132 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 19a8 
ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS (Linn.) R. Br. ex R. & S. Syst. 5 (1819) 
554; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1858) 1048; Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13? 
(1849) 357; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 170; Merr. Fl. Manila 
(1912) 191, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 138. 
Gomphrena sessilis Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 225. 
Illecebrum sessile Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 (1762) 300. . 
Achyranthes villosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 189, ed. 2 (1845) 184, 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 240, non Forsk. 
Illecebrum triandrum Llanos Frag. Pl. Filip. (1851) 61; F.-Vill. & 
Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 8, 4* (1880) 48, non Ham. 
Alternanthera denticulata F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 170; Vidal Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 137, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 217, non 
R. -Br. 
Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low and medium 
altitudes; a common weed in open usually wet places. Pantropic. 
Local names: Bilanamanut (Mag.); bonga-bénga (Tag.); gogoat 
(Bon.); sakit (Bon.); tagtagu (Bon.). 
ALTERNANTHERA VERSICOLOR Hort. ex Regel in Gartenfl. (1869) 
101; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 192. 
Telanthera versicolor Regel Ind.-Sem. Hort. Petrop. (1868) 83. 
Commonly cultivated as a border plant in gardens on account of its 
colored leaves, where native uncertain. Pantropic in cultivation. In the 
Philippines it is sometimes known as San Diego. 
11. GOMPHRENA Linnaeus 
GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 224; Blanco Fl. Filip. 
(1837) 198, ed. 2 (1845) 139, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 251, ¢. 68; Mig. FI. 
Ind. Bat. 1* (1858) 1050; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 170; Merr. 
in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 22, 27 (1905) 71, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 191, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 138. 
Throughout the settled areas of the Philippines in cultivation, often 
occurring as an escape; introduced. All warm countries. 
Local names: Bokingan (Tag.); botboténes (Ilk.); botoncillo (Sp.); 
botones-botonésan (Tag.); bukingan (Tag.); bulah (Bag.); butingan 
(S.<L. Bis:). 
12. IRESINE P. Browne 
IRESINE HERBSTI! Hook, in Gard. Chron. (1864) 654, 1206. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Laguna, Manila), Leyte, occasional in cultivation. A 
native of Brazil, a recently introduced plant in the Philippines. 
EXCLUDED GENERA 
DIGERA ARVENSIS Forsk.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 168. 
NOTHOSAERUA BRACHIATA Wight; F.-Vill. op. cit. 169. 
NYCTAGINACEAE 
1. MIRABILIS Linnaeus 
MIRABILIS JALAPA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 177; Choisy in DC. 13* (1849) 
428; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 166; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. s He 
(1858) 988; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 70, 
Fl. Manila (1912) 197, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 189. 
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