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Merrill 7302. In open wet places at low and medium altitudes; rare. In- 
dia to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 
Local name: Katiangkas (Sub.). 
9. ACHYRANTHES Linnaeus 
ACHYRANTHES ASPERA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 204; Mog. in DC. Prodr. 
13° (1849) 314; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 188, ed. 2 (1845) 133, 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 239; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1858) 1042; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 170; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 187, 
Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 217; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 195, Sp. 
Blancoanae (1918) 1388. 
Desmochaeta repens Llanos ex F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. 
ed. 38, 4* (1880) 105, non R. & S. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, a weed in open 
waste places; a pantropic weed, probably introduced in the Philippines. 
Local names: Angud (Pamp.); deket-déket (Ilk.); dokot-dékot (Tag.) ; 
garém (Ilk.); guéla (Neg.); hangod (Tag.); hangor (Tag.); hangot 
(Tag.); higad-higad (Ilk.); libai (Tag.); lopo-lopo (Bis.); niknikitan 
(Bon.); ragragadi (Ilk.); saramo (Bis.). 
ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA Blume Bijdr. (1825) 545; Mog. in DC. 
Prodr. 13? (1849) 312, 
Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao), Clemens, B. S. 38877 Ramos & Edano. 
In old clearings, altitude 600 to 1,000 m. India to Japan southward to 
Java. This is probably better treated merely as a variety of Achyranthes 
aspera Linn. as O. Kuntze has done, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 535. 
Local name: Masiya (Buk.). 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
ACHYRANTHES AQUATICA R. Br.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 170. 
ACHYRANTHES FRUTICOSA Lam.; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
ACHYRANTHES GRANDIFOLIA Mogq.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 
ACHYRANTHES. JAVANICA Mogq.; F.-Vill. 1. ¢. 
10. ALTERNANTHERA Forskal 
ALTERNANTHERA FICOIDES (Linn.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schultes Syst. 
5 (1819) 555; Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 
Suppl. 1: 404. 
Gomphrena ficoidea Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 225. 
Gomphrena polygonoides Linn. 1. c. 
Teleianthera manillensis Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 
Suppl. 1: 404. 
Telanthera ficoides Mog. in DC. Prodr. 137 (1849) 363; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 170. 
Telanthera polygonoides Mog. 1. c. 
Telanthera frutescens Moq. var. manillensis Mog. in DC. Prodr. 137 
(1849) 366. 
Alternanthera frutescens Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 192, non ? R. Br. 
Common in low lands about Manila, especially within the influence of 
brackish water; also in Negros, Merrill 8, 3418, Phil. Pl. 1508. Introduced 
from tropical America. 
Local name: Lupug-lupug (P. Bis.). 
