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MERRILL. 
t. 39, f. G; Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 106; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 103; 
F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 57; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 61; 
King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 21. 
Rourea dasyphylla Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. (1861) 528. 
Connarus foliosus Jack in Wall. Cat. (1828) no. 8529, nomen. 
Gonnarus igneus Wall. 1. c. no. 8528, nomen. 
Rourea rugosa F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 56, non Planch. 
Gonnarus ferrugineus F.-Vill. 1. c. 57, non Jack. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Sur, Tagudin, Guerrero s. n. : Province of Union, 
Elmer 551/1/: Province of Pangasinan, Cuming 951: Province of Bataan, Topping 
529, For. Bur. 2592 Meyer, For. Bur. 2567 Borden: Province of Rizal, Merrill 
1327, 231/1, For. Bur. 2656 Ahern’s collector: Province of Laguna, Elmer. Lu- 
bang, Merrill 965. Bukias, For. Bur. 1726 Clark. 
Burma to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 
Blanco’s name for this species is the oldest valid one that I have been able to 
find, and it is here accordingly adopted. He describes the fruits as “without 
hairs” which hardly applies to the above species, but in spite of this discrepancy 
I am of the opinion that the plant he had in mind \Vas really the above, as in 
other characters his description applies perfectly, and does not at all apply to 
any other species of Gonnaraceae known to me. The species is moreover common 
in the regions from which Blanco received most of his material, and would hardly 
have been overlooked by him. F.-Villar erroneously reduced Cnestis diffusa 
Blanco to Rourea rugosa Planch., a species that does not extend to the Philippines, 
and one to which Blanco’s description does not at all apply. Cnestis corniculata 
Blanco, non Lam., is certainly referable here. I had suspected this from Blanco’s 
description, and to verify it, Dr. Leon Ma. Guerrero kindly secured for me from 
Blanco’s type locality, Tagudin, specimens of the plant known there as Sal-laday ; 
these specimens prove to be the same as C. diffusa Blanco. G. corniculata Blanco 
was erroneously reduced by F.-Villar to Connarus ferrugineus Jack, a species that 
does not extend to the Philippines. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
Rourea santaloides W. & A.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 56. 
Rourea commutata Planch.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 
The above two species were credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar, but probably 
do not extend to the Archipelago. 
