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not present the lyrately lobed leaves of the type, as illustrated by Burman, 
but seems to be the form described by DeCandolle 1. c. as Blumea lacera 
var. commersonii DC. 
Tropical Africa and Asia to Malaya. 
SPHAERANTHUS Linnaeus 
SPHAERANTHUS AFRICANUS Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1314. 
Bali, Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2529, July 7, 1913. 
Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to Australia. 
SYNEDRELLA Gaertner 
SYNEDRELLA NODIFLORA (Linn.) Gaertn. Fruct. 2 (1791) 456, t. 171, 
f. 7. 
Verbesina nodiflora Linn. Cent. PL 1 (1755) 28. 
Amboina, common in waste places about the town of Amboina, Rel. 
Robins. 1835, August 20, 1913. 
A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in all tropical 
countries. 
TRIDAX Linnaeus 
TRIDAX PROCUMBENS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 900. 
Amboina, in waste places near Castle Victoria, Rel. Robins. 1841, August 
11, 1913. 
A native of tropical America, introduced and now abundant in parts of 
India, Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula, etc., but not as yet found in the 
Philippines. 
COSMOS Cavanilles 
COSMOS CAUDATUS HBK. Nov. Gen. Sp. PL 4 (1816) 240. 
Amboina, Lateri, Rel. Robins. 1837, August 25, 1913, locally known as 
sunga sunga blanda. 
A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in other tropical 
countries. 
TITHONIA Desfontaine 
TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA A. Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. 19 (1883) 5. 
Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1845, August 19, 1913, river banks, near the town 
of Amboina, from the field note apparently spontaneous. 
A native of Mexico, probably of very recent introduction in Amboina, 
as it is in other parts of Malaya, where it is cultivated for ornamental 
purposes. 
ERECHTITES Rafinisque 
ERECHTITES V A LE R I A N I A E FOLI A (Wolf) DC. Prodr. 6 (1837) 295. 
Senecio valerianiaefolius Wolf Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. (1825), ex 
Reichenb. Ic. Bot. Exot. 1 (1827) 59. 
Amboina, Soja, Rel. Robins. 1836, August 4, 1913, roadsides at an 
altitude of about 400 meters. 
A native of Brazil, introduced and now widely distributed in the Malay 
Archipelago and the southern Philippines. 
