604 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Conyza bifoliata Cham. & Less, in Linnaea 6 (1831) 135; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 2 (1857) 42, non Linn. 

 Blumea chamissoniana DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 434; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1880) 115. 



Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Benguet, Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan, Rizal), 

 Cuming 113 9, Merrill 3806, Williams 2018, B. S. 2074, 5757, 2683 Ramos, 

 37942 Ramos & Edano. In open grasslands at low and medium altitudes, 

 ascending to 1,500 m. Tropical Asia and Africa through Malaya to trop- 

 ical Australia and western Polynesia. 



BLUMEA PUB1GERA (Linn.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 250. 

 Conyza pubigera Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 113. 

 Conyza riparia Blume Bijdr. (1826) 699. 

 Blumea riparia DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 444. 

 Blumea chinensis DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 444; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 



3 (1881) 268; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 115; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 



Philip. (1885) 121, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 162; Merr. Interpret. 



Herb. Amb. (1917) 499, non Conyza chinensis Linn. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Laguna, Tayabas), Catanduanes, Mindoro, Palawan, 

 Samar, Leyte, Mindanao, Basilan, Jolo, Merrill 829, 4068, 5197, 5565, 9516, 

 8081, Elmer 7042, 13863, B. S. 16289 Reillo, 19324 Ramos, 34401, 35020 

 Ramos & Pascasio, 37669, 37696, 37907 Ramos & Edano. In thickets, open- 

 ings in forests, old clearings, etc., at low and medium altitudes, ascending 

 to 1,100 m. India to southern China through Malaya to New Guinea. 



Local names: Katarai (Sul.) ; kuli-amu (Sub.); lankat (Mbo.) ; pagang- 

 pagang (C. Bis.). 



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



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Zambales), B. S. 5089 Ramos, 37678 Ramos 

 & Edano, Clemens 9214, Vanoverbergh 1191, 314, Merrill 7696. In damp 

 ravines and thickets, altitude 1,100 to 1,600 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Ningyau (Bon.). 



BLUMEA SERICANS Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 262; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 428. 

 Blumea subsericans Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2582. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya), Mindanao (Lanao, Davao), Clemens 

 894, Elmer 11139\, 11904, B. S. 11452 McGregor, 7780 Ramos. In open 

 grasslands, chiefly at medium altitudes. Chittagong and Burma to south- 

 ern China and Formosa. 



Local name: Dalingling (Bag.). 



BLUMEA SPECTABILIS DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 445; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 3 (1881) 269; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 101. 

 Blumea laxiflora Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 110. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Abra, Pangasinan, Rizal, Laguna), Mindoro, Samar, 

 Panay, Elmer 8231, Merrill 5073, B. S. 7643, 27671, 17467, 26975, 39657 

 Ramos, 17719 Otanes, 30963 Ramos & Edano. Along streams in forests 

 and also in open places at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,200 

 m. India and Ceylon. 



