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SI DA MYSORENSIS W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 59; Mast, in Hook. f. PI. 

 Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 322; F.-Vill. Navis. App. (1880) 22; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 91, PI. Manila (1912) 317. 

 Sida glutinosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 172, non Cav. 

 Sida viscosa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 413, non Linn. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Lepanto, Ilocos Sur, Union, Pangasinan, 

 Bataan, Rizal, Laguna). A weed in open waste places. India to southern 

 China southward to Java. 



Local names: Lagtikan (Tag.); marabas (Tag.); marbas-gubat (Tag.). 



SIDA PUBERULA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 90. 



Luzon (Bontoc), Vanoverbergh 853. On wet slopes, altitude about 1,350 

 m. Endemic. 



SIDA RETUSA Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 961; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* 

 (1858-59) 142; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 91, 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 318, .Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 252. 



Sida truncatula Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 538, non Gmel. 



Sida philippica Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 383, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 340, 

 non DC. 



Sida rhombifolia Linn. var. retusa Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 

 (1874) 324; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 97, Rev. PL Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 62. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands, on paddy banks, etc., 

 at low and medium altitudes. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Basbasot (Ilk.); eskoba (Tag., C. Bis.); eskobang-bilog 

 (Tag.); sasaang-parang (Tag.); siligun (C. Bis.). 



SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 684; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 462; 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 142; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. 



Explor. Exped. (1854) 158; Mast, in Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 1 



(1874) 323; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 22; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 



(1904) 109; E. G. Baker in Journ. Bot. 30 (1892) 73; Merr. in 



Philip, Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 91, 3 (1908) Bot. 77, 400, 5 



(1910) Bot. 361, Fl. Manila (1912) 318, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 252. 

 Sida semicrenata Link Enum. Hort. Berol. 2 (1822) 202; Blanco FL 



Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 384, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 341, t. 2U8. 

 Sida philippica DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 462; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 



(1858-59) 142. 

 Sida spinosa Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 683; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 



(1885) 210; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 63; Usteri Beitr. 



Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 112. 



A common weed in and about towns throughout the Philippines. Pan- 

 tropic. 



Local names: Basbasot (Ilk.) ; eskobang-haba (Tag., Bis., Pamp.) ; 

 baseng-baseng (Bis.) ; lubluban (Bon.) ; nangnang-isit (Ilk.) ; sihgitan 

 (Ilk.); sinutan (Ibn.) ; sinaguri (Sul.) ; taching-baka (Iv.) ; takkim-baka 

 (Ilk.); ualisualisan (Tag.). 



