220 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 192s 



Jussieua inclinata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 366, non Linn. f. 

 Jussieua fluviatilis Blume Bijdr. (1826) 1132; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 

 2 (1845) 257, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 114. 



In shallow water of quiet streams, shallow lakes, and fresh-water swamps 

 throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 

 Local names: Gabi-gabi (Mag.); sigang-dagat (Tag.). 



JUSSIAEA VILLOSA Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 331; Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 59 

 (1921) 259. 



Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Isabela, Tayabas, Camarines, Sorsogon), Bu- 

 suanga, Balabac, Negros, Mindanao, Sulu Archipelago, Elmer 10305, 14379, 

 Whitford 637, Clemens 171, B. S. 488 Mangubat, 8084, 41185 Ramos. In 

 open, rather wet places at low altitudes. Tropical Africa and India to 

 Indo-China, southern China through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



2. LUDWIGIA Linnaeus 



LUDWIGIA PROSTRATA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 11, nomen nudum, 

 Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 441; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 

 (1879) 588; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 93; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 108, 3 (1908) Bot. 83, Fl. Manila (1912) 355. 



Ludungia diffusa Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 14 (1824) 301; Walp. 

 in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 326. 



Ludwigia jussiaeoides A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 

 (1854) 619, non ? Lam. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Rizal), Negros, Palawan, Mindanao (Davao), Merrill 

 3670, 797, Williams 2633. In open wet places, old rice paddies, etc.; prob- 

 ably of general Philippine distribution but not much collected. India to 

 Japan and Malaya. 



Local name: Alubihud (P. Bis.). 



LUDWIGIA PARVI FLORA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 11, nomen nudum, 

 Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 440; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 

 (1879) 588; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 93; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 355. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Rizal), Balabac, Mindanao (Davao), Merrill 3663, 

 5160, Phil. PI. 1462. In fallow rice paddies, open wet places at low al- 

 titudes, probably of general distribution in the Philippines, but not much 

 collected. Persia through tropical Asia and Malaya to Australia. 



3. EPILOBIUM Dillenius 



EPILOBIUM PHILIPPINENSE C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 369. 

 ? Epilobium sarmentaceum Hausskn.; Koord. Exkurs. Fl. Java 2 

 (1912) 704, quoad Philip. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet), Merrill 4665, 4484, 4561, 4379, 6524, 

 Williams 1541, B. S. 4353 Mearns, F. B. 16241 Curran, Zschokke, & Mer- 

 ritt. On slopes in the pine region, altitude 1,400 to 2,000 m; material 

 from southern China apparently represents the same species. 



