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Luzon (Bontoc), Vanoverbergh 883. On slopes, altitude 1,250 m. Very- 

 similar to T. pilosa Roth but with straight spines. India to East Africa, 

 Indo- China, southern China, and Java. 



9. MUNTINGIA Plumier 



MUNTINGIA CALABURA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 509; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 

 514; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 31; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 425; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 17, t. 20, f. C, 

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 72; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry 

 Bull. 1 (1903) 36, Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 35, FL 

 Manila (1912) 313; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 102. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines in and about towns, and often 

 thoroughly naturalized. Introduced from tropical America, also in Siam 

 and Java. 



Local names: Cereza (Sp.) ; datiles (Tag., Bik.) ; latires (Tag.), man- 

 zanitas (Ilk., Ibn.) ; ratiles (Tag.); seresa (Ilk.). 



EXCLUDED GENUS 



Apeiba ulmifolia DC; Llanos ex F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 

 3, 4 1 (1880) 101. 



MALVACEAE 



1. ABUTILON Tournefort 



ABUTILON AURITUM (Wall.) Sweet Hort. Brit. (1826) 53; Rolfe in 



Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 210; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 



97, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 63; Baker in Journ. Bot. 31 



(1892) 76. 



Sida aurita Wall, in Link Enum. Hort. Berol. 2 (1822) 206; DC. 



Prodr. 1 (1824) 468. 

 Abutilon stipulare Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1830) 114; Miq. FL Ind. 



Bat. 1 - (1858-59) 147; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 23. 

 Sida atropurpurea Blume Bijdr. (1825) 77. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte), Haenke, B. S. 7620, 27376 Ramos. In dry thickets 

 at low altitudes. India, Java, Australia. 



ABUTILON HIRTUM (Lam.) Sweet Hort. Brit. (1826) 53; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 197; Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. 



Geneve 6 (1902) 17. 

 Sida hirta Lam. Encycl. 1 (1783) 7. 

 Abutilon graveolens W. & A. Prodr. 1 (1834) 56; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 23. 

 Abutilon graveolens W. & A. var. hirtum Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 



Ind. 1 (1874) 327. 



Babuyan Islands (Dalupiri), Palawan, Mindanao (Zamboanga), B. S. 

 10652 McGregor, 11741 Robinson, Merrill 9U0, Clemens 675. In thickets 

 and waste places at low altitudes. India to Indo-China and Malaya. 



ABUTILON INDICUM (Linn.) Sweet Hort. Brit. (1826) 54; A. Gray Bot. 

 Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 167; Mast, in Hook. f. FL 

 Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 326; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 23; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 97, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 63; 



