Vo1 - 2 AMARANTHACEAE 131 



Merrill 7302. In open wet places at low and medium altitudes; rare. In- 

 dia to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java,, and Borneo. 

 Local name: Katiangkas (Sub.). 



9. ACHYRANTHES Linnaeus 



ACHYRANTHES ASPERA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 204; Moq. in DC. Prodr. 

 13 2 (1849) 314; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 188, ed. 2 (1845) 133, 

 ed. 3, 1 (1877) 239; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 » (1858) 1042; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 170; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 137, 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 217; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 195, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 138. 

 Desmochaeta repens Llanos ex F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 105, non R. & S. 



Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, a weed in open 

 waste places; a pantropic weed, probably introduced in the Philippines. 



Local names: Angud (Pamp.) ; deket-deket (Ilk.); dokot-dokot (Tag.); 

 garem (Ilk.) ; guela (Neg.) ; hangod (Tag.) ; hangor (Tag.) ; hangot 

 (Tag.) ; higad-higad (Ilk.) ; libai (Tag.) ; lopo-lopo (Bis.) ; niknikitan 

 (Bon.); ragragadi (Ilk.); saramo (Bis.). 



ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA Blume Bijdr. (1825) 545; Moq. in DC. 

 Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 312. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao), Clemens, B. S. 38877 Ramos & Edano. 

 In old clearings, altitude 600 to 1,000 m. India to Japan southward to 

 Java. This is probably better treated merely as a variety of Achyranthes 

 aspera Linn, as O. Kuntze has done, Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 535. 



Local name: Masiya (Buk.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Achyranthes aquatica R. Br.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 170. 

 Achyranthes fruttcosa Lam.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Achyranthes grandifolia Moq.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Achyranthes javanica Moq.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



10. ALTERNANTHERA Forskal 



ALTERNANTHERA F1COIDES (Linn.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schultes Syst. 



5 (1819) 555; Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1 : 404. 

 Gomphrena ficoidea Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 225. 

 Gomphrena polygonoides Linn. 1. c. 

 Teleianthera manillensis Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1 : 404. 

 Telanthera ficoides Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 s (1849) 363; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 170. 

 Telanthera polygonoides Moq. 1. c. 

 Telanthera frutescens Moq. var. manillensis Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 2 



(1849) 366. 

 Altemanthera frutescens Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 192, non ? R. Br. 



Common in low lands about Manila, especially within the influence of 

 brackish water; also in Negros, Merrill 8, 3U18, Phil. PL 1508. Introduced 

 from tropical America. 



Local name: Lupug-lupug (P. Bis.). 



