378 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 



1923 



Heliotropium coromandelinum Retz. var. depressum A. DC. Prodr. 9 



(1845) 542. 

 Heliotropium coromandelinum F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 138; Naves 

 in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 28, non Retz. 

 Luzon (Laguna), Gates 6651. On the shores of Lake Bay. Tropical 

 Africa, Asia, and Australia, the variety also in the Marianne Islands. 



HELIOTROPIUM STRIGOSUM Willd. Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 743; Rolfe in 

 Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 214; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 129, 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 195; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 4 (1909) Bot. 695. 



Luzon (Zambales), Merrill 328. In dry open sandy places near the sea. 

 This is the var. brevifolium (Wall.) C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 4 (1883) 151. India to the Malay Peninsula and tropical Australia. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Heliotropium curassavicum Linn.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 138. 



7. TRICHODESMA R. Brown 



TRICHODESMA INDICUM (Linn.) R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 496; DC. Prodr. 

 10 (1846) 172; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 

 153; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 139; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 696; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 395, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 329; Brand in Engl. Pflanzenreich 78 (1921) 38. 

 Borago indica Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 137; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 

 60, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 114. 



Luzon (Rizal, Laguna), Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 63, B. S. 6093. Robinson. 

 A weed in cultivated ground, especially peanut plantations. Persia, India, 

 Mauritius. 



TRICHODESMA 2EYLANICUM (Burm. f.) R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 496; 

 DC. Prodr. 10 (1846) 172; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 4 (1883) 154; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 139; Vidal Phan. 

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

 Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 '(1909) Bot. 696; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 396, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 328; Brand in Engl. Pflanzen- 

 reich 78 (1921) 40, /. 4, D, E< 

 Borago zeylanica Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 41; Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 



202. 

 Borago indica Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 81, non Linn. 

 Borago africana Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 60, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 

 114, non Linn. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Pampanga, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas), 

 Cuming 680, Merrill 14-66, 2623, Sp. Blancoanae 769, Phil. PI. 985, B. S. 

 7950, 7694, 27574 Ramos. A weed in cultivated lands, waste places, etc., at 

 low altitudes. Tropical Asia to Mauritius, Malaya, and tropical Australia. 

 Local names: Dilang-usa (Tag.); mabulo (Tag.); sigang-dagat (Tag.). 



