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LYSIMACHIA JAPONICA Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 83; Duby in DC. Prodr. 

 8 (1844) 67; Pax & Knuth in EngL Pflanzenreich 22 (1905) 262. 

 Lysimachia microphylla Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 221. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Merrill 4668, 4405, Vanoverbergh 94.5. On 

 damp banks, altitude about 1,400 m. India to Korea and Japan southward 

 to southern China, Formosa, Java, and northern Australia (perhaps intro- 

 duced). 



LYSIMACHIA MAURITIAN A Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 592; Pax & Knuth 

 in Engl. Pflanzenreich 22 (1905) 273, /. 58; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 425. 

 Batan Islands (Batan), B. S. 10687 McGregor, 3188, 3197 Mearns, hab- 

 itat not indicated. Mauritius, India to Japan, Formosa, New Caledonia, 

 Marianne Islands, Hawaii. 



LYSIMACHIA RAMOSA Wall. Cat. (1828) No. 1490, nomen nudum; Duby 



in DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 65; Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1882) 



503; Pax & Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenreich 22 (1905) 271, /. 57, 



A-C (var. typica Knuth) ; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 



Bot. 298, 5 (1910) Bot, 377. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Kalinga, Benguet), Mindoro, Negros, Camiguin de Misa- 



mis, Mindanao (Bukidnon, Zamboanga), Merrill 6991, 8121, Phil. PI. 822, 



Elmer 6620, B. S. 14-032 Robinson, 1U92 Ramos, 37557, 38624, 39118 



Ramos & Edano, 4383 Mearns, F. B. 4954 Curran, 4443 Merritt. In the 



mossy forest, in damp ravines, etc., altitude 1,200 to 2,300 m. India to 



Yunnan southward to Java. 



Local names: Lupo-lupo (C. Bis.); tasig-tauig (Bag.). 



PLUMBAGINACEAE 



PLUMBAGO Tournefort 



PLUMBAGO AURICULATA Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 270; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 361. 

 Plumbago capensis Thunb. Prodr. Fl. Cap. (1794) 33; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 122; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 27. 



Cultivated for ornamental purposes but nowhere spontaneous. A na- 

 tive of Africa, now planted in most tropical and subtropical countries. 



PLUMBAGO INDICA Linn, in Stickm. Herb. Amb. (1754) 24, Amoen. 

 Acad. 4 (1759) 133; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 414. 

 Plumbago rosea Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 215; Usteri Beitr. Ken. 



Philip. Veg. (1905) 120; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 362. 

 Plumbago coccinea Salisb. Prodr. (1796) 122; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 122; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 298. 



Planted for ornamental purposes throughout the Archipelago, here and 

 there persistent in abandoned cultivation. Tropical Asia and Malaya. 



Local names: Laurel (Bik., Sp., Tag.); panting-panting (Mag.); su- 

 tungau (Tagb.) ; ulanda (Sul.). 



PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 151; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 

 12 (1848) 692; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1859) 994; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 122; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 362, Sp. Blancoanas 

 (1918) 300. 



