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CONVOLVULACEAE 361 



Ipomoea chryseides Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 270; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1880) 142; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 129, Rev. PI. 



Vase. Filip. (1886) 196; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 



(1883) 206. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Union, Nueva Vizcaya, 



Pangasinan, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna), Mindoro, Mindanao (Lanao, Cota- 



bato). Common in thickets at low altitudes. Tropical Africa and Asia 



through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: BangbaiTgau (Ilk.); kamokamotihan (Pang.) ; marakamote 

 (Ilk.); talanuk (Tag.). 



MERREMIA HASTATA (Desr.) Hallier f. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16 (1892) 

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

 (1912) 388. 

 Convolvulus hastatus Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 3 (1791) 547. 

 Convolvulus filicaulis Vahl Symb. 3 (1794) 24. 

 Ipomoea filicaulis Blume Bijdr. (1826) 721; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 



(1857) 603; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 129. 

 Ipomoea angustifolia C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 

 205; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 142; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 196, non Jacq. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands at low altitudes, usually 

 common. Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to tropical Australia. 

 Local names: Karadkad (Ig.) ; maragta (Tag.) ; sigid (P. Bis.) ; talanuk 

 (Tag.); tatalon (Mbo.). 



MERREMIA HEDERACEA (Burm. f.) Hallier f. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 18 

 (1894) 168; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 388. 

 Evolvulus hederaceus Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 77, t. 30, f. 2. 

 Merremia convolvulacea Dennst. Schl. Hort. Malabar. (1818) 39. 

 Ipomoea polyantha Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 613; Usteri Beitr. 

 Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 122. 



Luzon (Union, Pampanga, Rizal, Laguna), Masbate, Mindanao (Zam- 

 boanga), Merrill 3398, UUO, Phil. PI. 1988, Cuming 617, B. S. 2W88 Ra- 

 mos, 37451 Ramos & Edano. In thickets and in open grasslands at low 

 altitudes. India to Java. 



MERREMIA HIRTA (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) 244, Fl. 



Manila (1912) 388, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 324. 

 Convolvulus hirtus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 159; Hallier f. in Meded. 



Rijks Herb. 1 (1910) 21. 

 Convolvulus caespitosus Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 14, nomen nudum, 



Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 70. 

 Ipomoea linifolia Blume Bijdr. (1825) 721; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 



(1857) 604; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. Manila (1892) 123. 

 Skinnera caespitosa Choisy Conv. Or. (1834) 105, t. 6, DC. Prodr. 



9 (1845) 435. 

 Ipomoea philippinensis Choisy in Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 



6 (1833) 475, DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 367; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 



611; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 141. 

 Ipomoea hepaticif olia Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 72, ed. 3, 1 



(1877) 134. 

 Merremia caespitosa Hallier f. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16 (1892) 552. 



