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ACANTHUS ILIC1FOLIUS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 639; Blanco PI. Filip. ed. 

 2 (1845) 341, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 267, t. 153; C. B. Clarke in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 481; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 154; 

 Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 35, t. 57, f. E, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 205; Perk. Frag. PL Philip. (1904) 39; Merr. FL Manila 

 (1912) 441, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 354. 

 ' Dilivaria ilicifolia Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. 3 (1832) 98, DC. 

 Prodr. 11 (1847) 268; Miq. PL Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 820. 

 Acanthus doloariu Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 487. 



Luzon (Union, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan), Elmer 5504, 5648, 

 Merrill 58, Sp. Blancoanae 636, F. B. 2232 Meyer. In brackish swamps 

 along the seashore and tidal streams. Tropical Asia and Africa through 

 Malaya to Polynesia. 



Local names: Daguari (Tag.); daluari (Tag.); diluariu (Tag.); dula- 

 uari (Pamp.) ; duluariu (Tag.) ; galura (Tag.) ; kasumba (Ilk.) ; lagiuriu 

 (P. Bis.); lagiu-lagiu (Tag.); santing (Sul.) ; takislakis (Tag.); tindoi 

 (Tag.); tinlui (Tag.); tinglui (Tag.); tinglog (Tag.); titio (Bis.). 



ACANTHUS VOLUBILIS Wall. PL As. Rar. 2 (1831) 56, t. 172; C. B. 



Clarke in Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 481, et ex King & Gamble 



in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 74 * (1907) 660. 

 Dilivaria volubilis Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. 3 (1832) 98. 

 Dilivaria scandens Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 98. 



Mindoro, Sibuyan, Panay, Basilan, B. S. 31506 Rarnos & Edano, F. B. 

 3965 Hutchinson, 6470 Everett, 7150, 5322 Merritt, Elmer 12408. Habitat 

 of the preceding species. India through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Santing-santing (Yak.); laguiuiu (P. Bis.). 



13. ASYSTASIA Blume 



ASYSTASIA GANGETICA (Linn.) T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. PL Zeyl. 



(1859-64) 235; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 341. 

 Justicia gangetica Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 299. 

 Asystasia coromandelina Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. 3 (1832) 89, DC 



Prodr. 11 (1847) 165; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 



(1884) 493; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 154. 



Luzon (Isabela), F. B. 7981 Ramos. In thickets near towns at low al- 

 titudes; also represented by Merrill 8613, F. B. 20858 Villamil, B. S. 17282 

 Robinson & Foxworthy from plants cultivated in Manila and Los Banos 

 grown from seeds from northern Luzon. Tropical Africa, Asia, and 

 Malaya. 



14. GYMNOSTACHYUM Nees 



GYMNOSTACHYUM AFFINE Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 94; Miq. FL 

 Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 779; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 155; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 133, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 205. 



Samar, Cuming 1719, B. S. 24231 Ramos. In forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Var. LOHERI C. B. Clarke. 



Luzon (Abra, Ifugao, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Bataan), Min- 

 danao (Lanao, Zamboanga, Basilan), Merrill 5015, 1427, 8053, B. S. 26977 



