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the corolla stouter, somewhat enlarged upwards, 4-toothed, the 
style not exserted. Achenes 1.2 mm long, linear-oblong or 
oblong, angled, slightly hairy; pappus hairs about 15, soft, 
slender, white, about 4 mm long. Disk glabrous. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, between La Loma and Maypajo, near Manila, 
Merrill 7363 (type), December 31, 1910, in open grass lands a few meters 
above sea level, not common. Apparently referable here are Merrill 679 
from Culion, and For. Bur. 587J^ Curran, from Zambales Province, Luzon, 
both small forms. 
A species apparently related to Blumea oxyodonta DC., differing in its 
more erect habit, the stems not dichotomous, only slightly pubescent and 
quite differently shaped leaves. 
ENHYDRA Lour. 
EN HYDRA FLUCTUANS Lour. FI. Cochinch. (1790) 511; Hook, f, FI. 
Brit. Ind. 3 (1881) 304; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 117. 
Luzon, Manila, in open wet grass lands, F. Espinosa, March 26, 1911. 
India to China southward to Malaya. 
This species was reported from the Philippines by F.-Villar, but the 
specimen cited above is the only one of the species to be recorded from 
the Archipelago since F.-Villar’s previously unverified record was made. 
ECLIPTA L. 
ECLIPTA 2IPPELIANA Bl. Bijdr. (1826) 914; DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 490. 
Luzon, Manila, Merrill hh. May, 1902. Mindanao, District of Zam- 
boanga, Bur. Sci. 11739 Robinson, June, 1910; San Ramon, Hallier, Feb- 
ruary, 1904. 
This form, which is very much stouter and coarser than Eclipta alba 
(L.) Hassk., I have referred to Blume’s species, although with the short 
published descriptions of that species, it is impossible to determine with 
certainty whether or not the Philippine material is really referable here. 
Our material differs from the common Eclipta alba not only in its size 
and habit, but in being prominently hirsute with spreading hairs on all 
parts, notably on the younger stems, leaves, and petioles, in its broader, 
differently shaped leaves which are more prominently toothed, and in its 
much shorter peduncles, which rarely or never exceed 1 cm in length. 
Eclipta zippeliana Blume has been reported only from Java, and has 
been reduced by various authorities to Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. 
WEDELIA Jacq. 
WEDELIA PROSTRATA (Hook. & Arn.) Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 
23 (1888) 434. 
Verbesina prostrata Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. (1841) 195. 
Wollastonia prostrata Hook. & Arn. 1. c. 265. 
Luzon, Manila, Merrill 751^9, April 12, 1911. In open grassy places 
about the walled city, apparently an introduced plant here. 
Japan to southern China and Formosa; not previously reported from 
the Philippines. 
