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EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Melampodium lanceolatum DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 519; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 117. 



"In iter suis legit Nee sed locus ignotus. An Manillense ? an potius 

 Americanum?" This was in all probability from tropical America, the 

 home of alii the species of this genus. 



30. SIEGESBECKIA Linnaeus 



SIEGESBECKIA ORIENTALIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 900; DC. Prodr. 5 

 (1836) 495; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 304; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 117; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 122, Rev. 

 PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 163; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 162; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 411, 5 (1910) Bot. 397. 

 Minyranthes heterophylla Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 24 1 (1851) 

 181. 



Batan Islands, Luzon (Abra, Benguet, Bontoc, Rizal), Mindanao (Lanao), 

 Merrill U280, 7691, B. S. 3571 Fenix, 3178 Meams, 7057, 5336, 1779 Ramos. 

 In open waste places, fallow fields, etc., chiefly at medium altitudes, ascend- 

 ing to 2,100 m in Benguet. Old World Tropics, introduced in the New 

 World. 



Local names: Kaedes (Iv.) ; put (Bon.). 



31. EN HYDRA Loureiro 



EN HYDRA FLUCTUANS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 511; DC. Prodr. 5 

 (1836) 637; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 304; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 117; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 163; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 251, Fl. Manila (1912) 475. 



Luzon (Rizal), Merrill 1120U- Occasional along the banks of small 

 streams in and about Manila, certainly introduced. Tropical Africa and 

 Asia to Malaya. 



32. ECLIPTA Linnaeus 



ECLIPTA ALBA (Linn.) Hassk. PI. Jav. Ear. (1848) 528; Hook. f. Fl. 



Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 304; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 117; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 65; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 164; 



Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 476, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 379. 



Verbesina alba Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 902. 



Eclipta parciflora Wall. Cat. (1831) No. 3213, nomen nudum, DC. 



Prodr. 5 (1836) 490. 

 Anthemis cotula Blanco FL Filip. (1837) 633, non Linn. 

 Artemisia viridis Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 436, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 



14, t. 28U, non Linn. 

 Eclipta erecta Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 286; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. 



Veg. (1905) 120. 

 Eclipta philippinensis Gandog. * in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65 (1918) 

 40. 

 A ubiquitous weed in the settled areas of the Philippines. All warm 

 countries. 



Local names: Higis-manok (Tag.); karimbuaya (Ilk.); pia (If.); tinta- 

 tinta (Ilk.); tultulisan (Ilk.); yayod (Iv.). 



* The type, Cuming 2^36, was from Sumatra, not from the Philippines. 



