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47. ERECHTITES Rafinesque 

 ERECHTITES VALER1ANAEFOLIA (Wolf) DC. Prodr. 6 (1837) 295. 



Senecio Valerianae folius Wolf Ind;. Sem. Hort. Berol. (1825) ex 



Reichb. Ic. Bot. Exot. 1 (1827) 59. 

 Crass ocephalum Valerianae folium Less, in Linnaea 5 (1830) 163. 

 Erechtites petiolala Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 157, non Benth. 

 Luzon (Sorsogon), Catanduanes, Samar, Negros, Bucas Grande, Balut, 

 Mindanao, Merrill 5270, 51*12, Elmer 15364, 13580, B. S. 34U6 Ramos & 

 Pascasio, 38768 Ramos & Edano, 24422, 30251 Ramos, 24-936 Fenix. In 

 old clearings, etc., at low and medium altitudes, often abundant. A na- 

 tive of tropical America, now pantropic. 



Local names: Balodan (Bag.); karangaan (Buk.) ; mala-ambukadkad 

 (S. L. Bis.); tigtig (Mbo.). 



48. GYNURA Cassini 

 GYNURA ACUMINATISSIMA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 

 121. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, east coast), B. S. 26556 Ramos & Edano. On slopes 

 at medium altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local name: Pura-pura (Neg.). 



GYNURA APOENSIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2587. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon, Davao), Elmer 11584, B. S. 26048 Fenix. Along 

 streams, altitude about 1,800 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Tagamayig (Bag.). 



GYNURA CLEMENTIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 244; 

 Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 145. 

 Gynura agusanensis Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2585. 

 Mindanao (Lanao, Agusan), Clemens 49, Elmer 13864. In old clearings 

 up to 1,050 m altitude. Endemic. 

 Local name: Manung-bayai (Mbo.). 



GYNURA ELLIPTICA Yabe & Hayata in Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 18 s 

 (1904) 25, t. 2; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 442. 



Batan Islands (Batan, Sabtan), B. S. 3691 Fenix, Petrelli. In old fields 

 at low altitudes. Formosa. 



Local name: Dudoi (Iv.). 



GYNURA LATI FOLIA (Moore) Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 145. 

 Crassocephalum latifolium Moore in Journ. Bot. 43 (1905) 138. 

 Mindoro, Negros, Wlvitehead!, F. B. 4402 Merritt. In thickets or for- 

 ests up to 1,500 m altitude. Endemic. 



GYNURA MACGREGORII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 398. 



Luzon (Ifugao, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), B. S. 8876, 8381, 

 19678, 11460 McGregor, 31683 Santos, 4336 Mearns, Merrill 6679. In the 

 mossy forest, altitude 2,000 to 2,500 m. Endemic. 



GYNURA PIPERI Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 355. 



Siquijor, Piper 384. In thickets or open places at low and medium al- 

 titudes. Endemic. 



