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CHENOPODIUM POLYSPERM U M Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 220; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 145. 



Luzon (Benguet), Guerrero. In waste places, altitude about 1,300 m. 

 A casual weed, introduced; widely distributed in temperate and subtem- 

 perate regions. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Chenopodium album Linn.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 171. 



I have seen no Philippine material representing this widely distributed 

 weed. Two other representatives of the family are reported from the 

 Philippines, the common beet (Sp. remolacha) , Beta vulgaris Linn., and 

 Spinacia oleracea Mill. The beet is fairly common in cultivation but its 

 occurrence is dependent on annually imported seeds; I have seen no spin- 

 ach in the Philippines. 



AMARANTHACEAE 



1. DEERINGIA R. Brown 



DEER1NGIA AMARANTHOIDES (Lam.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. 

 (1917) 211, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 136. 

 Achyranthes amaranthoides Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 548. 

 Celosia baccata Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 23; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 193. 

 Deeringia celosioides R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 413; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 



2 (1845) 135, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 244, t. 236; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 * 

 (1858) 1025; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 136, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 215; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167. 



Deeringia baccata Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 236; Merr. in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 51, Fl. Manila (1912) 190. 

 Deeringia indica Retz. ex Blume Bijdr. (1825) 542; Walp. in Nov. 

 Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 407. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte to Batangas), Mindoro. Common in thickets at 

 low and medium altitudes. India to China southward to Australia. 



Local names: Aribugbug (Ilk.); aribukbuk (Ilk.); ditiran (Tag.); ha- 

 gorilis (Tag.); hanlilimokan (Bis.); sili-silihan (Tag.); suni-suni (Ilk.). 



DEERINGIA POLYSPERMA (Roxb.) Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 236. 

 Celosia polysperma Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 511. 



Deeringia indica Zoll. ex Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 236; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1858) 1026; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 136, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 215; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 51, 3 

 (1908) Bot. 405, non Retz. 

 Lestibudesia latifolia Blume Bijdr. (1825) 541. 

 Batan Islands to Mindanao and Palawan, common in thickets at low and 

 medium altitudes, in Benguet ascending to 1,800 m. Malay Peninsula to 

 the Moluccas. 



Local names: Aditit (Iv.) ; babanat (Is.); bauangan (Ig.*) ; bayambang 

 (Tag.) ; bitoan (Mho.) ; chaksil (Ig.) ; hagorilis Tag.) ; paparangan 

 (Mag.); sipsip (Ig.) ; tagamtam (Bik.) ; talaktak (Pamp.). 



Var. PUBESCENS (Schinz) comb. nov. 



Deeringia, indica Zoll. var. pubescens Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. II 



3 (1903) 3. 



Northern Luzon. Warburg 11703. Endemic. 



