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is altogether too incomplete to admit of its identification at present, though it 
is presumably a variety of M. paradisiaca L. 
Musa humilis Perr. is capable of identification, as it is a variety well known, 
especially at Zamboanga, and there highly esteemed. At present, there is no 
sufficient ground for separating specifically either it or M. nigra, next described, 
from the common banana. 
Nerium tinctorium is not that species, but from the description probably 
Alstonia scholaris R. Br. 
Nipa fruticosa Lam. is Nypa fruticans Wurmb., very common along tidal 
streams throughout the Philippines. 
Panax fruticosum L. is commonly cultivated in gardens, as stated by Per- 
rottet. 
Pandanus latifolius Perr., a splendid species with leaves 6 m long and 
32 cm wide, growing on rocks on a small island of the Strait of Basilan. Its 
identity is not quite certain at present, it may be Pandanus dubius Spreng., or 
it may be a distinct species. Its rediscovery can alone determine the problem. 
Piper betel L. Common in cultivation. 
Riiizopkora tagal Perr. is the widely distributed mangrove tree known as 
Geriops candolleana Arn., based on Rhizophora timorensis DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 
32. But this is antedated by Perrottet’s name, and the species must be called 
Ceriops tagal (Perr.). The common Philippine name for this species is “Tangal,” 
whence Perrottet’s specific name. 
Sagus gomutus Perr. is Arenga saccharifera Labill. 
Sagus rhumphi is Gorypha sp., not Sagus rumphii Willd. 
Smilax, a new species named Maeabujay, is probably Tinospora crispa Miers, 
to which the name is usually applied, and to which Perrottet’s remarks apply, 
so far as they go. 
Sterculia foetida L. A very common species. 
Tabernaemontana sempebflorens Perr. is T. pandacaqui Poir. 
Tabernaemontana arborescens Perr. is a common tree species of this genus, 
fairly distinct in the field, but very difficult to separate from the preceding on 
herbarium material, and its position can not yet be satisfactorily stated. 
Ten other species are credited to the Philippines, but without even generic 
identification. From the native names and descriptions it is possible to place 
some of them with certainty, but some of the names given aye probably Javan 
and not Philippine. “Aele des Indiens de Manille” is Pithecolobium acle (Blanco) 
Vidal, if that is really its generic position; “Arbol a brea des Indiens” is 
Canarium hizonicum (Blume) A. Gray; and “Banava” is Lagerstroemia speciosa 
(L.) Pers. 
