200 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1^22 



Introduced from tropical America and cultivated as an ornamental, now 

 more or less established in coconut groves, etc., at medium altitudes. Wan- 

 dering Jew. 



PONTEDERIACEAE 

 1. EICHORNIA Kunth 



EICHORNIA CRASSIPES (Mart.) Solms in DC. Monog. Phan. 4 (1883) 

 527. 

 Pontederia crassipes Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. PI. 1 (1824) 9, t U- 

 Eichornia speciosa Kunth Enum. PI. 4 (1843) 131. 

 Piaropus crassipes Britton in Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 7 (1893) 241. 

 Introduced about 1912 as an ornamental, now very abundant in shallow 

 water of lakes and in slow streams in central Luzon, occurring also in 

 northern Luzon and in Negros. Within a few years to be expected through- 

 out the Philippines. A native of tropical America, now pantropic. Water 

 hyacinth. 



2. MONOCHORIA Presl 



MONOCHORIA HASTATA (Linn.) Solms in DC. Monog. Phan. 4 (1883) 

 523; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 141, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 95. 

 Pontederia hastata Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 288. 

 Monochoria hastaefolia Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 128; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 548; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 267. 

 Pontederia vaginalis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 255, ed. 2 (1845) 178, ed. 



3, 1 (1877) 320, t. 466, non Burm. f. 

 Monochoria dilatata Kunth Enum. 4 (1843) 134; Naves Novis. App. 

 (1880) 268. 

 Luzon to Mindanao, Elmer U319, Merrill 4088, Phil. PI. 1121, Sp. Blan- 

 coanae 419, McGregor 93, Clemens 179, B. S. 1456 Mangubat. In open 

 wet lands, swamps, etc., at low and medium altitudes. India to southern 

 China and Malaya. 



Local names: Gabi-gabi (Bis); gabi-gabihan (Tag.); kosol-kosol (Bis.); 

 payau-payau (Bis). 



MONOCHORIA VAGINALIS (Burm. f.) Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1827) 128; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 548; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 267; 

 Solms in DC. Monog. Phan. 4 (1883) 524; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 153, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 278; Merr. Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 141, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 135. 

 Pontederia vaginalis Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 80; Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 

 222; Schauer in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 446. 

 Monochoria ovata Kunth Enum. 4 (1843) 665; Naves Novis. App. 

 (1880) 268. 

 Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes; common in 

 open wet places, rice paddies, swamps, etc. Tropical and subtropical Asia 

 to Malaya. 



Local names: Biga-bigaan (Tag.); bil-lagut (Ilk.); gabi-gabi (P. Bis., 

 C. Bis.) ; gabing-uak (Tag.) hahalung (If.) ; hakhaklung (If.) ; kalabua 

 (Tag.) ; lagtang (Bik.) ; lapalapa (Ilk.) ; saksaklung (Ig.) ; saksakong 

 (Bon.); upi-upi (Bik.). 



