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Throughout the Philippines at. low and medium altitudes; a common 
weed, probably introduced. All warm countries. 
Local names: Bauan (Bon.); halom (Tag., Bis.) ; halunapa (Sul.) ; ka- 
diapa (Mbo.) ; kalanai (Ilk.) ; kilitis (Bik.) ; kolites (Tag.) ;. kulitis Clag:); 
nasi lg ); siitan (Ilk.); sitan (Ib.). 
DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 
AMARANTHUS BLITUM Linn.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 168. 
AMARANTHUS LIvipUS Linn.; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
AMARANTHUS MANGOSTANUS Linn. F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
AMARANTHUS OLERACEUS Linn.; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
AMARANTHUS TRISTIS Linn.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 
AMARANTHUS SALICIFOLIOS Hort. in Gard. Chron. (1871) 1550, f. 331. 
“Tt was, we are informed, introduced from the Philippines.” I do not 
recognize the species, which was, in all probability, not of Philippine origin. 
The figure is of a leafy branch only. 
5. CYATHULA Loureiro 
CYATHULA LANCIFOLIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 179. 
Luzon (Sorsogon), Samar, Elmer 15753, B. S. 24514, 24558 Ramos. In 
damp forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Rukot-dikot (S. L. Bis.). 
CYATHULA PROSTRATA (Linn.) Blume Bijdr. (1825) 549; Mog. in DC. 
Prodr. 13” (1849) 326; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169; Vidal Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 187; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 
Suppl. 51, Manila (1912) 194. 
Achyranthes prostrata Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 (1762) 296. 
Cyathula geniculata Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 102; Miq. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. 17 (1858) 1045; Vida] Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 216. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, in waste 
places, thickets, etc. Pantropic. 
Local names: Bakbaka (Ilk.); dayang (Tag.) ; dokat-dokat (Bis.) ; sait- 
sait (Sul.); tuhod-manok (Tag.). 
6. PUPALIA Jussieu 
PUPALIA LAPPACEA (Linn.) Juss. in Ann. Mus. Paris 2 (1803) 132; 
Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13? (1849) 331; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1858) 
1046; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
11 (1916) Bot. 269. 
Achyranthes lappacea Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 204. 
Achyranthes atropurpurea Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 546. 
Desmochaeta flavescens DC. Cat. Hort. Monsp. (1813) 102; Walp. 
in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 405. 
Pupalia atropurpurea Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13? (1849) 331; Miq. FI. 
Ind. Bat. 17 (1858) 1046; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169; Vidal 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 137, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 
216; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 198. ; 
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