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CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 39; Blanco PI. Filip. 

 (1837) 72, ed. 2 (1845) 52, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 97; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 

 1 2 (1858-59) 606; Planch, in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1887) 509; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 311, Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 

 130, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 245. 

 Vitis quadrangularis Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5992; Laws, in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 645; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 49. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Batangas, Rizal), Negros, Cebu, Siquijor, Merrill Sp. 

 Blancoanae 804. In dry thickets in and about towns at low altitudes; 

 occasional, certainly introduced. India to tropical Africa and Java. 

 Local names: Sugpon-sugpon (Bis.); sulpa-sulpa (C. Bis.). 



CISSUS REPENS Lam. Encycl. 1 (1783) 31; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 



605; Planch, in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1887) 504; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 89, 11 (1916) Bot. 130, Fl. Manila 



(1912) 311, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 246. 

 Vitis repens W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 125; Laws, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 



Ind. 1 (1875) 646; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 49. 

 Cissus vesicatoria Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 50 (vexicatorius) , 



ed. 3, 1 (1877) 94, t. 318. 



Luzon (Benguet, Zambales, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal, La- 

 guna, Batangas, Sorsogon), Palawan, Balabac, Ticao, Panay, Negros, 

 Mindanao. In thickets at low altitudes. India to southern China south- 

 ward to Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



Local names: Anupol (Buk.) ; ayo (Tag.); ayong-gala' (Tag.); kalit- 

 kalit (Tag.) ; kalitkalit-kalabau (Tag.) ; kalitkalit-na-pula (Tag.) ; kam- 

 kamot (Buk.) ; langitgit (Tag.) ; parapit-hahgin (Tag.) ; ragini (P. Bis.) ; 

 sogalom (Bag.) ; sinampai (Sub.). 



Var LUZONIENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 131. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Pangasinan, Rizal), Palawan, Panay, Mindanao (La- 

 nao), B. S. 13613, £576, 22260 Ramos, 197 Bermejos, 17827 Otanes, F. B. 

 184-0, 3317 Ahern's collector. In thickets and forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



CISSUS SIMPLEX Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 72. 



Cissus latifolia Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 52, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 96, 



non Lam. 

 Cissus pyrrhodasys Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. (1861-62) 517; Merr. 



Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 246. 

 Vitis pyrrhodasys Ridl. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 75 



(1917) 23. 

 Cissus assamica Craib. var. pilosissima Gagnep. in Not. Syst. 1 

 (1911) 353. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Laguna, Pangasinan, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), Bu- 

 suanga, Cuyo, Palawan, Panay, Mindanao, Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 797, 

 Phil. PI. 1774, 1219, B. S. 21548 Escritor, 17789 Otanes, 31520, 31501 

 Ramos & Edaiio, F. B. 23808, 253,94 Mabesa. In thickets and borders of 

 forests at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,400 m. India, through 

 Malaya to New Guinea. 



