126 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS —_ 
CHENOPODIUM POLYSPERMUM Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 220; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 145. 
Luzon (Benguet), Guerrero. In waste places, altitude about 1,300 m. 
A casual weed, introduced; widely distributed in temperate and subtem- 
perate regions. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
CHENOPODIUM ALBUM Linn.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 171. 
I have seen no Philippine material representing this widely distributed 
weed. Two other representatives of the family are reported from the 
Philippines, the common beet (Sp. remolacha), Beta vulgaris Linn., and 
Spinacia oleracea Mill. The beet is fairly common in cultivation but its 
occurrence is dependent on annually imported seeds; I have seen no spin- 
ach in the Philippines. 
AMARANTHACEAE 
1. DEERINGIA R. Brown 
DEERINGIA AMARANTHOIDES (Lam.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. 
(1917). 211, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 136. 
Achyranthes amaranthoides Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 548. 
Celosia baccata Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 23; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 193. 
Deeringia celosioides R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 413; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 
2 (1845) 185, ed. 8, 1 (1877) 244, t. 286; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1% 
(1858) 1025; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 136, Rev. PI. 
Vasc. Filip. (1886) 215; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167. 
Deeringia baccata Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13* (1849) 236; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 51, Fl. Manila (1912) 190. 
Deeringia indica Retz. ex Blume Bijdr. (1825) 542; Walp. in Nov. 
Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 407. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte to Batangas), Mindoro. Common in thickets at 
low and medium altitudes. India to China southward to Australia. 
Local names: Aribugbug (Ilk.); aribukbuk (Ilk.); ditiran (Tag.); ha- 
gorilis (Tag.); hanlilimékan (Bis.); sili-silihan (Tag.); suni-sani (IIk.). 
DEERINGIA POLYSPERMA (Roxb.) Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13° (1849) 236. 
Celosia polysperma Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 511. 
Deeringia indica Zoll. ex Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13* (1849) 236; Miq. 
Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1858) 1026; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167; 
Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 136, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 215; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 51, 3 
(1908) Bot. 405, non Retz. 
Lestibudesia latifolia Blume Bijdr. (1825) 541. 
Batan Islands to Mindanao and Palawan, common in thickets at low and 
medium altitudes, in Benguet ascending to 1,800 m. Malay Peninsula to 
the Moluccas. 
Local names: Aditit (Iv.); babanat (Is.); bauangan (Ig.); bayambang 
(Tag.); bitoan (Mbo.); chaksil (lIg.); hagorilis Tag.); paparangan 
(Mag.); sipsip (Ig.); tagamtam (Bik.); talaktak (Pamp.). 
Var. PUBESCENS (Schinz) comb. nov. 
Deeringia indica Zoll. var. pubescens Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. II 
3 (1903) 3. ‘ 
Northern Luzon, Warbura 11708. Endemic. 
