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BIDENS PILOSA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 832; DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 597; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 118; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 

 174; Merr. PL Manila (1912) 478". 



Batan and Babuyan Islands, northern Luzon to Mindanao, B. S. 3601, 

 4068 Fenix, 3112 Mearns, 5550 Ramos, 8753, 20112 McGregor, 12905 Fenix, 

 F. B. 5019 Curran, Merrill 5566, 6988, 6548, Phil. Pi. 1781, Whitford 1609, 

 Elmer 5769. In waste places, chiefly at medium altitudes, ascending to 

 2,200 m. Pantropic. 



Local names: Nguad (Ig.) ; dadayem (Iv.) ; pisau-pisau (C. Bis.); pu- 

 riket (Bon.). 



BIDENS TRIPARTITA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 831; DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 



594; Hook. f. PL Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 309; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 126. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 9747, Loher 3637, B. S. 5537 Ramos. In open 



cool swamps, altitude about 1,400 m. Europe and northern Africa to 



China and Japan. 



41. COSMOS Cavanilles 



COSMOS CAUDATUS HBK. Nov. Gen. Sp. PL 4 (1820) 240; DC. Prodr. 

 5 (1836) 606; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 118; Elm. Leafl. Philip. 

 Bot. 1 (1906) 176; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 478; Naves in Blanco 

 Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 287. 



Throughout the Philippines, a common weed in open waste places, fallow 

 lands, etc., at low and medium altitudes. A native of tropical America, 

 now pantropic. 



Local names: Lansa-lansa (SuL); onuad (If.); tuktukau (Bon.); turai- 

 turai (P. Bis.). 



COSMOS SULPHUREUS Cav. Ic. 1 (1791) 56, t. 79; DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 



606; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 118; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. Manila 



(1892) 103; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 126. 



Coreopsis dmmmondii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 172, non 



Torr. & Gray. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal, Tayabas, Ca- 

 marines), Polillo, Cebu, Leyte, Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao). In open 

 grasslands, borders of thickets, etc., at low and medium altitudes; much 

 less common than the preceding species and like it introduced from Mexico. 



Local name: Amarillo (Sp.). 



42. TAGETES Linnaeus 



TAGETES ERECTA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 887; DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 643; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 119; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 

 136; Merr. FL Manila (1912) 474. 



Cultivated for ornamental purposes. A native of Mexico, now planted 

 in all warm countries. 



Local names: Agito (Ilk.); amarillo (Sp.). 



TAGETES PATULA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 887; DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 643; 

 Blanco PL Filip. (1837) 632, ed. 2 (1845) 440, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 

 23, t. 404bis; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 381. 



