590 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



3355 Ahern's collector. A rather common weed in fallow rice paddies 

 about Manila. Southeastern China and northeastern Australia. 

 Local name: Balingayo (Tag.). 



2. SCAEVOLA Linnaeus 



SCAEVOLA ACUMINAT1SSIMA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 249. 



Mindoro, Negros, Mindanao (Davao), F. B. 12133, 12125 Merritt, El- 

 mer 10235, 11861. In thickets and forests at and above 600 m altitude; 

 very near S. oppositifolia Roxb. Endemic. 



Local name: Saroka (Bag.). 



SCAEVOLA DAJOENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 427; 

 Krause in Engl. Pflanzenreich 54 (1912) 131. 



Jolo, Merrill 532k. On exposed semiforested ridges, altitude about 650 

 m; very close to S. minahassae Koord. Endemic. 



SCAEVOLA FRUTESCENS (Mill.) Krause in Engl. Pflanzenreich 54 

 (1912) 125, /. 25; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 354, 

 Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 496, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 374. 

 Lobelia frutescens Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) No. 1. 

 Lobelia taccada Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) 119, t. 25. 

 Scaevola koenigii Vahl Symb. 3 (1794) 36; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 

 (1857) 580; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 120; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 165. 

 Scaevola lobelia Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 147, ed. 2 (1845) 104, ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 193, t. 210; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 121; Vidal 

 Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 29, t. 59, f. A, non Linn. 

 Along the seashore throughout the Philippines. India to Madagascar, 

 through Malaya to tropical Australia and Polynesia. 



Local names: Balak-balak (Tag.); balok-balok (Tag.); bokabok (Tag., 

 Bis.); bosboron (Tag., Bis.); boto (Tag., Bis.); chalmalukung (Ilk.); 

 dudukdukin (Ilk.); hulbo (Bik.) ; linu (Tag.); linog (Sbl.) ; mosboron 

 (Tag., Bis.); panabolong (Tag., Bis.); pangangtolon (Tag., Bis.); tagus- 

 tus (Bis.). 



Var. SERICEA (Forst.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 354. 

 Scaevola sericea Forst. Prodr. (1786) 504; Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1830) 

 57; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 250. 



Luzon (Ilocos Sur), Presl!, Merrill 339. On sandy seashores. Poly- 

 nesia. 



SCAEVOLA MICRANTHA Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1830) 59; DC. Prodr. 7 

 (1839) 507; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 582; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 121; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 250. 

 Temminckia micrantha De Vriese Gooden. (1854) 11. 

 Scaevola merrillii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1491. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Albay), Sibuyan, Mindanao (Surigao), Presl!, 

 B. S. 6289 Robinson, 27359, 32818 Ramos, 3U598 Ramos & Pascasio, Elmer 

 12135a. In dry open places, along streams, etc., at low altitudes. En- 

 demic. 



