VoL 2 OXALIDACEAE 323 



Trifolium pallidum Walldst. & Kit.; Llanos ex F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco 

 PI. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 102. 



GERANIACEAE 



1. ERODIUM L'Heritier 



ERODIUM CICUTARIUM (Linn.) L'Herit. ex Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 (1789) 

 414; Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenreich 53 (1912) 274. 

 Geranium cicutarium Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 680. 



Luzon, Benguet, Bur. Sci. 31669 Santos. In waste places, altitude about 

 2,300 m. A weed of wide distribution in temperate regions, unquestionably 

 a recently introduced plant in Benguet. 



The so-called rose-geranium, Pelargonium radula (Cav.) L'Herit., is 

 commonly cultivated in the Philippines and is locally known as malva rosa; 

 it rarely or never produces flowers in the Philippines. It was described 

 by Blanco as Malva moschata Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 551, ed. 2 (1845) 

 385, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 344, non Linn., which was reduced by F.-Villar, Novis. 

 App. (1880) 32, to Pelargonium odoratissimum Ait.; see Merrill Sp. Blan- 

 coanae (1918) 194. 



OXALIDACEAE 



1. OXALIS Linnaeus 



OXALIS REPENS Thunb. Diss. Oxal. (1781) 16; B. L. Rob. in Journ. 



Bot. 44 (1906) 391; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 431, 



3 (1908) Bot. 411, 5 (1910) Bot. 355, Fl. Manila (1912) 265, 



Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 288, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 195. 



Oxalis acetosella Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 388, ed. 2 (1845) 272, ed. 



3, 2 (1878) 141; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 33, non Linn. 

 Oxalis corniculata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 135; A. Gray Bot. 

 Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 320; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 32; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 100, non Linn. 

 Throughout the Philippines, in waste places, open grasslands, etc., sea 

 level to an altitude of 2,200 m. Warmer parts of the Old World. 



Local names: Daraisig (Bik.) ; iayo (Pamp.) ; kungi (Pamp.) ; kanapa 

 (Ig.) ; malabalugbug-dagis (Pamp.) ; marasiksik (Ilk.) ; pikhik (Iv.) ; sala- 

 magi (Bon.); susokoyili (Tag.); taingang-daga' (Tag.). 



OXALIS MARTIANA Zucc in Denkschr. Akad. Muench. 9 (1823-24) 144; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 265. 

 In old gardens, an occasional escape from cultivation. Introduced from 

 tropical America. 



2. BIOPHYTUM de Candolle 



BIOPHYTUM APODISCIAS (Turcz.) Edgw. & Hook. f. in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 437; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 211. 

 Oxalis apodiscias Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 36 1 (1863) 430. 

 Oxalis sessilis Ham. in Wall. Cat. (1831) No. 4344, nomen nudum; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 100. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet), Panay, Mindanao (Lanao, Bukidnon, 

 Davao) . In open grasslands, chiefly at medium altitudes. India to New 

 Guinea. 



Local names: Babain (Ilk., Bon.); bain-bain (Ilk.). 



