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Mirabilis longiflora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 77, ed. 2 (1845) 57, . 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 109, non Linn. ; 
Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas in cultivation and fre- 
quently spontaneous in the vicinity of towns. Introduced from Mexico 
by the Spaniards at an early date, now pantropic. 
Local names: A las cuatro, maravilla (Sp.); gildla (Tag.); oracion 
(Sp.); suspiros (Sp.); tallang (Sul.). 
2. BOERHAAVIA Linnaeus 
BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 3; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 
13* (1849) 452; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 8, ed. 2 (1845) 6, ed. 3, 
1. (1877) 11, t. 93; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 166; Merr. FI. 
Manila (1912) 197, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 139. 
Boerhaavia repens Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 3; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. 
Veg. (1905) 184. 
Throughout the Philippines in open places in the settled areas at low 
and medium altitudes; a common weed in and about towns. Pantropic. 
Local names: Katkatud (Ilk.); paanbalibis (Tag.); tabtabokol (IIk.). 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
BOERHAAVIA REPANDA Willd.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167. 
3. BOUGAINVILLAEA Commerson 
BOUGAINVILLAEA SPECTABILIS Willd. Sp. Pl. 2 (1799) 348 (Bugin- 
villaea); F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 
Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 32, Fl. Manila (1912) 196. 
A native of tropical America, now widely cultivated for ornamental 
purposes in the larger towns of the Philippines. 
4, PISONIA Plumier 
PISONIA ACULEATA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1026; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 
195, ed. 2 (1845) 137, ed: 3, 1 (1877) 247, t. 394; Choisy m DC: 
Prodr. 13”? (1849) 440; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167; Vidal 
Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 36, t. 76, f. A, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 
136, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 215; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 
(Philip.) 27 (1905) 70, Fl. Manila (1912) 196, Sp. Blancoanae 
(1918) 139. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in thickets and open forests at low and 
medium altitudes. Pantropic. 
Local names: Digkit (Tag.); kabai (Mbo.); -kolifafo (Ibn.); mankit 
(Tag.); marinoai (Mbo.); paang-tikling (Tag.); pakat-aso (Tag.); pana- 
kla (Tag.); puriket (Ilk.); puriket-ti-bakir (IIk.). 
PISONIA ALBA Spanoghe in Linnaea 15 (1841) 342; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
1* (1858) 990; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 196, Interpret. Herb. Amb. 
(1917) 216, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 140. 
Cordia olitoria Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 128, ed. 2 (1845) 88, ed. 
8, 1 (1877) 159, t. 44, non Pisonia olitoria Zoll. 
Pisonia inermis Vidal Sinopsis (1883) 36, t. 76, f. C., non Forst. f. 
In towns cultivated for ornamental purposes, not a native of the Philip- 
‘pines. It very seldom produces flowers in the Archipelago and is perhaps 
