DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES 



ALGAE 



Genus GRACILLARIA 



GRACILLARIA LICHENOIDES Grev. GuUImAN. 



Local, names: Chddman (Tagalog, Sambali, Pangasinan) ; gulamdn 

 (Bicol) ; gurdman (Ilocos Norte and Sur, Cagayan, Cuyo) ; gurgurdman 

 (Cagayan). 



The gelatine extracted from this seaweed is used as a pectoral 

 and antidysenteric. 



Family POLYPODIACEAE 



Genus ACROSTICHUM 



ACROSTICHUM AUREUM L. LAGdLO. 



A description and figure of this species and its local names 

 are given in the section on mangrove swamps. 



The rhizomes are vulnerary, and are especially used in 

 healing inveterate ulcers. The leaves used in topicals are 

 emollient. 



Genus ADIANTUM 



ADIANTUM PHILIPPENSE L. KAIkAi. 



Local names: Culantrillo (Spanish in the vicinity of Manila and Pam- 

 panga) ; kaikdi (Tagalog). 



The fronds either in decoction or a sirup are, in European 

 therapeutics, utilized for the same purposes as is Admntum 

 capilhis veneris. In the Philippines they are administered to 

 women in childbirth in the same manner as are the species of 

 Aristolochia. 



Distribution: Central Luzon to Palawan. 



Genus ASPLENIUM 



ASPLENIUM MACROPHYLLUM Sw. PAKfiNG-GtJBAT 



Local names: Bunt6t-kap6n (Tagalog); culantrillo (Bukidnon) ; pakd 

 (Palawan, Bukidnon, Isabela) ; pakong-gAbat (Manila and vicinity). 



The fronds in the form of a decoction are a powerful diuretic, 

 used in the treatment of defective urinary secretion, especially 

 that induced by beriberi. 



Distribution: Northern Luzon to southern Mindanao. 



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