360 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 3 * 23 



Shutereia bicolor Choisy Con v. Or. (1834) 104, DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 



435. 

 Hewittia bicolor Wight and Arn. in Madr. Journ. Sci. 5 (1837) 22; 



Wight Ic. 3 (1843) 45, t. 835 (misprint Helvetia)', Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 2 (1857) 620; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 



216; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 142; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 197; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 120. 

 Convolvulus hederaeeus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 90, ed. 2 (1845) 66, 



ed. 3, 1 (1877) 124, non Linn. 

 Shutereia sublobata House in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 33 (1906) 318. 



Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands and waste places, at low 

 and medium altitudes, often common. Tropical Africa and Asia through 

 Malaya to Polynesia. 



Local names: Banaiyan (P. Bis.); dinukdukto (Ig.) ; palupasagig (P. 

 Bis.); panggi-panggi (Sul.). 



9. MERREMIA Dennstaedt 



MERREMIA DISTILLATORIA (Blanco) Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 325. 

 Convolvulus distillatorius Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 95, ed. 2 (1845) 



70, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 130; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 416. 

 Merremia similis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 335. 



Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon, Albay), Leyte, Panay, Sibuyan, 

 Negros, Mindanao (Surigao, Misamis), Elmer 7341, 15602, 12061, Merrill 

 Sp. Blancoanae 738, Phil. PL 1971, Wenzel 1675, B. S. 13292 Ramos, 31391 

 Ramos & Edano, 7342 Celestino, 34758 Ramos & Pascasio, F. B. 8875 

 Curran. In thickets and secondary forests at low and medium altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Bulakan (P. Bis.). 



MERREMIA E MARGIN ATA (Burm. f.) Hallier f. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 



16 (1892) 552; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 324. 

 Evolvulus emarginatus Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 77, t. 30, f. 1. 

 Convolvulus reniformis Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 67; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 91, ed. 2 (1845) 67, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 126. 

 Lepistemon reniformis- Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. (1848) 542; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 629; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 142. 

 Ipomoea (reniformis Choisy Conv. Or. (1834) 64, DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 



351; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 214; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. 



Filip. (1886) 196. 



Luzon (Rizal, Bataan), B. S. 9619, 18275 Robinson, Merrill 3671, Sp. 

 Blancoanae 357. In dry open grasslands and waste places at low altitudes. 

 Tropical Africa, Asia, and Malaya. 



Local name: Kupit-kupit (Ilk.). 



MERREMIA GEMELLA (Burm. f.) Hallier f. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16 

 (1892) 552; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 120, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 389. 

 Convolvulus gemellus Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 46, t. 21, f. 1. 

 Ipomoea gemella Roth Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) 110; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 

 9 (1845) 380; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 616; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 142. 



