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Urena multifida Cav. Diss. 6 (1785-90) 336, t. 184, /. 2; Walp. in 

 Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 304; Blanco Fl. 

 Filip. (1837) 540, ed. 2 (1845) 378, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 332, t. US. 

 Pavonia rubiformis Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31 1 (1858) 189; 



F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 23. 

 Urena lobata Linn. var. scabriuscula A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. 

 Explor. Exped. (1854) 169; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 

 (1874) 329; Merr. in Philip. Journ. iSci. 3 (1908) Bot. 77, 420, 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 320. 

 Urena lobata Linn. var. rubiformis Giirke in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1 6 



(1893) 373. 

 Urena lobata Linn. var. pertomentosa O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1891) 



74; Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve 5 (1901) 14. 

 Urena lobata Linn. var. tomentosa. Hochr. op. cit. 139. 

 Urena lobata Linn. var. sinuata Miq. PL Jungh. (1854) 283; Hochr. 

 in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve 5 (1901) 141; Gagnep. in 

 Lecomte FL Gen. Indo-Chine 1 (1910) 414; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 320. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open waste places, thickets, etc., at low 

 and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m; polymorphous in vegetative 

 characters. Pantropic. 



Local names: Afulut (Gad.); anonongkot (Bik.) ; bagouan (If.); ba- 

 ranggot (Bik.) ; batikil (If.) ; dalupang (P. Bis., Tag., Pamp.) ; daupang 

 (SuL); dopong (SuL); kolokot (Ting.); kollokollot (Ilk.); kulit (Pang.); 

 kulot (Pang.) ; kulotan (Tag., Bis.) ; kullukullut (Ilk.) ; kulutkulutan 

 (Tag.); mangkit (Tag.); molopolo (Tag., Pamp.); palisin (Tag.); poot- 

 si-nuang (Is.); puriket (Neg.) ; saligut (Bon.); supang (Sub.); ta- 

 panding (Mag.). 



6. MALVAVISCUS Dillenius 



MALVAVISCUS PILOSUS (Sw.) DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 445; Ceron Cat. PL 

 Herb. Manila (1892) 27; Merr. FL Manila (1912) 320. 

 Achania pilosa Sw. FL Ind. Occ. 2 (1800) 1224. 



Occasionally planted for ornamental purposes but nowhere spontaneous. 

 Introduced after 1880. 



7. HIBISCUS Linnaeus 



HIBISCUS BICALYCULATUS Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 

 (1906) 39. 



Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Benguet, Rizal). In forested ravines along streams 

 at low and medium altitudes; a woody vine! Endemic. 



Local name: Bosiuasi (Ig.). 



HIBISCUS CANNABINUS Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1149; Mast, in Hook. 



f. FL Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 339; Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. 



Geneve 4 (1900) 114; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 244. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Pangasinan, Manila), Mindanao (Surigao), Merrill 54-34., 



B. S. 4904 Ramos. Occasionally planted for ornamental purposes, but 



scarcely naturalized. Pantropic in cultivation, a native of the Old World. 



Local name: A las doce (Sp.). 



