Vo1 - 3 COMPOSITAE 607 



Luzon, Haenke! in herb, de Candolle. Scarcely distinguishable from 

 P. indica Less., but with pubescent leaves and densely pubescent inflores- 

 cences.- Endemic. 



22. EPALTES Cassini 



EPALTES AUSTRALIS Less, in Linnaea 5 (1831) 148, 206; DC. Prodr. 



5 (1836) 462; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 108; J. R. Drum- 



mund ex Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 126; 



Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 473, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 378. 

 Cotida quinqueloba Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 626, ed. 2 (1845) 436, 



ed. 3, 3 (1879) 15, non Linn. f. 

 Sphaeromorphaea russeliana DC. Prodr. 6 (1837) 140; Hook. f. Fl. 



Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 317; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 140. 



Luzon (Rizal), Merrill 3655, 7361, Phil. PL 991, Sp. Blancoanae 773, 

 Loher 50S6. In fallow rice paddies at low altitudes. India to southern 

 China through Malaya to Australia. 



Local name: Plarahgan (Tag.). 



23. SPHAERANTHUS Vaillant 



SPHAERANTHUS AFR1CANUS Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 1314; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 275; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 116; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 122, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 162; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 118; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 469, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 379. 

 Sphaeranthus alatus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 635. 

 Sphaeranthus indicus Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 722, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 



29; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 116, non Linn. 

 Sphaeranthus microcephalics Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1804) 2395; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 36; DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 369; Usteri Beitr. 

 Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 120. 

 Throughout the Philippines, a weed in open rather damp waste places 

 in and about towns at low and medium altitudes. Tropical Africa and 

 Asia through Malaya to Australia. 



Local names: Botbotonis (Ilk.); botobotonisan (Tag.); sambong-gala 

 (Tag.); talababako (Bis.); tarutabako (Bis.). 



24. PTEROCAULON Elliott 



PTEROCAULON REDOLENS (Forst. f.) F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 116; 



Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 122. 

 Gnaphalium redolens Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 91. 

 Monenteles redolens DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 455; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 



(1857.) 60. 

 Gnaphalium cylindrostachyum Wall. Cat. (1831) No. 3931, nomen 



nudum. 

 Monenteles spicatus Labill. Sert. Nov. Caled. (1824-25) 43, t. 43. 

 Tessaria redolens Less, in Linnaea 6 (1831) 151. 

 Conyza redolens Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1804) 1951. 

 Pterocaulon cylindrostachyum C. B. Clarke Comp. Ind. (1876) 98; 



Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 275; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



116; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 122, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 162; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 379. 



