606 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



19. MERRITTIA Merrill 



MERRITTIA BENGUETENSIS (Elm.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 396. 

 Senecio benguetensis Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 152. 



Luzon (Ifugao, Bontoc, Benguet), Elmer 62U7, Merrill 4-755, 6586, B. S. 

 5896' Ramos, 3768b Ramos & Edano, F. B. 16113 Curran, Merritt, & 

 Zschokke. ' In damp thickets and in the mossy forest, altitude 1,800 to 

 2,400. A monotypic endemic genus. 



Local name: Agakob (Bon.). 



20. LAGGERA Schulz-Bipontius 



LAGGERA ALATA (Roxb.) Schulz-Bip. ex Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 39 (1873) 94; Hook. f. PL Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 271; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 116; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 162, Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 122; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 

 117; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 397. 

 Conyza alata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 61, nomen nudum, Fl. Ind. 



ed. 2, 3 (1832) 430. 

 Erigeron alatum D. Don Prodr. FL Nepal. (1825) 171. 

 Conyza nutans Bume Bijdr. (1826) 896. 

 Blumea alata DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 448. 



Conyza tetraptera Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 24 2 (1851) 178; 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1859) 1078; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 115. 



Blumea tetraptera Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 313. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Bontoc, Benguet, Pangasinan, Rizal), Cuming 988, 



Williams 2017, Elmer 8U59, B. S. 27U01, 2109 Ramos. In open grasslands, 



etc., chiefly at medium altitudes, ascending to 1,500 m. Tropical Africa, 



India to China, southward to Java. 



Local names: Baba (Bon.); budbuduan (Bon.). 



21. PLUCHEA Cassini 



PLUCHEA INDICA (Linn.) Less, in Linnaea 6 (1831) 150; DC. Prodr. 5 

 (1836) 451; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 272; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 116; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 162; Merr. 

 FL Manila (1912) 471, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 378; Elm. Leafl. 

 Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 106. 

 Baccharis indica Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 861; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 627, ed. 2 (1845) 438, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 17. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao, along the seashore and tidal streams 



within the influence of salt or brackish water, Merrill 2090, 916, Sp. 



Blancoanae 989, B. S. 27J+87, 12178 Ramos, 16U89 Reillo, F. B. 6358. 



Curran^ 9777, 9776 Merritt, 6U6U Everett, 13656 Curran. India to China 

 and Malaya. 



Local names: Banig-banig (Sul.) ; bauing-bauing (Sul.) ; kalapini 

 (Tag.); lagundi-late (Sbl., Tag.); tulo-lalaki (P. Bis.). 



PLUCHEA SCABRIDA DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 453; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 116; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 106; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 309. 

 Conyza scabrida Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 59. 



