432 MERKILL, 
( 
C. trichotomum Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 256: Schauer in DC. Prodr. 11 
(1847) G68; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1890) 262; Mats. & 
Hayata Enum. PI. Formosa (1906) 303. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, SQ15 Fenix. N. v., Tungao. Luzon, Province 
of Isabela, Casiguran, HIV^ Mearns, June, 1907- 
Japan to Formosa, central and southern China; new to the Philippines. 
VI TEX Linn. 
V. trifolia Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3.116 Mearns. 
Along the seashore throughout the Philippines; British India to Formosa, 
Malaya, and Australia. ; 
V. ovata Thunb. 
Batax, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3212 Mearns; SG.'tj Fenix. Camiguin, JiOOo 
F4nix. 
Common along the seashore throughout the Philippines; Japan to Formosa, 
southern China and Malaya. Possibly not specifically distinct from the preceding. 
LABIATiE. 
LEONURUS Linn. 
L. sibiricus Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3570 Finix; 3198 Mearns. 
Widely distribiited in the Philippines; temperate and tropical regions of both 
Hemispheres, a native of the Old World. 
ANISOMELES R. Br. 
A. indica (Linn.) O. Ktze. 
Camiguin, Jt022 F6n\x. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Formosa and 
Malaya. 
COLE US Lour. 
Coleus pubescens Merrill sp. nov. 
llerba erecta^ strietaj circiter 75 cm alta; foliis utrinque densissime 
pubescentibus, ovatis, coriaceisj petiolatis, dentato-crenatis, acutis, 4 ad 
6 cm longis; racemis circiter 20 cm longis, pubescentibus; floribus circiter 
8 mm longis; calyce liirsuto^ lobis lateralibus obtusis. 
An erect unbranched herb about 75 cm high, rather densely pubescent. 
Stems angular, sulcate, pubescent, rather stout, brownish. Leaves coria- 
ceous, ovate, 4 to 6 cm long, 3 to 4 cm wide, densely pubescent on both 
surfaces, the apex acute, the margins distinctly crenate-dcntate, the base 
acute or decurrent-acuminate ; nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib; 
petioles pubescent, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Eacemes about 20 cm long, pubes- 
cent, leafy below, the flowers 10 or 12 at each node, the internodes about 
1 cm long, the upper ones shorter. Pedicels slender, pubescent. Calyx 
hirsute, glandular, in anthesis about 3 mm long, in fruit 5 to 6 mm long, 
the posterior tooth elliptical-ovate, acute, the lateral ones obovate, rounded, 
