VoL 2 NYCTAGINACEAE 133 



Mirabilis longiflora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 77, ed. 2 (1845) 57, 

 ed. 3, 1 (1877) 109, non Linn.. ., 



Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas in cultivation and fre- 

 quently spontaneous in the vicinity of towns. Introduced from Mexico 

 by the Spaniards at an early date, now pantropic. 



Local names: A las cuatro, maravilla (Sp.) ; gilala (Tag.); oracion 

 (Sp.) ; suspires (Sp.) ; tallang (SuL). 



2. BOERHAAVIA Linnaeus 



BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 3; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 

 13 2 (1849) 452; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 8, ed. 2 (1845) 6, ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 11, t. 93; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 166; Merr. Fl. 

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

 Boerhaavia re-pens Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 3; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. 

 Veg. (1905) 134. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open places in the settled areas at low 

 and medium altitudes; a common weed in and about towns. Pantropic. 

 Local names: Katkatud (Ilk.); paanbalibis (Tag.); tabtabokol (Ilk.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Boerhaavia repanda Willd. ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167. 



3. BOUGAINVILLAEA Commerson 



BOUGAINVILLAEA SPECTABILIS Willd. Sp. PL 2 (1799) 348 (Bugin- 

 villaea); F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 

 Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 32, Fl. Manila (1912) 196. 

 A native of tropical America, now widely cultivated for ornamental 



purposes' in the larger towns of the Philippines. 



4. PI SON I A Plumier 



PISONIA ACULEATA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1026; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 195, ed. 2 (1845) 137, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 247, t. 394; Choisy in DC. 

 Prodr. 13 2 (1849) 440; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 167; Vidal 

 Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 36, t. 76, f. A, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

 136, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 215; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 

 (Philip.) 27 (1905) 70, Fl. Manila (1912) 196, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 139. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in thickets and open forests at low and 



medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Digkit (Tag.); kabai (Mbo.) ; kolifafo (Ibn.) ; mankit 



(Tag.) ; marinoai (Mbo.) ; paang-tikling (Tag.) ; pakat-aso (Tag.) ; pana- 



kla (Tag.); puriket (Ilk.); puriket-ti-bakir (Ilk.). 



PISONIA ALBA Spanoghe in Linnaea 15 (1841) 342; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1 x (1858) 990; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 196, Interpret. Herb. Amb. 

 (1917) 216, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 140. 

 Cotdia olitoria Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 123, ed. 2 (1845) 88, ed. 



3, 1 (1877) 159, t. M, non Pisonia olitoria Zoll. 

 Pisonia inermis Vidal Sinopsis (1883) 36, t. 76, f. C, non Forst. f. 

 In towns cultivated for ornamental purposes, not a native of the Philip- 

 pines. It very seldom produces flowers in the Archipelago and is perhaps 



