Vo1 - 3 COMPOSITAE 595 



VERNONIA PYRRHOPAPPA Schulz-Bip. ex Klatt in Flora 68 (1885) 203. 

 Vernonia cuneata F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 114; Elm. Leafl. Philip. 



Bot. 1 (1906) 92, non Less. 

 Vernonia villarii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2593. 



Busuanga, Palawan, Balabac, Catanduanes, Leyte, Mindanao (Misamis, 

 Zamboanga), Cuming 1639, B. S. 513 Mangubat, 41177 Ramos, Wenzel 

 769, Williams 2136, Merrill 9362, Elmer 13171. In forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. Endemic. 



VERNONIA URDANETENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2591. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Elmer 1-3634, 13952. In primary forests, altitude 

 about 1,050 m. Endemic? 



This would fall under Hooker's conception of Vernonia arborea Ham. 

 and probably is the form described by Blume as V. celebica Blume. 



Local names: Astaban (Mbo.) ; bogig (Mbo.). 



VERNONIA VI D ALII Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 6, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 138; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 

 (1906) 91. 

 Vernonia arborea Ham. var. vestita Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 160', non Vernonia vestita Baker. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Nueva Vizcaya, 

 Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna), Elmer 6607, 17733, Merrill 

 153, 2291, Phil. PI. 321,., B. S. 33097 Ramos, 3452 Mearns, 300\27 Fenix, F. 

 B. 5104, 6968, 17543 Curran, 23993 Pena, 27194 Udasco, 1278 Borden, 

 1128 Ahern's collector, 23987 Maneja, 24244 Santos. Chiefly in secondary 

 forests, sea level to an altitude of 1,300 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Adasai (Ilk.); malabuldit-durung (Pamp.) ; malasambong 

 (Tag.); palakpak (Tag.); talotog (C. Bis.); ulbek (Ilk.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Vernonia eupatoroides Blume; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 113. 

 Vernonia pectiniformis DC; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



4. ELEPHANTOPUS Linnaeus 



ELEPHANTOPUS MOLLIS HBK. Nov. Gen. Sp. PI. 4 (1820) 26; DC. 

 Prodr. 5 (1836) 86; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 114; Elm. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 97; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 138, 3 (1908) Bot. 441, 5 (1910) Bot. 393, Fl. Manila (1912) 468, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 376. 

 Elephantopus serratus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 635, ed. 2 (1845) 

 442, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 28. 



Throughout the Philippines, in open waste places and grasslands, from 

 sea level to an altitude of 2,000 m. A native of Mexico, now also in the 

 Marianne and Caroline Islands, Formosa, and Borneo. 



Local names: Basut (Bon.); kaburon (Ig.) ; pauikan (If.); tabtabako 

 (Ilk.); tigalang (Sul.). 



