130 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Bontoc, Union, Pangasinan, Rizal, La- 

 guna), Panay, Guimaras. In dry thickets at low and medium altitudes; 

 not common. India to Madagascar, the Malay Peninsula, and Java, 



Local names: Dokot-dokot (Bis.) ; igadigad (Ilk.) ; taguyupyup (Ilk.). 



7. AERUA Forskal 



AERUA LAN ATA (Linn.) Juss. in Ann. Mus. Paris 11 (1808) 131; Miq. 



Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 a (1858) 1039; Moq. in DC. Monog. Phan. 13 2 



(1849) 303; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 



Philip. (1885) 137, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 216; Merr. 5n 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 52, Fl. Manila (1912) 194, Sp. 



Blancoanae (1918) 138. 

 Achyranthes lanata Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 204. 

 Illecebrum lanatum Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 344; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 190. 

 Celosia lanata Blanco FL Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 134, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 



241, t. 354, non Linn. 

 Aerua brachiata Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 



1 : 405, non Mart. 



I uzon (Union to Batangas), Mindoro, Marinduque, Panay. Common 

 in open dry waste places at low and medium altitudes, in regions subject to 

 a prolonged dry season; probably introduced. India to tropical Africa and 

 Malaya (Sumatra, Java). 



Local names: Apugapugan (Tag.) ; karlatan (Ilk.) ; pamaynap (Tag.) ; 

 taba-ahas. (Tag.). 



AERUA SCAN DENS (Roxb.) Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 6911; Moq. in DC. 



Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 302; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169; Ceron 



Cat. PL Herb. Manila (1892) 137; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. 



(1905) 124. 

 Achyranthes scandens Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 509. 

 Aerua velutina Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 301; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 169; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 137, Rev. 



PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 216. 

 Desmotheca velutina Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 6935, nomen nudum. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Batangas, Ilocos Norte), Guimaras, Mindoro, Palawan. 

 In dry thickets at low and medium altitudes. India to China and Formosa, 

 southward to Java. 



Local name: Samsam (Tagb.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Aerua javanica Juss.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169. 

 Aerua sanguinolenta Blume; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Aerua timorensis Moq.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



8. PSILOTRICHUM Blume 



PSILOTRICHUM TRICHOTOM UM Blume Bijdr. (1825) 545; Moq. in 



DC. Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 280; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 169; Vidal 



Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 137, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 216. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, Laguna), Samar, Leyte, Mindanao, 



Cuming 658, B. S. 11485 McGregor, 24.172 Ramos, 37 37 9 Ramos & Edano, 



