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1917 
GUTTIFERAE 
Cratoxylon blancoi Blume. Guyong-guyong. Widely scattered; Gates 
observed this sprouting from buried stumps. 
FLACOURTIACEAE 
Casearia cinerea Turcz. Common in thickets and ravines at low altitudes. 
Flacourtia rukam Z. & M.* Rare and local; a few plants observed. 
CARICACEAE 
Carica papaya Linn. Papaya. Scattered in ravines and thickets at low 
altitudes, especially at the northern end of the island. 
THYMELAEACEAE 
Phaleria cumingii F.-Vill.f vine in parang thicket; infrequent.” 
(Gates.) Not seen in 1916-17. Gates’s specimen is sterile, but the 
identification is apparently correct, although the plant is not a vine. 
ELAEAGNACEAE 
Elaeagnus philippensis Perr.f Alingaro. “Vine in parang; infrequent.” 
(Gates.) Not observed in 1916-17. 
COMBRETACEAE 
Quisqualis indica Linn. Niog niogan. Along the northern coast and in 
thickets about Pirapiraso. 
Terminalia catappa Linn.* TaKsay. A few young trees observed; widely 
scattered back of the beach. 
MYRTACEAE 
Eugenia jambolana Lam. Duhat. Widely distributed in thickets and in 
some ravines; common. This is almost certainly persistent from trees 
existing before the eruption, as some plants were found where the 
shoots had grown from the broken trunks of very old trees, in one 
case the old trunk being 40 cm in diameter. 
Psidium guajava Linn. Bayabas. Widely distributed at low altitudes; 
common. ^ 
OENOTHERACEAE 
Jussiaea repens Linn. A few juvenile plants observed in damp soil near 
the beach. 
Jussiaea linifolia Vahl.* A few widely scattered individuals observed 
along the beach. 
UMBELLIFERAE 
Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urb.* Taquip cohol. Abundant locally, in damp 
soil back of the beach at the northern end of the island. 
MYRSINACEAE 
Maesa cumingii Mez. Not uncommon in ravines and in thickets at the 
northern end of the island; widely scattered. 
Maesa laxa Mez.* Less common than than the preceding species. 
