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the anterior one narrow, cleft into two lanceolate, acnminate^ teeth, 1 mm 
long. Corolla ahout 8 mm long, exserted, the tube slender, abruptly 
bent, the anterior lobe about 2 mm long, the posterior 5 mm long ; 
anthers 0.5 mm long. Seeds nearly 1 mm in diameter. 
Babuyan, Bur. Soi. 3892 Fenix, June 17, 1908, along the seashore, flowers blue. 
A species possibly allied to Coleus forinosana Hayata, but much larger, densely 
pubescent, and with quite differently shaped calj-xdobes. Well characterized by 
its coriaceous, densely pubescent leaves. 
OCIMUM Linn. 
O. basilicum Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, S8^0 Fenix, PetreUi s. n. N. v., Yalanoy. 
Common in cultivation throughout the Philippines; India to China, Formosa, 
Malaya, and Polynesia. 
LEUCAS Benth. 
L. javanica Benth. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, SG25 F^nix, a dwarfed form. 
Rather common in the Philippines; Formosa to Java. 
PHYSALIS Linn. 
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P. angulata Linn. 
Camiguin, JfOOS Fcnix. Fuga, 32^0 Mearns. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropical and warm regions of the World. 
CAPSICUM Linn. 
C. frutescens Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 36Jf6 F4nix. N". v., Sill. 
Common in the Philippines; cultivated in warm and tropical regions of the 
World. 
SOLAN UM Linn. 
S. cumingii Dunal. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3565 F6nix. Camiguin, 3935 F6nix. N. v., 
Vajusa. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; by some authors reduced to the widely 
distributed and cultivated Solaniini melongena L. 
S. ferox Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3120 Fenix. N. v., Camadada. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Formosa and Malaya. 
S. nigrum Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3502 F^nxx, N. v., l^aUn^. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropical and temperate parts of the 
World. 
S. biflorum Lour. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3838 Fcnix, a form differing from the type 
in having from 3 to G ilowers in each axil. 
A variable species found at medium and higher altitudes from Luzon to Min- 
danao; southern China to Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
