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In open damp waste places throughout the Philippines at low and me- 

 dium altitudes, often abundant. Tropical Asia and Africa through Ma- 

 laya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Apoy-apoyan (Pang., Tag.); bias-pogo (Tag.); para- 

 pit-angit (Pamp.). 



Var. VIR1DIS (Hornem.) Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 260, 

 Pflanzenreich 17 (1903) 55. 

 Ammannia viridis Hornem. Hort. Hafn. 1 (1813) 146. 



Habitat of the species, its range in the Philippines uncertain. India 

 to China. 



AMMANNIA MULTIFLORA Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 447; DC. Prodr. 3 

 (1828) 79; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1879) 571; 

 Koehne in Engl. Pflanzenreich 17 (1903) 48. 

 Luzon (Abra, Pampanga), Merrill 424-6, B. S. 7299 Ramos. A weed in 

 rice paddies, but apparently not common. Tropical Asia and Africa, Ja- 

 pan, Australia. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Ammannia coccinea Rottb.; Koehne in Engl. Pflanzenreich 17 (1903) 49, 

 /. 1, B, subsp. longifolia Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 

 250, Pflanzenreich 1. c. 

 Credited to the Philippines by Koehne, but I do not know on what author- 

 ity; I have seen no Philippine specimens. It is common in the Marianne 

 Islands; native of tropical and temperate America. 



3. PEMPHIS Forster 



PEMPHIS ACIDULA Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 68, t. 34; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 1 1 (1857) 619; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 

 (1854) 605; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 91; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 

 (1883) 27, t. 52, f. D, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 138; Koord. & 

 Val. Bijdr. Boom. Java 1 (1894) 188; Merr. in Philip. Bureau 

 Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 42, Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 83, 422, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 280; Koehne in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 17 (1903) 

 185, /. 30, B. 

 Pemphis setosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 410, ed. 2 (1845) 285, ed. 3, 

 2 (1878) 164. 

 Along the seashore throughout the Philippines. Tropical East Africa 

 and tropical Asia to tropical Australia and Polynesia. 



Local names: Bantigi (Bik., Tag., S. L. Bis., C. Bis.) ; kabantigi (Tag.) ; 

 ligad (Sul., Tagb.) ; ligat (Sul.) ; palupu (Iv.) ; pantigi (Bis.); pilit 

 (Tag.); uaduat (Tag.). 



4. LAGERSTROEM I A Linnaeus 



LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1076, Sp. PL ed. 2 

 (1763) 734; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 454, ed. 2 (1845) 316, ed. 3, 

 2 (1878) 219, t. 207; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1857) 622; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 91; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 341, Sp. Blan- 

 coanae (1918) 281; Koehne in Engl. Pflanzenreich 17 (1903) 

 259, /. 55. 

 Lagerstroemia chinensis Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 137. 



