VoL 3 COMPOSITAE 605 



Formosan material currently referred to B. myriocephala DC. is refer- 

 able here. 



BLUMEA SYLVATICA (Blume) DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 447. 

 Conyza sylvatica Blume Bijdr. (1826) 898. 



Blumea appendiculata Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 



394, non DC. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Pampanga, Tayabas), Palawan, 



Elmer 8762, 9189, Merrill 6511, 7768, Phil. PL 17U, B. S. 31923 Santos, 



693 Foxworthy, 3814-5 Ramos & Edano. In thickets and forests, altitude 



1,000 to 2,200 m. Java. 



Local names: Bunged (Ig.) ; tabtabam (Ig.) ; suosob (Ig.). 



BLUMEA TEN ERA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 250, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 470. 

 Blumea virens DC. var. minor Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 114, 

 non Hook. f. 

 Luzon (Zambales, Rizal), Culion, Palawan, Merrill 679, 9397, 7363. In 

 open grasslands at low altitudes. Endemic. 



BLUMEA VANOVERBERGHII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 105. 



Luzon (Bontoc), Vanoverbergh 1063. On slopes, altitude about 1,300 m, 

 Endemic. 



BLUMEA VIRENS (Wall.) DC. in Wight Contrib. Bot. Ind. (1834) 14, 

 Prodr. 5 (1836) 439; Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 264; Rolfe 

 in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 213; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

 122, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 162; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 

 1 (1906) 114. 

 Conyza virens Wall. Cat. (1831) No. 3037, nomen nudum. 

 Blumea membranacea F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 115; Elm. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 113, non DC. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Abra, Union, Benguet, Pangasinan, Zambales, 

 Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Batangas), Culion, Guimaras, Cuming 1023, 

 Merrill 1U56, 622, 6713, Phil. PI. 12H, Elmer 5732, B. S. 27689, 7095, 22U51 

 Ramos, 3^202 Ramos & Edano, 123 Foxworthy, 1919U Reillo. In thickets 

 and open forests and along small streams at low and medium altitudes. 

 India to Indo-China. 



Local names: Burlasan (Tag., Pamp.) ; labalabanusan (Tag.); payok- 

 pok (Ilk.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Blumea densiflora DC; F.-Vill. Novis App. (1880) 115; Elm. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 111. 

 Elmer identified no actual Philippine specimens with this species. 



Blumea hieracifolia DC; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 115. 



Blumea oxyodonta DC; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 266; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 115. 



I do not know on what the Philippine record is based. I have seen 

 no Philippine specimen that is referable to this species. 



