Given by N, ' 

 Vo! - 2 CAPPARIDACEAE 209 



A recent introduction, now thoroughly naturalized and very abundant 

 along streams in Benguet, Merrill Phil. PI. 17 SI. A native of tropical 

 America, now pantropic. - "♦ 



Local name: Botete (Ig.). 



2. GYNANDROPSIS de Candolle 



GYNANDROPSIS GYNANDRA (Linn.) comb. nov. 



Cleome gynandra Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 671; C. B. Rob. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 182. 

 Cleome pentaphylla Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 938. 

 Gynandropsis pentaphylla DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 238; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 1 2 (1858) 96; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 10; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 58, Fl. Manila (1912) 216, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 158. 

 Pedicellaria pentaphylla Schrank in Roem. & Usteri Mag. Bot. 3 T 



(1790) 8, 10; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 18. 

 Sinapistrum pentaphyllwm Medic, in Index Kew. 2 (1895) 914. 

 Cleome alliacea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 522. 



Cleome alliodora Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 363, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 

 307, t. 283. 

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

 waste places; often abundant especially near the sea. Pantropic. 



Local names: Apoi-apoian (Tag.); balabalanoian (Tag.); halaya (P. 

 Bis.); hulaya (P. Bis.); tantandok (Ilk.); tantandok-a-dadakel (Ilk.). 



GYNANDROPSIS SPECIOSA (HBK.) DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 238; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 10; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 



24, 27 (1905) 18, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 158. 

 Cleome speciosa HBK. Nov. Gen. Sp. PI. 5 (1817) 84, t. 436. 

 Cleome pentaphylla Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 523, non Linn. 

 Cleome gigantea Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 364, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 307, 



t. 234, non Linn. 



Luzon (Union, Manila, Cavite) , Leyte, B. S. 21085 Ramos, Wenzel 1066, 

 Merrill 8502, Sp. Blancoanae 14-9. Occasional in waste places, old clearings, 

 etc. A native of tropical America, now pantropic. 



3. POLANISIA Rafmesque 



POLANISIA ICOSANDRA (Linn.) W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 22; A. Gray Bot. 



Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 68; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 77. 

 Cleome icosandra Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 672. 

 Polanisia viscosa DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 242; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 



(1845) 364, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 308; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1= (1858) 



97; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 10; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 



(1885) 94, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 47; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 



Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 17, Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 



407, Fl. Manila (1912) 216, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 158. 

 Cleome viscosa Linn. 1. c. ; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 522. 

 Cleome acutifolia Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2574. 



Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes in the settled 

 areas; a common weed. Pantropic. 



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