THE FLORA OF MOUNT PULOG. 
- COMPOSITAE. 
ETHULIA Linn. 
~ 1. E. conyzoides Linn. Sp. Pl: ed. 2 (1763) 1171. 
Lower parts of the mossy forest, C. M. Z. 16124. 
In the Philippines confined to the higher mountains of the Benguet-Lepanto 
region; tropical Africa to Bengal, Assam, and Silhet. 
CENTRATHERUM Cass. 
1, C. fruticosum Vid. Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 159. 
Stream depressions, pine region, altitude about 1,500 m, C. M. Z. 16085. 
Widely distributed in the pine regions of the Benguet-Lepanto area, on some 
mountains further south, and near sea level in the Batanes Islands; closely allied 
to C. muticum Less. of tropical America and Australia; endemic. 
VERNONIA Schreb. 
1. V. philippinensis Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 312. 
In ravines, pine region, altitude about 1,300 m, OC. M. Z. 16116. 
At medium altitudes, Luzon to Mindanao, not common; endemic. 
ELEPHANTOPUS Linn. 
1. E. mollis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. Pl. 4 (1820) 26 
Abundant throughout the pine region, C. M. Z. 16086. 
Introduced from tropical America and now thoroughly naturalized; abundant 
and widely distributed in the Philippines. 
AGERATUM Linn. 
1. A. conyzoides Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 839. 
Common in the pine region, C. M. Z. 16337. 
Very abundant in the Philippines, from sea level to high altitudes; pe Topine of 
the world, but probably originating in tropical America. 
EUPATORIUM Linn. 
1. E. benguetense C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 217. 
Mossy forest above 2,250 m, OC. M. Z. 16084, Merrill 6555. 
Known only from higher altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto region. 
MIKANIA Willd. 
1. M. scandens (Linn.) Willd. Sp. Pl. 3 (1800) 1743. 
In ravines, pine region, altitude about 1,200 m, C. M. Z. 16106. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes; Tropics 
of the world. 
SOLIDAGO Linn. 
1. S. virgaurea Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 880. 
Upper pine region, extending to the lower limits of the mossy forest, C. M. Z. 
16109, 16117, 16179, Merrill 6547. 
A sharacteristic plant of the upper pine region of the Benguet- -Lepanto r. region, 
but otherwise not known from the Philippines; Europe, temperate North America, 
temperate Asia to the Himalayan region and Khasia Mountains, southern China, 
Japan, and Formosa, 
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