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Polygonum bellardi Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 314, ed. 2 (1845) 219, 



ed. 3, 2 (1878) 45, non All. . -. „, 

 Polygonum orientate F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 172, non Linn. 



Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in shallow-water swamps, 

 etc., at low and medium altitudes. India to Africa, southern China, and 

 Malaya* 



Local names: Kabakbak (Mag.); mandianag (Sub.); subsuban (Tag.). 



3. CORCULUM Stuntz 



(Antigonon Endlicher) 



CORCULUM LEPTOPUS (Hook. & Arn.) Stuntz in U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. 

 PL Ind. Bull. 282 (1913) 86. 

 Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechy's Voy. (1841) 308, 

 t. 69; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14 (1857) 184; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. 

 Manila (1892) 138; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 188. 

 Antigonon cordatum F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 171; Naves in Blanco 

 Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. U62, non Mart. & Gal. 

 A native of tropical America, probably introduced into the Philippines 

 about 1870, now in common cultivation throughout the Archipelago for 

 ornamental purposes. Widely known as cadena de amor (Sp.). 



Stuntz in proposing the new generic term Corculmn notes that Antigonon 

 is not technically published by Endlicher, and is, moreover, antedated by 

 Antigonon Velloso. 



4. MUEHLENBECKIA Meisner 



MUEHLENBECKIA PLATYCLADA Meisn. in Bot. Zeit. 22 (1865) 313; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 354; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 218; Merr. FL Manila (1912) 188. 

 Exocarpus ceramicus Naves in Blanco FL Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 317, 

 non DC. 

 A native of Polynesia, probably introduced into the Philippines about 

 1870, now widely cultivated in gardens. 

 Local name: Alupihan (Tag.). 



CHENOPODIACEAE 



1. CHENOPODIUM Linnaeus 



CHENOPODIUM ACUMINATUM Willd. in Ges. Nat. Fr. Neue Schr. 2 

 (1799) 124, t. 5, f. 2; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 405. 

 Batan Islands, B. S. 3807 Fenix. In waste places. An introduced weed; 

 of wide distribution in temperate and subtemperate regions. 



CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 219; Miq. FL Ind. 

 Bat. 1 1 (1857) 1017; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 171; Merr. in 

 Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 25; Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 346, FL Manila (1912) 189, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 136. 



Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas, cultivated and spon- 

 taneous; at medium and higher altitudes (Benguet) often very abundant. 

 A native of Mexico, now of pantropic distribution. 



Local names: Adlabon (Ig.) ; alpasote, alpasotis, aposotis, pasotis (Tag., 

 Bis., Ilk., all corruptions of the Mexican apazotl) ; bulbula (Bon.) ; libug 

 (If.). 



