Vol. 2 CHENOPODIACEAE 125 
Polygonum bellardi Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 314, ed. 2 (1845) 219, 
ed. 8, 2 (1878) 45, non All. 
Polygonum orientale F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 172, non Linn. 
Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in shallow-water swamps, 
etc., at low and medium altitudes. India to Africa, southern China, and 
Malaya. 
Local names: Kabakbak (Mag.); mandianag (Sub.); substiban (Tag.). 
8. CORCULUM Stuntz 
(Antigonon Endlicher) 
CORCULUM LEPTOPUS (Hook. & Arn.) Stuntz in U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. 
Pl. Ind. Bull. 282 (1913) 86. 
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechy’s Voy. (1841) 308, 
t. 69; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14 (1857) 184; Ceron Cat, Pl. Herb. 
Manila (1892) 188; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 188. 
Antigonon cordatum F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 171; Naves in Blanco 
Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 462, non Mart. & Gal. 
A native of tropical America, probably introduced into the Philippines 
about 1870, now in common cultivation throughout the Archipelago for 
ornamental purposes. Widely known as cadena de amor (Sp.). 
Stuntz in proposing the new generic term Corculwm notes that Antigonon 
is not technically published by Endlicher, and is, moreover, antedated by 
Antigonon Velloso. 
4, MUEHLENBECKIA Meisner 
MUEHLENBECKIA PLATYCLADA Meisn. in Bot. Zeit. 22 (1865) 313; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 354; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 
218; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 188. 
Exocarpus ceramicus Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 317, 
non DC. 
A native of Polynesia, probably introduced into the Philippines about 
1870, now widely cultivated in gardens. 
Local name: Alupihan (Tag.). 
CHENOPODIACEAE 
1. CHENOPODIUM Linnaeus 
CHENOPODIUM ACUMINATUM Willd. in Ges. Nat. Fr. Neue Schr. 2 
(1799) 124, ¢. 5, f. 2; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 405. 
Batan Islands, B. S. 3807 Fénix. In waste places. An introduced weed; 
of wide distribution in temperate and subtemperate regions. 
CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 219; Miq. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. 1* (1857) 1017; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 171; Merr. in 
Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 25; Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 
Bot. 346, Fl. Manila (1912) 189, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 136. 
Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas, cultivated and spon- 
taneous; at medium and higher altitudes (Benguet) often very abundant. 
A native of Mexico, now of pantropic distribution. 
Local names: Adlabon (Ig.) ; alpasote, alpasotis, aposétis, pasdtis (Tag., 
Bis., Ilk., all corruptions of the Mexican apazotl); bulbtila (Bon.); libug 
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