446 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Cultivated for ornamental purposes in Manila and in other large towns, 

 but nowhere spontaneous; probably a native of southeastern Malaya, now 

 cultivated in most tropical countries. 



Local names: Perpon (Tag.); felpon (Sp.). 



ACALYPHA INDICA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1003; Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 15 ■ (1866) 868; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 194; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 143, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 244; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 417, PL Manila (1912) 292, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 226. 

 Acalypha caroliniana Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 748, ed. 2 (1845) 515, 

 ed. 3, 3 (1879) 149, t. 266, non Walt. 



Throughout the Philippines, a weed in and about towns, in thickets, 

 waste places, etc. Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to Polynesia. 

 Local names: Maraotong (Ilk.); taptapihgar (Ilk.). 



ACALYPHA WILKESIANA Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 817; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 293. 

 Acalypha tricolor Seem. Fl. Vit. (1868) 225. 

 Commonly cultivated in Manila and other large towns for its variegated 

 foliage, but nowhere spontaneous; introduced about 1905. A native of 

 Polynesia, now cultivated in most tropical countries. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Acalypha pilosa Cav. Anal. Hist. Nat. 2 (1800) 136, Ic. 6 (1801) 47, 

 t. 568, f. 2; Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 814; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 194. 

 The type is evidently the tropical American plant, the Calauan, Luzon, 

 specimen cited probably having been erroneously localized. 



34. MEGISTOSTIGMA Hooker f. 



MEGISTOSTIGMA CORDATUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 563. 



Samar, B. S. 17591 Ramos. In dry forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



The only other known species is M. malaccense Hook, f., of the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



35. TRAGI A Linnaeus 



TRAGI A HIRSUTA Blume Bijdr. (1825) 630; Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 15 2 (1866) 937; J. J. Sm. in Meded. Dept. Landbouw 10 (1910) 

 522. 

 Pachystylidium hirsutum Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68 ' 

 (1919) 108. 

 Mindanao (Lanao), Clemens 606. Java. 



Var. IRRITANS (Merr.). 



Tragia irritans Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 491. 

 Pachystylidium hirsutum Pax & Hoffm. var. irritans Pax & Hoffm. 1. c. 

 Luzon (Union, Bataan), Mindoro, Coron, Lete 375, 327, F. B. 2910 Bor- 

 den, B. S. 4.0929, 41170 Ramos. In thickets and forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Alumigas (Ilk.). 



