VoL 2 POLYGALACEAE 385 



POLYGALA VENENOSA Juss. ex Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 5 (1804) 493; DC. 

 Prodr. 1 (1824) 331; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. Manila (1892) 18; 

 Chodat in Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 31 2 (1893) 98; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 277. 

 Mindoro, Palawan, Leyte, Negros, Camiguin de Misamis, Dinagat, Min- 

 danao, Sulu Archipelago. In damp primary forests at low and medium 

 altitudes, scattered. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 

 Local names: Taram (Bag.); hagnaya (P. Bis.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Polygala glaucoides Linn.; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 3 (1804) 896 "In Zeylonia 

 inque Philippinis." 

 The Philippine reference was undoubtedly based on an erroneously iden- 

 tified or localized specimen. 



2. SECURIDACA Linnaeus 



SECURIDACA ATRO-VIOLACEA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1671. 



Palawan, Elmer 1277U, 13236 (or 13238). In forests at and above 225 

 m altitude. Endemic. 



SECURIDACA CORYMBOSA Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 27 2 (1854) 



360; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 14; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 



(1885) 95, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 51; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae 



(1918) 214. 



Securidaca volubilis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 556, non Linn. 



Securidaca complicata Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 388, ed. 3, 2 



(1879) 349, non HBK. 

 Securidaca cumingii Hassk. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1 (1863) 



180. 

 Securidaca tavoyana F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 14; Vidal Sinopsis 

 Atlas (1883) 13, t. 9, f. A, non Wall. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Tayabas, Bataan, Rizal, 

 Laguna), Mindoro, Negros. In forests at low and medium altitudes. En- 

 demic. 



Local names: Balagon (Pamp.) ; baut (Ilk.); gogong-bakai (Bik.) ; 

 gogong-bisaya (Tag.); hinaki (P. Bis.); udok (Ig.) ; oyangya (Tag.). 



SECURIDACA PH ILIPPIN ENSIS Chodat in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4 (1896) 233. 



Luzon (Sorsogon), Leyte, Panay, Bohol, Mindanao (Lanao), Cuming 

 1852, Elmer 17235, F. B. 10552 Curran, Wenzel 840, 9^0, 1053, Clemens 

 U88, B. S. 35U66 Ramos & Edano. In primary forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Balunos (Bik.); salabi (Bag.). 



3. SALOMON I A Loureiro 



SALOMON IA CANTON I ENSIS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 14; DC. Prodr. 

 1 (1824) 334; Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 44; Benn. in Hook. f. 

 FL Brit. Ind. 1 (1872) 206; Hassk. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1 

 1863-64) 144. 



Luzon (Bontoc), Panay, Mindanao (Lanao), Vanoverbergh 3797, Cle- 

 mens 16, B. S. 20953 Ramos. On open slopes and in thickets at medium 

 altitudes; rare. India to southern China, Malaya, and tropical Australia. 



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