xi, c, e Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 319 



not present the lyrately lobed leaves of the type, as illustrated by Burman, 

 but seems to be the form described by DeCandolle 1. c. as Blumea lacera 

 var. commersonii DC. 



Tropical Africa and Asia to Malaya. 



SPHAERANTHUS Linnaeus 



SPHAERANTHUS AFRICAN US Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1314. 

 Bali, Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2529, July 7, 1913. 

 Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to Australia. 



SYNEDRELLA Gaertner 



SYNEDRELLA NODI FLORA (Linn.) Gaertn. Fruct. 2 (1791) 466, t. 171, 

 f. 7. 

 Verbesina nodifiora Linn. Cent. PI. 1 (1755) 28. 

 Amboina, common in waste places about the town of Amboina, Rel. 

 Robins. 1835, August 20, 1913. 



A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in all tropical 

 countries. 



TRIDAX Linnaeus 



TRIDAX PROCUMBENS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 900. 



Amboina, in waste places near Castle Victoria, Rel. Robins. 18U1, August 

 11, 1913. 



A native of tropical America, introduced and now abundant in parts of 

 India, Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula, etc., but not as yet found in the 

 Philippines. 



COSMOS Cavanilles 



COSMOS CAUDATUS HBK. Nov. Gen. Sp. PL 4 (1816) 240. 



Amboina, Lateri, Rel. Robins. 1837, August 25, 1913, locally known as 

 aunga sunga blanda. 



A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in other tropical 

 countries. 



TIT HON I A Desfontaine 



TITHONIA DIVERSI FOLIA A. Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. 19 (1883) 6. 



Amboina, Rel. Robins. 18U5, August 19, 1913, river banks, near the town 

 of Amboina, from the field note apparently spontaneous. 



A native of Mexico, probably of very recent introduction in Amboina, 

 as it is in other parts of Malaya, where it is cultivated for ornamental 

 purposes. 



ERECHTITES Rafinisque 



ERECHTITES VALERIAN I AEFOLI A (Wolf) DC. Prodr. 6 (1837) 295. 

 Senecio valerianate folius Wolf Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. (1825), ex 

 Reichenb. Ic. Bot. Exot. 1 (1827) 59. 

 Amboina, Soja, Rel. Robins. 1836, August 4, 1913, roadsides at an 

 altitude of about 400 meters. 



A native of Brazil, introduced and now widely distributed in the Malay 

 Archipelago and the southern Philippines. 



