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1923 



Argyreia speciosa Sweet Hort. Brit. (1827) 289; Choisy in DC: Prodr. 

 9 (1845) 328; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 139; Vidal Sinopsis 

 Atlas (1883) 34, t. 71, f. B, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 196. 

 Planted here and there but not as yet naturalized. Introduced from trop- 

 ical Asia. Pantropic, cultivated, and naturalized. 

 Local name: Hoja seda (Sp.). 



ARGYREIA PURPURICARPA Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1766. 



Palawan, Elmer 12777. In forests along streams, altitude about 225 m. 

 Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Argyreia malabarica Choisy; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 139. 



Argyreia nellygherya Choisy; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Argyreia populifolia Choisy; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



17. STICTOCARDIA Hallier f. 



STICTOCARDIA CAMPANULATA (Linn.) House in Muhlenbergia 5 (1909) 

 72; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 133. 

 Ipomoea campanulata Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 160; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1880) 141, quoad syn. Rheede. 

 Rivea tiliaefolia Choisy Conv. Or. (1834) 25, DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 



325. 

 Argyreia tiliaefolia Wight Ic. 4 2 (1850) 12, t. 1358; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 2 (1857) 587; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 139; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 129, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 195. 

 Convolvulus tiliaefolius Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 3 (1791) 544. 

 Stictocardia tiliaefolia Hallier f. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 18 (1894) 159; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 429, Fl. Manila (1912) 

 385. 

 Batan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Benguet, Union, Panga- 

 sinan, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Tayabas, Laguna, Albay), Alabat, Negros, 

 Ticao, Mindanao. In thickets and secondary forests at low altitudes, often 

 along the seashore and tidal streams. India to Malaya, introduced in other 

 tropical countries. 



The specimen in the Linnean herbarium and the last part of the Lin- 

 nean description is Hibiscus tiliaceus Linn.; I interpret Adamboe Rheede 

 Hort. Malabar. 1 1 : 115, t. 56, as the type. 



Local names: Bulakan (Tag., Sul.) ; burakan-maputi (S. L. Bis.); kal- 

 kalauag (Ilk.); tibulbul (Bik.). 



EXCLUDED GENUS 



Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 143. 



HYDROPHYLLACEAE 



1. HYDROLEA Linnaeus 



HYDROLEA 2EYLANICA (Linn.) Vahl Symb. 2 (1791) 46; Choisy in 

 Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 6 (1833) 107, DC. Prodr. 10 

 (1846) 180; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 148, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 

 266; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 633; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 137; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 128, Rev. PL Vase. Philip. 



