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Conyza laciniata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 61, nomen nudum, Wall. 



Cat. (1831) No. 3100, nomen nudum, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 427. 

 Conyza gouani Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 629, non Willd. 

 Conyza erosa Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 439, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 19. 

 Blumea lactucaefolia DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 435, p. p., quoad Philip, fide 



Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1882) 672. 



Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, in open waste 

 places, B. S. 27691 Ramos, 37418 Ramos & Edano, 18096, 18075 Robinson, 

 34919 Ramos & Pascasio, Merrill 565, 631, Sp. Blancoanae 257, Phil. PI. 

 997, Cuming 659. India to China and Malaya. 



Local names: Kanlong (Sub.); korondau (Sul.) ; lamlampaka (Bon.); 

 takiadasan ( Bon. ) . 



BLUMEA LESSINGII nom. nov. 



Pluchea hirsuta Less, in Linnaea 6 (1831) 150; DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 

 453; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 116; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 

 1 (1906) 107, non Conyza hirsuta Linn. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Abra, Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, Zambales, Bulacan, 

 Rizal, Laguna), Leyte, Panay, Mindanao, B. S. 27449, 2110 Ramos, 31343, 

 34046, 34203 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 26452 Catalan, Merrill 5066, Elmer 

 7038, Wenzel 1658, Williams 2078. In old clearings at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



This is Pluchea hirsuta as interpreted by Lessing and described by ds 

 Candolle. I have examined Chamisso's specimen in the Berlin herbarium. 

 It cannot possibly be Conyza hirsuta Linn., the type of which was from 

 China. 



BLUMEA LONGIPES Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 255. 



Mindanao (Lanao.), Clemens 893. In open grasslands, altitude about 

 650 m. Endemic. 



BLUMEA MANILLENSIS (Less.) DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 435; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 42; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 115; Elm. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 116. 

 Conyza manillensis Less, in Linnaea 6 (1831) 135. 



Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Rizal, Cavite, Batangas), Chamisso!, B. S. 2075, 

 27224 Ramos, 92 Foxivorthy. Chiefly along streams in ravines at low 

 and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



BLUMEA MINDANAENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 256. 



Mindanao (Lanao), Clemens 736. In open grasslands or thickets, alti- 

 tude about 650 m. Endemic. 



BLUMEA MOLLIS (D. Don) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 395, 



Fl. Manila (1912) 470. 

 Erigeron molle D. Don Prodr. (1825) 172. 

 Blumea wightiana DC. in Wight Contrib. Bot. Ind. (1834) 14, Prodr. 



5 (1836) 435; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 261; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 115; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 122, Rev. 



PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 161; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 115. 



