, F. B. 9619 Zschokke, B. S. 977 



Ramos. On forested slopes 1 , ascending to 700 m; rare and local. Endemic. 



TURRAEA PALAWAN ENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 

 307. 

 Palawan, B. S. 15563 Finix. Near the seashore. Endemic. 



5. VAVAEA Bentham 



VAVAEA AMICORUM Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2 (1843) 212; 

 A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 44, t. 16, f. B; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 301. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Zambales, Nueva Ecija, Cavite, Batangas, 

 Camarines, Sorsogon, incl. Elmer 164-75, 14941 as V. sorsogonensis Elm.), 

 Mindoro, Palawan, Elmer 12970 as V. harveyi Seem., Samar, Panay, Ne- 

 gros, Mindanao, Sulu Archipelago (Sibutu). In forests at low and medium 

 altitudes, locally abundant. Polynesia. 



Local names: Miau (P. Bis.) ; nanka-nanka (Sul.) ; namog-pula (Tagb.) ; 

 sandana (Sbl., Tag.); sandanan (Sul.) ; tanankananka (SuL). 



VAVAEA ARDISIODES Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2767; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 301. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 13974. On exposed forested ridges and 

 peaks, altitude 1,200 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Bagodan (Mbo.). 



