362 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS * 923 



Luzon (Cagayan, Lepanto, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bulacan, Rizal), Culion, 

 Guimaras, Cebu, Mindanao (Lanao, Davao), Men-ill 3615, 475, Sp. Blan- 

 coanae 679, Phil. PI. 762, F. B. 164.90 Bacani, B. S. 11041, 14578 Ramos, 

 17820 Otanes. In open grasslands at low altitudes. India, through Ma- 

 laya to tropical Australia. 



MERREMIA PELTATA (Linn.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 441. 

 Convolvulus peltatus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1194. 

 Ipomoea nymphaeifolia Blume Bijdr. (1825) 719. 

 Chironia capsularis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 102. 

 Chironia lanosanthera Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 71, ed. 3, 1 



(1877) 132, t. 261, f. 1. 

 Ipomoea peltata Choisy in Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6 (1833) 452; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 140; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 34, 

 t. 71, f. C; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 50. 

 Merremia nymphaeifolia Hallier f. in Verslag Buitenzorg (1895) 127; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 430, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 325. 

 Babuyan Islands (Camiguin), Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines, 

 Sorsogon), Mindoro, Palawan, Balabac, Samar, Leyte, Panay, Camiguin 

 de Misamis, Mindanao. Often common in secondary forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. Southeastern Asia to tropical Australia and Polynesia. 

 The Philippine form has uniformly yellow flowers, typical Merremia 

 nymphaeifolia Hallier f., but it cannot be distinguished from the Moluccan 

 white-flowered form, typical M. peltata (Linn.) Merr. as represented by 

 Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 401 from Amboina. 



Local names: Budakin (Bag.); bulakan (Tag., Bis.); bulak-bulakan 

 (Bik.); burakan (S. L. Bis., Bik., Sul.) ; tampinita (Sub.). 



MERREMIA UMBELLATA (Linn.) Hallier f. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16 

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

 Manila (1912) 389 (inch var. occidentalis Hallier f. et orientalis 

 Hallier f.). 

 Convolvulus umbellatus Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 155. 

 Ipomoea cymosa R. & S. Syst. 4 (1819) 241; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 

 (1857) 613; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 141; C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 211; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 197. 

 Throughout the Philippines in thickets at low and medium altitudes, 

 usually common (var. orientalis Hallier f.). The var. occidentalis Hallier 

 f. with yellow flowers is represented by Merrill 7403. Pantropic. 



Local names: Bangbangau (Ilk.); kalamitmit (Tagb.) ; kamokamotihan 

 (Pamp., Tag.); malakamote (Pamp.) ; tukod-tukod (P. Bis.). 



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



(1892) 552; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 



122. 

 Convolvulus vitifolius Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 45, t. 18, f. 1. 

 Ipomoea vitifolia Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2 (1830) 372; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 2 (1857) 607; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 



(1883) 213. 



