138: SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
AERUVA Forskal 
Miecebrum lanatum Murr.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 190=Celosia lanata 
‘io. Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 134; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 241, t. 354, non Linn.= 
AERUA LANATA (Linn.) Juss. 
This species is of rather wide distribution in the settled areas 
at low altitudes, growing in waste places; certainly introduced. 
Milustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, December, 1913 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 359). 
ACHYRANTHES Linnaeus 
ACHYRANTHES ASPERA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 188; ed, 2 (1845) 
183; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 239. 
‘The Linnean species was apparently correctly interpreted by 
Blanco. It is a common weed in the settled areas of the Phil- 
ippines and is manifestly an introduced plant in the Archipelago. 
‘Tilustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, November, 1914 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 424). 
ALTERNANTHERA Forskal 
Achyranthes villosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 189; ed. 2 (1845) 134; ed. 3, 
1 (1877) 240, non Forsk.=ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS (Linn.) 
R. Br. 
lilecebrum triandrum Llanos Frag. Pl. Filip. (1851) 61; F.-Vill. & Nios 
in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed 3, 4* (1880) 43, non Ham.=ALTERNAN- 
THERA SESSILIS R. Br. : 
Both of these were reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Alternan- 
thera denticulata R. Br. and are apparently but forms of the 
very common and variable Alternanthera sessilis. It is found 
‘throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low and 
medium. altitudes. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, October, 1914 (Mer- 
rill: anideliaas Blancoanae No. 68). 
GOM PHRENA Linnaeus 
GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 198; ed. 2 (186) 
139; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 251, t. 68. 
The Linnean species, correctly interpreted by Blanco, is cer- 
tainly an introduced plant in the Philippines. It is found in 
cultivation, occasionally as an escape, throughout the Archi- 
pelago in the settled areas. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, October, 1914 octet 
rill: Species Blancoanae No. ul 
