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5. SPERGULA Linnaeus 
SPERGULA ARVENSIS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 440; Edgw. & Hook. f. in 
Hook. 1. Hl:. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 243. 
Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4760, B. S. 4294, 4880, 31859 Santos. Re- 
cently introduced and thoroughly naturalized at Pauai, altitude about 2,400 
m. A native of Europe, now a cosmopolitan weed in the North Temperate 
Zone, and also introduced into Australia. 
6. DRYMARIA Willdenow 
DRYMARIA CORDATA (Linn.) Willd. ex R. & S. Syst. 5 (1819) 406; 
DC. Prodr. 1. (1824) 395; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1- (1858) 1053: 
A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 122; Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 244; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 
Bot. 77, 5 (1910) Bot. 346. 
Holosteum cordatum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 88. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In rice paddies, on open damp slopes, 
in damp thickets, abaca plantations, etc., locally abundant. Pantropic; 
probably a native of tropical America. 
Local name: Bakalanga (Buk.). 
7. POLYCARPON Loefling 
POLYCARPON INDICUM (Retz.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) 
Bot. 302, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 1438. 
Loeflingia indica Retz. Obs. 4 (1786) 38. 
Pharnaceum depressum Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 564, non Polycarpon 
depressum Nutt. 
Polycarpaea depressa DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 357. 
Polycarpon loeflingiae Benth. & Hook. f. ex. Edgw. in Hook. f. FIL. 
Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 245; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 15; Merr. in 
Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 19. 
Polycarpon polyphyllum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 53, ed. 2 (1845) 
36, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 66. 
Luzon (Pampanga), Merrill 1462. Apparently very rare and local in the 
Philippines. Tropical Asia and Africa. 
8. POLYCARPAEA Lamarck 
POLYCARPAEA CORYMBOSA (Linn.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2 (1797) 129; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 245; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 15; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 347. 
Achyranthes corymbosa Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 205. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Zambales). In open, 
dry, sandy places, dry slopes, etc., from near sea level to an altitude of 
1,300 m; locally abundant. Pantropic. 
EXCLUDED GENUS 
DIANTHUS CHINENSIS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 411; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 
14; Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. (1877-83) t. 94. 
This species is occasionally cultivated in gardens and is locally known 
as clavel (Sp.). 
