BOTANICAL NOTES. 219 
Embelia porteana Mez in Das Pflanzenreich 1. e. 302;. Merr. in Philip. Journ'. 
Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 375. 
Represented by 10411; other distribution Mindoro, the type locality not- known. 
Other species: Aegiceras corniculatum (Linn.) Blanco, 6990, 10355 ; A. floridum 
R. & S., 9088. 
SAPOTACEAE. 
Mimusops elengi Linn., 6981. 
EBENACEAE. 
Diospyros nitida Merr. in Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 57. 
This seems to be represented by 9214, with staminate flowers, although the 
petioles are longer and the leaves wider than is usual in the species. Other 
distribution Benguet to Bataan and Rizal, Mindoro, Guimaras, Mindanao. 
Other species: Diospyros maritima Blume, 9138, 10388, local name canumai: 
D. discolor Willd. is also native on the island, although it was not collected; 
fruit was brought me on several occasions. 
OLEACEAE. 
Jasminum macrocarpum Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 258. 
Represented by 6972, 9308, local name tint a europa: other distribution Bataan 
and Rizal. * 
Other species : Linociera cumingiana Vidal, 10383. 
LOGANIACEAE. 
Fagraea auriculata Jack in Mai. Misc. 2 7 (1822) 82. 
Represented by 10430 ; other distribution Cagayan, Laguna, Negros, Palawan, 
Malay Archipelago, Malay Peninsula, India. 
Fagraea racemosa Jack ex Roxb. FI. Ind. 2 (1824) 35. 
Common on Polillo, 9040, 9183, 10320, For. Bur. 3214 Bagger, local name 
libacan ; other distribution Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Albay, Sorsogon, Leyte, 
Sibuyan, Cebu, Negros, Mindoro, Mindanao, Basilan, Malay Peninsula, Andaman 
Islands, Malay Archipelago, Australia. 
APOCYNACEAE. 
Tabernaemontana mugronata Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 318. 
Represented by 6974, local name pandacaqui ; other distribution Tayabas and 
Guimaras. 
Voacanga plumeriaefolia Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 333. 
Almost certainly represented by 10395, although the Polillo collection is not 
quite an exact match for the cotype. No flowers were obtained. The species, 
known otherwise from Tayabas only, has much the appearance of a Tabernae- 
montana, in the alliance of T. sphaerocarpa Blume. 
Other species: Allamanda Cathartica Linn., 9162, ■ 10385, ‘ local name campa- 
nula: Cerbera odollam Gaertn., 6977, 10332, local name lipata: Lochnera rosea 
(Linn.) Reichb., '6984, 10363, local name San- Pedro: Voacanga globosa (Blanco) 
Merr., 9127, 10358, local name bayag cambing. 
