132 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS (Linn.) R. Br. ex R. & S. Syst. 5 (1819) 



554; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 a (1858) 1048; Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 2 



(1849) 357; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 170; Merr. Fl. Manila 



(1912) 191, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 138. 

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

 Illecebrwm sessile Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 300. 

 Achyranthes villosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 189, ed. 2 (1845) 134, 



ed. 3, 1-(1877) 240, non Forsk. 

 Illecebrum triandrum Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 61; F.-Vill. & 



Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 43, non Ham. 

 Alternanthera denticulata F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 170; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 137, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 217, non 



R. Br. 



Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low and medium 

 altitudes; a common weed in open usually wet places. Pantropic. 



Local names: Bilanamanut (Mag.); bonga-bonga (Tag.); gogoat 

 (Bon.); sakit (Bon.); tagtagu (Bon.). 



ALTERNANTHERA VERSICOLOR Hort. ex Regel in Gartenfl. (1869) 

 101; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 192. 

 Telanthera versicolor Regel Ind.-Sem. Hort. Petrop. (1868) 83. 



Commonly cultivated as a border plant in gardens on account of its 

 colored leaves, where native uncertain. Pantropic in cultivation. In the 

 Philippines it is sometimes known as San Diego. 



11. GOMPHRENA Linnaeus 



GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 224; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 198, ed. 2 (1845) 139, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 251, t. 68; Miq. FL 



Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1858) 1050; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 170; Merr. 



in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 22, 27 (1905) 71, Fl. Manila 



(1912) 191, Sp. Blancoanae' (1918) 138. 



Throughout the settled areas of the Philippines in cultivation, often 



occurring as an escape; introduced. All warm countries. 



Local names: Bokingan (Tag.); botbotones (Ilk.); botoncillo (Sp.) ; 

 botones-botonesan (Tag.) ; bukingan (Tag.) ; bulah (Bag.) ; butingan 

 (S. L. Bis.). 



12. IRESINE P. Browne 



IRESINE HERBSTII Hook, in Gard. Chron. (1864) 654, 1206. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Laguna, Manila), Leyte, occasional in cultivation. A 

 native of Brazil, a recently introduced plant in the Philippines. 



EXCLUDED GENERA 



Digera arvensis Forsk. ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 168. 

 NOTHOSAERUA brachiata Wight; F.-Vill. op. cit. 169. 



NYCTAGINACEAE 

 1. MIRABILIS Linnaeus 



MIRABILIS JALAPA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 177; Choisy in DC. 13 2 (1849)' 

 428; F.-Vill. .Novis. App. (1880) 166; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 

 (1858) 988; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 70, 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 197, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 139. 



