range, an anomalous situation that may be resolved as 
more collections become available from Peru = and 
Kcuador. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Philoglossa peruviana DC. 
CotomBia : Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy.—3 kms. south 
Sibundoy. “* ‘Tsbajosha’. Decumbent herb to 80 em., firs. yellow. 
13-X1-1962, Bristol 348 (COL, GH, LP, PASTO, US). —5 kms. south 
Sibundoy. °° “Tsbajosha’. Trailing herb, 2 m.; exposed sts. red; 
heads yellow. Potherb.’*’ $1-XI1-1962, Bristol 423 (GH). —1.5 kms. 
west Sibundoy. ** “Huacamuyu de monte’. Cooked for pigs. Herb 1 
ss 
m.,decumbent, sts. reddish ; heads yellow. Indian garden, common.’”’ 
99-VITI-1963, Bristol 1329 (COL, ECON, GH, PASTO, US).—1.5 
kms. south Sibundoy. ***T'sbajosha’. Herb, sts. fleshy, decumbent, 
reddish, | m.; heads deep yellow. Indian garden (weed), frequent. 
Cooked for pigs.”’ 21-IX-19638, Bristol 1404 (COL, ECON, GH). 
—5 kms. south Sibundoy, ** ‘Tsabajosha’ 50 em., tallo morado; firs. 
amarillas.**” 10-[1-1963, Chindoy 94 (COL, ECON,GH, PASTO, US). 
Philoglossa peruviana DC. var. sapida Bristol. 
Cotombra: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy. —% kms. 
southwest Sibundoy. **"T'sbajosha’. Herb, succulent, declining ; heads 
yellow. Sts. unpigmented. Planted, edible form. Very infrequent. ”’ 
25-V-1963, Bristol 1039 (COL, US). —3 kms. southwest Sibundoy. 
***Tsbajosha’. Potherb. Herb, decumbent; sts. fleshy, green, rising 
30 cm.; heads deep yellow. Indian garden, very infreq.”’ 19-VII- 
1963, Bristol 1252 (Tyee, GH). —Sibundoy. “*‘Tsbajosha, huacamu- 
yu, yuyu’. Potherb. Herb, sts. decumbent, 70 cm., upright 30 em., 
green, fleshy; heads deep yellow. Garden, very infreq., planted.”’ 
3-X-1968, Bristol 1444 (ECON). 
Botivia: Songo, —XI-1890, Bang S96 (GH). 
CoMMON NAMES 
Philoglossa peruviana and its var. sapida are known 
by anumber of common names, but no native names have 
been encountered which apply exclusively to the weedy 
species itself or to the cultivar, var. sapida. The common 
names now current, together with some of their literal 
meanings, are listed below. 
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