IX, C, 2 Merrill: The Plants of Guam 153 
ADENOSTEMMA Forster 
ADENOSTEMMA VISCOSUM Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 90, t. 45; Safford 
175. 
Collected in Guam by Chamisso, fide Safford 1. c. 
A pantropic weed, its original home uncertain. 
ARTEMISIA Linnaeus 
ARTEMISIA VULGARIS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 848; Safford 188. 
McGregor 428. 
A native of Europe, now widely distributed in temperate and tropical 
countries. 
BLUMEA DeCandolle 
BLUMEA MOLLIS (D. Don) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 
395. 
Erigeron molle D. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. (1825) 172. 
G. E. S. 841, in waste places. 
India to tropical Africa, China, Malaya, and Australia. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Linnaeus 
CHRYSANTHEMUM INDICUM Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 889; Safford 225. 
G. E. S. $26, with the local name yerba de Santa Maria. 
Widely distributéd, in cultivation, in all warm countries. 
COREOPSIS Linnaeus 
COREOPSIS TINCTORIA Nutt. in Journ. Acad. Philadel. 2 (1821) 114. 
G. E. S. 816, a cultivated form apparently referable here, of recent 
introduction. 
A native of North America, now widely distributed in cultivation. 
COSMOS Cavanilles 
COSMOS SULPHUREUS Cav. Ic. 1 (1791) 56, t. 79 ? 
McGregor 442, G. E. S. 267, 348, cultivated; apparently recently intro- 
duced. 
A native of Mexico, now widely distributed in warm countries. 
ECLIPTA Linnaeus 
ECLIPTA ALBA (Linn.) Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. (1848) 528; Safford 266. 
Verbesina alba Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 902. 
G. E. S. 30, locally known as titima. 
In all warm countries, where native uncertain. 
ELEPHANTOPUS Linnaeus 
ELEPHANTOPUS MOLLIS HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. Pl. 4 (1820) 26. 
Thompson 21, McGregor 481, G. E. S. 47, in waste places. 
This form with white flowers is very distinct from Elephantopus scaber 
Linn. which has purplish flowers. It is a native of Mexico, and is known 
in the Orient only from Guam, the Philippines, and Celebes; it occurs in 
all parts of the Philippines in the settled areas. 
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