THE FLORA OF MANILA. 
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may be the case in Presl’s herbarium. His descriptions appear to me to 
apply to a single form. It is suspected also that Jussiaea blumeana DC., 
reported by Miquel from Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, may prove to be 
identical. 
Ludwigia prostrata Roxb., w^hich has locally been confused with the 
above, appears to be a comparatively rare plant in the Philippines, being 
represented in our herbarium by four specimens only: Luzon, Province of 
Cagayan, Tuguegarao, Bur. Sci. 7936 Ramos, in part: Province of Rizal, 
Masambong, Marave JO; Caloocan, Merrill 3670, November, 1903. Min- 
danao, District of Davao, Williams 2633. 
ARALIACEAE. 
NOTHOPANAX Miq. 
The type of this genus is unmistakably Panax fruticosum L., which 
species most authors agree is generically distinct from Panax quinque- 
folium L., the type of the Linnean genus. However, there is great 
difference of opinion as to the proper place of the species and the manifestly 
allied forms, and the question is greatly confused by the numerous horti- 
cultural forms that have received specific names in various allied genera, 
and by the great variation of many of the species. There are in Manila a 
number of cultivated forms, all of them introduced, which are difficult to 
classify not only on account of their variation, but also because most of 
them rarely or never produce flowers. It seems to me that the logical 
course to follow is to recognize the genus Nothopanax Miq., as valid and 
typified by N. fruticosum (L.) Miq., and to refer to it certain forms that 
have been described in various genera. 
NOTHOPANAX FRUTICOSUM (L.) Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. F (1856) 765. 
Panax fruticosum L. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1513. 
Polyscias fruticosa Harms in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3’ 
(1894) 45. 
Commonly cultivated in and about the larger towns throughout the 
Philippines, probably of prehistoric introduction. Generally known as 
papua, literally “curled,” from the crisped leaves. An exceedingly variable 
plant, with several distinct varieties in cultivation here, which have received 
various horticultural names. 
NOTHOPANAX COCHLEATUM (Lam.) Miq. 1. c. 766. 
Aralia cochleata Lam. Encycl. 1 (1783) 224. 
Panax cochleatum DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 255. 
Commonly cultivated, rarely or never flowering, locally known by its 
Spanish name, “platitos.” 
NOTHOPANAX ORNATUM (Bull.) comb. nov. 
Panax ornatum Bull. Cat. (1888) 9. 
Commonly cultivated, exceedingly variable in foliage. Of comparatively 
recent introduction here, occasionally flowering. 
NOTHOPANAX CRISPATUM (Bull.) comb. nov. 
Panax crispatum Bull. 1. c. 
Commonly cultivated, rarely or never producing flowers here. 
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