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Melochia corchorifolia Linn. 1, c; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. 

 Exped. (1854) 191; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 374; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 28; "'Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1886) 98; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 93, 3 

 (1908) Bot. 78, 420, Fl. Manila (1912) 330. 

 Riedelia corchorifolia DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 492; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



1 2 (1858-59) 188. 

 Geruma subtriloba Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 182, ed. 2 (1845) 130, 

 ed. 3, 1 (1877) 232. 

 Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes in the settled 

 areas; a weed in waste places, open grasslands, fallow fields, etc. Pan- 

 tropic. 



Local names: Bankalanan (Ilk.); kalingan (P. Bis.). 



MELOCHIA UMBELLATA (Houtt.) Stapf in Kew Bull. (1913) 317; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 315, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 258. 

 Visenia. umbellata Houtt. Handl. 8 (1777) 309. 

 Visenia indica Gmel. Syst. 2 (1791) 515; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 



(1858-59) 189. 

 Melochia indica A. Gray ex F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 29; Merr. in 



Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 25. 

 Melochia arborea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 524, ed. 2 (1845) 365, ed. 

 3, 2 (1879) 311, t, 189; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 68, 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 98; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry 

 Bull. 1 (1903) 258; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 112. 

 Hypericum pentandrum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 614, ed. 2 (1845) 



430, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 417. 



Melochia velutina Wall, ex Bedd. For. Man. Bot. 35 t. 5, f. 3; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 29; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 17, t. 19, f. B. 



Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in most 



or all islands and provinces. A common and characteristic shrub or small 



tree in old clearings, secondary forests, etc., at low and medium altitudes. 



India to Mauritius, Cochinchina, and Malaya. 



Local names: Balignon (Bis.); baliknon (P. Bis.); balitnon (Tag.) ; 

 balitnong banitlon (P. Bis.) ; bignon (Pang.) ; bunot-bunot (Tag.) ; da- 

 litan (Sul.) ; hanut-nu-dahdah (Iv.) ; kalagto (Bag.) ; labayo (Tag.) ; lap- 

 nis (Tag.); siapo (Tag.). 



3. WALTHERIA Linnaeus 



WALTHERIA AMERICANA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 673; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 

 492; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 523, ed. 2 (1845) 364, ed. 3, 2 

 (1879) 309; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 93, 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 330, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 258. 

 Waltheria indica Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 673"; Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. 

 Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1 : 310; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 

 187; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 374; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 29; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 98, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 68; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 113. 

 A common weed in dry open places in the settled areas of the Philip- 

 pines at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Barulad (Ilk.); kanding-kanding (C. Bis.). 



