594 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



VERNON I A MINDANAENS1S Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 474. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao), B. S. 38886 Ramos & Edano, Clemens 

 1086. In damp forests, altitude 600 to 1,000 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Gauod (Buk.). 



VERNON I A PAT U LA (Dry.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 439, Fl. Manila (1912) 466, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 375. 

 CowQza patula Dry. in Ait. Hort. Kew 3 (1789) 184. 

 Conyza chinensis Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 83, non Linn. 

 Cyanthillium pubescens Blume Bijdr. (1826) 890. 



- Cyanopis pubescens DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 69; Llanos ex F.-Vill. & 



Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 106. 



- Vernonia chinensis Less, in Linnaea 6 (1831) 674; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 2 (1857) 18; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 235; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 113; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 121, 



Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 160; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 93. 



Serratula multiflora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 617, ed. 2 (1845) 431, 



ed. 3, 3 (1879) 7, non Linn. 

 Cyanthillium chinense Gleason in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 40 (1913) 

 306, N. Am. Flora 33 (1922) 51. 

 A common weed in the settled areas throughout the Philippines at low 

 and medium altitudes. India to China, Malaya, and western Polynesia. 



Local names: Atipukpuk (Ilk.) ; bayakibok (Tag.) ; bulag-manok (Tag.) ; 

 gatgatang (Bon.); hipon-hipon (Bis.); kapkapes (Bon.); karukadlom 

 (Bik.) ; lakbong-lakbong (Bis.); payokpok (Ilk.). 



VERNONIA PHANEROPHLEBIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 106. 

 Luzon (Bontoc), Vanoverbergh 688, B. S. 37750 Ramos & Edano. In 

 forests, altitude about 1,500 m. Endemic. 



VERNONIA PHILIPPINENSIS Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 

 312; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 121, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 160; Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 89; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. ,Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 393. 

 Vernonia andersonii F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 114, non Clarke. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Pangasinan, 

 Zambales, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna), F. B. 34.12, 3U03 Ahern's collector, 

 16881 Alvarez, 25017 Mabesa, B. S. 5825, 27580 Ramos, 17769 Otanes, 38128 

 Ramos & Edano, Cuming 1092, Williams 686, Loher 61*68, 61*71. In forests 

 at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,000 m. Endemic. 



'Vernonia cumingiana Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 4 (1852) 232 

 was probably intended to include this form, but Bentham's description 

 applies to the continental (Chinese) form, and not to the Philippine one. 

 The Formosan form currently referred to V. andersonii C. B. Clarke is 

 very close to this. 



Local name: Agtuba (Bon.). 



VERNONIA PULGARENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2590. 



Palawan, Elmer 1291*8. In primary forests, altitude about 600 m. En- 

 demic. 



