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5. SPERGULA Linnaeus 



SPERGULA ARVENSIS Linn. Sp. PL (1758) 440; Edgw. & Hook. f. in 

 Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 243. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 4760, B. S. 4294, 4380, 31859 Santos. Re- 

 cently introduced and thoroughly naturalized at Pauai, altitude about 2,400 

 m. A native of Europe, now a cosmopolitan weed in the North Temperate 

 Zone, and also introduced into Australia. 



6. DRYMARIA Willdenow 



DRYMARIA CORDATA (Linn.) Willd. ex R. & S. Syst. 5 (1819) 406; 

 DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 395; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1858) 1053; 

 A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 122; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 244; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 77, 5 (1910) Bot. 346. 

 Holosteum cordatum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 88. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In rice paddies,, on open damp slopes, 

 in damp thickets, abaca plantations, etc., locally abundant. Pantropic; 

 probably a native of tropical America. 



Local name: Bakalanga (Buk.). 



7. POLYCARPON Loefling 



POLYCARPON INDICUM (Retz.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) 

 Bot. 302, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 143. 

 Loeflingia indica Retz. Obs. 4 (1786) 38. 

 Pharnaceum depressum Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 564, non Polycarpon 



depressum Nutt. 

 Polycarpaea depressa DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 357. 



Polycarpon loeflingiae Benth. & Hook. f. ex. Edgw. in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 245; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 15; Merr. in 

 Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 19. 

 Polycarpon polyphyllum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 53, ed. 2 (1845) 

 36, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 66. 

 Luzon (Pampanga), Merrill 1462. Apparently very rare and local in the 

 Philippines. Tropical Asia and Africa. 



8. POLYCARPAEA Lamarck 



POLYCARPAEA CORYMBOSA (Linn.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2 (1797) 129; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 '(1874) 245; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 15; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 347. 

 Achyranthes corywhosa Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 205. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Zambales). In open, 

 dry, sandy places, dry slopes, etc., from near sea level to an altitude of 

 1,300 m; locally abundant. Pantropic. 



EXCLUDED GENUS ■ 



Dianthus chinensis Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 411; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 14; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. (1877-83) t. 94. 

 This species is occasionally cultivated in gardens and is locally knoAvn 

 as clavel (Sp.). 



