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male flowers, which is therein correct, with the addition of the fact that the 
rudiment of the ovary is sometimes 3-parted. It is less certain that it is not 
a Fluggea, as the fruit is not truly capsular, but slightly fleshy, and it is 
doubtful whether or not it is dehiscent. The embryo is straight, the testa is not 
lacunose and much thinner than in Fluggea virosa, and the disk of the female 
flower is not lobed. The style-arms are recumbent upon the ovary, spreading or 
somewhat ascending. 
In some parts of Mindanao, this species is of economic importance, being 
according to Hutchinson, the species, in most common use for posts. 
N. v. Anislag, Vis., Manobo, Surigao; Tras, Moro, Rio Grande. 
3. FLUGGEA Willd. 
Branchlets terete, leaves distinctly acuminate 1. F. flexuosa 
Branchlets 4-angled, leaves not or very shortly acuminate 2. F. virosa 
1. Fluggea flexuosa Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 76. 
Securinega flexuosa Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 450. 
Bohol (probably), Cuming 1855. If this is the correct locality, it lessens 
the surprise that we have no further collections of this species, as this island 
is as yet little explored botanically. The solitary leaf, which represents Cuming’s 
type in this herbarium, is often perfectly matched by leaves of other species, 
especially Glochidion rubrum. 
Endemic. 
2. Fluggea virosa Baill. Etud. Gen. Eupli. (1858) 593. 
Phyllanthus virosus Roxb. ex Willd. Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 578. 
Xylophylla obovata Willd. Enum. PI. Hort. Berol. (1809) 329. 
Fluggea obovata (Ilam. in) Wall, ex F.-Vill. Noviss. App. (1883) 189. 
Fluggea microcarpa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 580. 
Securinega microcarpa Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 434. 
Securinega obovata Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 449. 
Cicca pentandra Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 701. 
Fluggea leucopyrus F.-Vill. Noviss. App. (1883) 189, non Willd. Sp. PI. 4 
(1805) 757. 
Securinega ovata Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 44, nomen. 
Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin Island, Bur. Sci. 1/011 Fenix. Luzon, Province 
of Ilocos Norte, Cape Bojeador, For. Bur. 13826 Merritt <£• Darling ; Bangui, For. 
Bur. 138S2, 13896 Merritt ct- Darling: Province of Ilocos Sur, Cuming 1169 j 
Santiago, For. Bur. 11/067, 15658 Merritt & Darling: Province of Benguet, Sugpon, 
For. Bur. 11/120, 11/117 Merritt & Darling ; Twin Peaks, Elmer 61/01/; Baguio, For. 
Bur. 10817 Curran: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Bambang, For. Bur. 15815, 15821 
Curran & Merritt: Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat, Bolster 52: Province of 
Bulacan, Norzagaray, For. Bur. 7205, 7210 Curran: Province of Bataan, Mount 
Mariveles, Lamao River, Whitford 390, 531/, s. n., For. Bur. 77 5 Borden, Leiberg 
6025; Moron, Bur. Sci. 91/9 Mangubat : Province of Rizal, San Mateo, For. Bur. 
1123 Ahern’s collector; Bosoboso, Merrill 261/8; Antipolo, Merrill 1711/; Malapad- 
nabato, Merrill 2732, 271/3; Tanay, Bur. Sci. 331/1 Ramos: Province of Laguna, 
Los Banos, Elmer s. n.: Province of Tayabas, Gurnaca, Whitford 863: Province of 
Camarines, Maagnas, Bur. Sci. 6319 Robinson. Masbate, Merrill 3056. Min- 
danao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 
This species is referred to in the Pflanzenfamilien as F. obovata (L.) Wall. 
Repeated search has not enabled me to find any Linnaean species referable here, 
and the citation is probably a mere slip. The combination Fluggea obovata was 
