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LYTHRACEAE 135 



ROTALA LEPTOPETALA (Blume) Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 

 162, p. p., 4 (1883) 388, Engl. Pflanzenreich 17 (1903) 34. 



Ammannia leptopetala Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1852) 134. 



Ammannia pentandra F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 90; Vidal Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 138, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 115; Usteri 

 Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 118, non ? Roxb. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao, Cuming 735, Merrill 9782, B. S. 27628 

 Ramos, Clemens 918. Widely scattered in open damp places, rice pad- 

 dies, etc., usually not common. Tropical Asia to Japan southward to 

 Java. 



ROTALA MEXICANA Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnaea 5 (1830) 567; Walp. 

 Repert. 2 (1843) 101; Koehne in Engl. Pflanzenreich 17 (1903) 29 

 (inch var. spruceana Koehne) ; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 342 (var. 

 pusilla Koehne). 



Luzon (Rizal), Mindanao (Davao), Merrill 3659, 9783, Copeland U30. 

 Rare in old rice paddies, damp ditches, etc. Pantropic. 



ROTALA RAMOSIOR (Linn.) Koehne in Mart. Fl. Bras. 13 2 (1877) 194, 

 t. 39, f. 1, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 157, Pflanzenreich 17 (1903) 

 32; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 342, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 280. 



Ammannia ramosior Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 120; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 

 (1845) 46, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 86. 



Ammannia catholica Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnaea 2 (1827) 378 (incl. 

 var. philippensis Cham. & Schlecht.). 



Ammannia mono flora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 64. 



Ammannia pentandra Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 49; F.-Vill. & 

 Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 36, non Roxb. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao. A rather common rice-paddy v/eed. 

 Northern United States to Brazil, introduced in the Philippines during 

 the early Spanish colonial period. 



2. AMMANNIA Linnaeus 



AMMANNIA AURICULATA Willd. Hort. Berol. 1 (1806) t. 7, var. ARE- 

 NARIA (HBK.) Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 245, Pflan- 

 zenreich 17 (1903) 46, forma HYRCANICA Koehne 1. cc. 



Luzon (Union), Lete U97 . 



Warmer parts of the world, the forma hyrcanica from western Asia 

 to southern China and also in northern Australia. 



AMMANNIA BACCIFERA Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 175; Koehne in Engl. 



Pflanzenreich 17 (1903) 55; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 91; Merr. 



Fl. Manila (1912) 343, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 280. 

 Celosia nana Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 192. 

 Ammannia debilis Blanco, op. cit. 2 (1845) 46, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 



86, non Ait. 

 Ammannia aegyptiaca Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 51; F.-Vill. & 



Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 37, non Willd. 

 ? Ammannia octandra Llanos 1. c. 50; F.-Vill. & Naves 1. c. 37; 



F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 91, non Linn. 



