ON THE IDENTITY OF BLANCO's SPECIES OF BAMBUSA 6l 
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.; Wendl. Collect. PL 2: 26. pi. 47. 1810 
Bamhus monogyna Blanco Fl. Filip. 268. 1837, ed. 2. 187. 1845, 
ed. 3. i: 333. 1877; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum, i: 331. 1854; 
Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. 26: 119. 1868; Camus Bamb. 132. 
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Bamhus mitis Blanco, op. cit. 271, 187, 336, non Poir. 
Bambusa hlancoi Steud. Syn. PI. Glum, i: 331. 1854; Munro, 
Trans. Linn. Soc. 26: 120. 1868; Camus, Bamb. 134. 1913. 
Dendrocalamus strictus F.-Vill. Novis. App. 324. 1880, non Nees. 
Dendrocalamus sericeus F.-Vill. 1. c, non Munro. 
This bamboo is widely distributed in the settled areas of the 
Philippines at low and medium altitudes, does not occur in the 
forested regions, and is usually, if not always, planted. It is not a 
native of the Philippines, but was undoubtedly purposely introduced 
in prehistoric times. Bambusa monogyna Blanco, for which he cites 
the Tagalog name cauayang quiling and B. mitis Blanco, for which 
he cites the Tagalog name tiuanac, are unquestionably the same species, 
which Blanco himself thought was possibly the case. The two native 
names are still in use in the vicinity of Manila exclusively for Bambusa 
vulgaris Schrad. Bambusa blancoi Steud. was merely a new name for 
B. mitis Blanco, non Poir., while Dendrocalamus strictus and D. 
sericeus are erroneous reductions of Bambusa monogyna and B. mitis 
on the part of F.-Villar; neither occurs in the Philippines. 
GiGANTOCHLOA Kurz 
Gigantochloa levis (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Bamhus levis Blanco Fl. Filip. 272. 1837, ed. 2. 189. 1845, ed. 3. i: 
337. 1877; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum, i: 331. 1854; Munro, Trans. 
Linn. Soc. 26: 121. 1868; Camus, Bamb. 134. 1913. 
Dendrocalamus flagellifer F.-Vill. Novis. App. 324. 1880, non Munro. 
Gigantochloa scribneriana Merr. Philippine Journ. Sci. Suppl. i: 270. 
1906. 
This species is of wide distribution in the northern and central 
Philippines but is of local occurrence and is always planted, good 
evidence that it is not a native of the Archipelago, but like Bambusa 
vulgaris and B. blumeana, an introduced species. It is apparently 
very closely allied to and possibly identical with Gigantochloa robusta 
