246 MERRILL. 
Micao, Gaudichaud; Formosa, Henry, Kawakami & Nakahara 82t; Celebes, 
Foxworthy 552; Caroline Islands, Yap, Volkens 24^- 
The type of Clerodendron commersonii (Poir.) Spreng. was from the 
Philippines, Poiret stating that it was collected by Commerson; like the 
other Philippine plants ascribed to Commerson as collector, it was in all 
probability collected by Sonnerat." 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. 
VANDELLIA L. 
VANDELLIA VISCOSA (Willd.) comb. nov. 
Homemannia viscosa Willd. Enum. (1809) 654. 
Vandellia hirsuta Ham. ex Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 36, DC. Prodr. 
10 (1844) 414; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 280. 
This widely distributed species is not uncommon in the Philippines. It 
extends from India to southern China southward to Malaya. What is 
apparently its oldest valid specific name is here adopted. 
VANDELLIA PUSILLA (Willd.) comb. nov. 
Gratiola pusilla Willd. Sp. PL 1 (1797) 105. 
Torenia fiirta Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnaea 2 (1827) 571. 
Vandellia scabra Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 36, DC. Prodr. 10 (1844) 
414; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 281. 
This very common and widely distributed species has several specific 
names older than the one adopted by Bentham and generally used by most 
authors. Selago pusilla Thunb. Prodr. PL Cap. (1794-1800) 99, may be 
even earlier than Willdenow's use of the same specific name, but this I am 
unable to determine from the literature available here. 
LIMNOPHILA R. Br. 
LIMNOPHILA MANILENSIS sp. nov. 
Herba annua, aromatica, erecta vel suberecta, 10 ad 50 cm 
alta, simplex vel paullo ramosa, leviter viscoso-hirsuta; foliis 
Sf ssilibus, oppositis, oblongo-lanceolatis ad lanceolatis, acutis vel 
obtusis, 1.5 ad 3 cm longis, margins serratis; floribus axillaribus, 
pedicellatis, solitariis vel in racemis axillaribus dispositis, calycia 
hirsutis, 5 ad 6 mm longis, profunde 5-fidi, laciniis lanceolatis, 
acuminatis; corolla circiter 9 mm longa; capsulis ovoideis, 3 
ad 4 mm longis. 
An erect or ascending, annual, very aromatic herb 50 cm high 
or less, simple or sparingly branched, the branches, when present, 
short, all parts slightly viscid-hirsute with short scattered hairs. 
Stems rather weak, pale when dry, striate. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 1.5 to 3 cm long, 4 to 8 mm 
wide, acute or obtuse, the margins distinctly serrate, the base 
usually more or less narrowed, both surfaces very sparingly 
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