596 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 814; DC. Prodr. 5 

 (1836) 86; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 634, ed. 2 (1845) 441, ed. 3, 3 



(1879) 27; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 21; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1880) 114; Vidal Phan. Cuming-. Philip. (1885) 121, Rev. PL 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 160; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 97; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 139, Fl. Manila (1912) 468, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 375. 



Luzon (Union, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas), Mindoro. 

 Common in open grasslands and waste places, but certainly introduced. 

 Pantropic. 



Local names: Dila-dila (Tag.) ; kabkabron (Ilk.) ; tabatabakohan (Tag.). 



ELEPHANTOPUS SPICATUS Aubl. PL Guin. 2 (1775) 808; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 114; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 121, Rev. 



PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 160; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 96; 



Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 139, 3 (1908) Bot. 



440, Fl. Manila (1912) 469, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 376. 

 Distreptus spicatus Cass, in Diet. Sci. Nat. 13 (1819) 367; DC. 



Prodr. 5 (1836) 87. 

 Ageratum dubium Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 624 . 

 Elephantopus dubius Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 442, ed. 3, 3 



(1879) 28. 



Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Mindanao, in most islands and 

 provinces. Common in waste places in the settled areas generally; intro- 

 duced from Mexico, now also occurring in the Marianne Islands, Formosa, 

 southern China, and Java. 



Local names: Ardatig (Bik.) ; dila-dila (Tag 1 .); dilang-aso (Tag.); 

 habul (Bik.) ; kabkaron (Ilk.) ; kalkalapikap (Bon.) ; maratabako (Ilk.) ; 

 sigang-dagat (Tag.); sumag (Pamp.) ; supsuput (Bon.). 



5. ADENOSTEMMA Forster 



ADENOSTEMMA LAVENIA (Linn.) O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1891) 304; 

 Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 497, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 376. 

 Verbesina lavenia Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 902. 



Adenostemma viscosum Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 90; DC. Prodr. 5 

 (1836) 111; Llanos Frag. PL Filip. (1851) 376; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 2 (1857) 23; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 242; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 114; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 121, Rev. 

 PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 160; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 99; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 139, 3 (1908) Bot. 441. 



Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Abra, Benguet, Bontoc, 

 Nueva Vizcaya, Zambales, Bulacan, Bataan, Tayabas, Laguna), Mindanao, 

 Culion, Catanduanes, Panay, Camiguin de Misamis, Mindanao. In open 

 wet places along streams, in forests, and in thickets, from sea level to an 

 altitude of 1,800 m. Pantropic. 



Local names: Ahgang-it (Ig.) ; boton (Tag.); bulak-manok (Tag., 

 Pamp.); darakat (Sub.); dolomne-na-babaii (If.); panikit (Bon.); salin- 

 dukot (Buk.) ; ubat-lastung (SuL). 



