PHILIPPINE BORAGINACEJE. 695 



Iwahig, Bur. Sci. 805 Fox-worthy, Merrill 781,. Ubian, Merrill 5897. Mindanao, 

 District of Davao, Santa Cruz, Williams 2705: District of Zamboanga, San Ramon, 

 fJallicr s. n. Basilan, Hallier s. n. 

 Mauritius to Malaya and Australia. 



6. HELIOTROPIUM Tourn. 



Coarse weed, with leaves at least 5 cm long I. H- mdioum 



Much smaller, leaves not; over 1.5 cm long. 



Fruit distinctly 4-lobcd - 2. tf . bracteatum 



Fruit not or indistinctly 4-lobed - ■ 3. H. strigvsum 



1. Heliotropium indicum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 130. 

 Heliophytum indioum DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 556. 



Tiaridium indicum Lehm. Asperif. 1 (1818) 14. 



Heliotropium parviflorum Blanco FL Filip. (1837) 80, non Linn. Mant 2 

 (1771) 201. 



So common throughout the Archipelago that it is now rarely collected, repre- 

 sented in this herbarium by the following. 



Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin Island, Bur. Sci. 3970 Fcnix. Batanks 

 Islands, Batan Island, Bur. Sci. 3700 Fenix. LUZON, Province of Uocos Norte, 

 Bur. Sci, 221,1 Meams: Province of Zambales, Merrill 2092, Bur. Sci, 5071 Ramos: 

 Province of Pampanga, Parker: Province of Bataan, Williams |8, For. Bur. 

 195', Borden: Province of Puzal, Elmer 5531,, Philip. Normal School 182 Abceda, 

 Merrill 28: Province of Laguna, Cuming 723, Marave 1,3: Province of Cavitc, 

 Bur. Sci, 176 Foxworthy: Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 6609 Kobbe. Marin- 

 duque, collector unknown. Panay, Merrill 21,09. Mindanao, Province of Su- 

 rigao, Allen 15-',: District of Davao, DeVore & Hoover 208: Lake Lanao. Mrs. 

 Clemens. Basilan, DeVore d- Hoover 81, 83. 



Local names, malaciidcuran, Zambales; camantigui, Manila: hinlalayon, Bu- 

 lacan; bunut leon, Tayabas: tro mpa elefante, Manila; Marinduque, Panay, Basilan ; 

 apostcs, Basilan. The names given by Blanco under H. parviflorum are hinlalayon 

 and cotingcotingan. 



Tropics of both hemispheres. 



'2. Heliotropium bracteatum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 493. 

 Mindanao, District of Davao, Davao, Copeland 538. 

 Southern India to Australia. 



3. Heliotropium strigosum Willd. Sp. PL 1 (1797) 743. 

 Li /on, Province of Zambales, Iba, Merrill 328, with very narrow leaves, 

 falling under the variety brcvifolium. 

 Western Asia to Australia. 



Heliotropium curassavicum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 130. 



This species is reported by Fernandez-Villar as growing near the shore at 

 Manila. It is not represented by recent collections, but is not unlikely to have 

 been introduced. 



Heliotropium coromandelianum Naves in PI. Filip. ed. 3. (1877) pi, 88; 

 F.-Vill. in Noviss. App. (1883) 138; non Retz. Obs. 2 (1781) 9. 



f Schleidenia parciflora Llanos in Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Madrid 4 (1859) 499; 

 non DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 557. 



This species, now regarded as a synonym of H. ovalifolium Forsk., is not 



represented by Naves' plate, and nothing corresponding to either has appeared in 



recent collections: the plate was presumably drawn from Philippine material. 



but is too imperfect to permit exact identification. The known Philippine plants 



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