130 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1928 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Bontoc, Union, Pangasinan, Rizal, La- 
guna), Panay, Guimaras. In dry thickets at low and medium altitudes; 
not common. India to Madagascar, the Malay Peninsula, and Java. 
Local names: Dokot-dékot (Bis.) ; igadigad (Ilk.) ; taguyupyup (IIk.). 
7. AERUA Forskal 
AERUA LANATA (Linn.) Juss. in Ann. Mus. Paris 11 (1808) 131; Mig. 
Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1858) 1089; Mog. in DC. Monog. Phan. 13? 
(1849) 303; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 137, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 216; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 52, Fl. Manila (1912) 194, Sp. 
Blancoanae (1918) 138. 
Achyranthes lanata Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 204. 
Illecebrum lanatum Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 344; Blanco Fl. Filip. 
(18387) 190. 
Celosia lanata Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 134, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 
241, t. 354, non Linn. 
Aerua brachiata Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 
1: 405, non Mart. 
Iuzon (Union to Batangas), Mindoro, Marinduque, Panay. Common 
in open dry waste places at low and medium altitudes, in regions subject to 
a prolonged dry season; probably introduced. India to tropical Africa and 
Malaya (Sumatra, Java). 
Local names: Apugapugan (Tag.); karlatan (Ilk.); pamaynap (Tag.) ; 
taba-ahas (Tag.). 
AERUA SCANDENS (Roxb.) Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 6911; Mog. in DC. 
Prodr. 137 (1849) 302; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169; Ceron 
Cat. Pl. Herb. Manila (1892) 137; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. 
(1905) 124. 
Achyranthes scandens Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 509. 
Aerua velutina Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13? (1849) 301; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 169; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 187, Rev. 
Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 216. 
Desmotheca velutina Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 6935, nomen nudum. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Batangas, Ilocos Norte), Guimaras, Mindoro, Palawan. 
In dry thickets at low and medium altitudes. India to China and Formosa, 
southward to Java. 
Local name: Samsam (Tagb.). 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
AERUA JAVANICA Juss.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169. 
AERUA SANGUINOLENTA Blume; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
AERUA TIMORENSIS Mog.; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
8. PSILOTRICHUM Blume 
PSILOTRICHUM TRICHOTOMUM Blume Bijdr. (1825) 545; Mog. in 
DC. Prodr. 137 (1849) 280; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169; Vidal 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 137, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 216. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, Laguna), Samar, Leyte, Mindanao, 
Cuming 658, B. S. 11485 McGregor, 24172 Ramos, 87879 Ramos & Edaio, 
