612 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



35. HELIANTHUS Linnaeus 



HEL1ANTHUS ANNUUS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 904; DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 



585; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 76; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



117; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 170; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 476. 



Cultivated here and there for ornamental purposes, but nowhere estab- 

 lished. Native of tropical America, now planted in all warm countries; 

 sunflower, locally known by its Spanish names girasol and mirasol. 



Helianthus cucumerifolius Torr. & Gray is also occasionally cultivated 

 in Manila. 



36. SPILANTHES Jacquin 



SPILANTHES ACM ELLA (Linn.) Murr. Syst. (1774) 610; DC. Prodr. 5 



(1836) 623; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 79; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 



3 (1881) 307; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 117; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 



Philip. (1885) 122, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 163 (inch var. 



oleracea C. B. Clarke); Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 169; 



Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 380. 

 Verbesina acmella Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 901. 

 Spilanthes lobata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 622, ed. 2 (1845) 434, ed. 



3, 3 (1879) 11. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Rizal, Laguna), Mindoro, 

 Balabac. In open waste places, old clearings, etc., at low and medium 

 altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Biri (Ig.) ; dila-dilag (If.); gatang-gatang (Sul.) ; pilet- 

 pilet (Sul.). 



SPILANTHES GRANDIFLORA Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 24 1 (1851) 

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

 118; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 122; Elm. Lean. Philip. 

 Bot. 1 (1906) 168; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 398. 



Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Ifugao, Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet), Cuming 115U, 

 Merrill 7658, 6517, Williams 922bis, Elmer 6605, B. S„ 31699 Santos, 19993 

 McGregor, U537 Mearns, F. B. 5030 Curran. On open slopes in the pine 

 region, altitude 1,200 to 1,900 m. Tropical Australia. 



Local names: Busiuisi (Ig.) ; dila-dilag (If.); sisilau (Ig. Bon.). 



SPILANTHES OVATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 246; 

 Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 169. 

 Luzon (Lepanto), Merrill J/,573. On grassy slopes in pine forests, alti- 

 tude about 1,950 m; scarcely more than a form or variety of S. grandiflora 

 Turcz. Endemic. 



37. SYNEDRELLA Gaertner 



SYNEDRELLA NODI FLORA (Linn.) Gaertn. Fruct. 2 (1791) 456, t. 171, 

 f. 7; Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 308; Naves in Blanco FL 

 Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 1>0U; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 118; 

 Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 171; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 472. 



Verbesina nodiflora Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 290. 



Blainvillea latifolia Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 

 Suppl. 1: 266; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. (1892) 102, non DC. 



Blainvillea rhomboidea Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 165, non Cass. 



