COMPOSITAE 375 | 
a distinct genus of the Onagraceae by Fernandez-Villar, but by 
Bentham and Hooker and by Engler and Prantl it was referred 
with doubt to the genus Erythropalum of the Olacaceae. It is 
not uncommon in fallow rice lands about Manila. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 548). 
COMPOSITAE 
VERNONIA Schreber 
Eupatorium luzoniense Llanos Frag. Pl. Filip. (1851) 88 (sp. nov.); 
F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 3, 4* (1880) 68, ¢. 280 (as 
Vernonia parviflora Reinw.) =VERNONIA CINEREA (Linn.) Less. 
To Eupatorium luzoniense Llanos referred, with doubt, Hupa- 
torium ayapana Vent., as described by Blanco, but this is a 
manifest error. Eupatorium ayapana Vent.=E. triplinerve 
Vahl was correctly interpreted by Blanco; it occurs in the 
Philippines only as a very rarely cultivated plant and is 
thoroughly well known to the few who cultivate it. Llanos 
states, regarding his Eupatorium luzoniense: “No es conocido, 
y es frecuente a orilla de los caminos y huertos de los naturales. 
El estigma parece de las vernonias.” Vernonia cinerea Less. 
is very common along streets and paths and as a weed in gardens, 
growing at low and medium altitudes in the settled areas 
throughout the Philippines; moreover Llanos’s description cer- 
tainly applies to Lessing’s species. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, January, 1915 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 697). 
Serratula multiflora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 617; ed. 2 (1845) 431; ed. 3, 
3 (1879) 7, non Linn.=VERNONIA PATULA (Ait.) Merr. (V. chi- 
nensis Less.; V. villosa W. F. Wight). 
This species is common and widely distributed in the settled 
areas of the Philippines at low altitudes, certainly introduced. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 235). 
ELEPHANTOPUS Linnaeus 
ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 634; ed. 2 
(1845) 441; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 27. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. A 
common weed in the settled areas at low altitudes, throughout 
the Philippines. Introduced. ; 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 442). 
