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Mindoro, Cuming 1567, Merrill 3358. In sandy soil along the seashore. 

 India and Ceylon to Java. 



4. AMARANTHUS Linnaeus 



AMARANTHUS PANICULATUS Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1406; Moq. 

 in DC. Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 257; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 168; Naves in Blanco PI. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 430; Usteri 

 Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 124. 

 Amaranthus caudatus Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 193, non Linn. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in open waste places at low and medium 

 altitudes, sometimes cultivated; certainly introduced. Tropical Asia, 

 Africa, and Malaya. 



Local names: Halon (Tag.); kadiapa (Bik.); kalunai (Ilk.); koyapa 

 (C. Bis.); kudiapa (Bis.); kuliapa (P. Bis.); urai (Tag.). 



AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 991; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 710, ed. 2 (1845) 491, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 113; Moq. in DC. 

 Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 260; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1858) 1031; Walp. 

 in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 405; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 168; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 137, 

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 216; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 

 27 (1905) 71, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 346, FL Manila 

 (1912) 192, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 137. 



Throughout the Philippines, a weed in open waste places, gregarious 

 and abundant along sand bars and margins of streams; probably intro- 

 duced in the Philippines. Pantropic. 



Local names: Akum (Mag.); alayon (If.); ayantoto (Pamp.) ; baoan 

 (Bon.) ; bayambang (Tag.) ; gitin-giting (Sul.) ; harum (Bis.) ; kalitis 

 (Bis.); kalunai (Ilk.); kilitis (Tag., Bik.); kuanton (Ilk.); kuantung 

 (Ilk.); kulitis (P. Bis.); oort (Tag.); orai (Tag.); tadtad (Bon.); tai- 

 kuda (Sul.) ; tilitis (Bis.); urai (Tag.); uri (Tag.). 



AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 989; Merr. Interpret. 



Herb. Amb. (1918) 213. 



Amaranthus gangeticus Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1268; Moq. in DC. 



Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 261; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 168; Merr. 



FL Manila (1912) 193, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 137. 



Amaranthus cruentus Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) 



t. 289, non Linn. 

 Amaranthus mangostanus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 711, ed. 2 (1845) 



492, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 114, non Linn. 

 Amaranthus melancholicus F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 168, non ? Linn. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao; an occasional weed in waste places, more 

 commonly cultivated, both typical tricolor, the upper leaves bright red, and 

 a form with uniformly brownish purple leaves. Introduced. Pantropic. 

 Local names: Halon (Tag.); kolites (Tag.). 



AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1405; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 169; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 405, 



Fl. Manila (1912) 193. 

 Euxolus caudatus Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 262, 



non Moq. 

 Euxolus viridis Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 ■ (1849) 273. 



