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SCROPHULARIACEAE 



STRIGA Loureiro 



STRIGA MULTI FLORA Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1 (1835) 363. 



Amboina, Soeli, Rel. Robins. 1769, in grass lands at an altitute of about 

 20 meters, the flowers pink. 



Philippines, Moluccas, and tropical Australia. 



ADENOSMA R. Brown 



ADENOSMA JAVANICUM (Blume) comb. nov. 

 Herpestis javanica Blume Bijdr. (1826) 748. 

 Herpestis ovata Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 30. 

 Adenosma ovatum Benth. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1884) 263. 

 Amboina, Batoe merah River, Rel. Robins. 1771, September 24, 1913, on 

 clay banks at an altitude of about 120 meters. 



Indo-China, the Philippines, and the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



TORENIA Linnaeus 



TORENIA PEDUNCULARIS Benth. in Wall. Cat. (1831) no. 3956; Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 276. 



Amboina, Batoe merah, Rel. Robins. 1770, July 20, 1913, in rocky soil, 

 altitude 5 to 15 meters. Boeton, Baoe baoe, Rel. Robins. 2187, July 13, 

 1913. 



Malay Peninsula and Indo-China to the Philippines, and the Moluccas. 



LINDERNIA Allioni 



LINDERNIA PUSILLA (Thunb.) comb. nov. 



Selago pusilla Thunb. Prodr. PI. Cap. (1794-1800) 99. 

 Gratiola pusilla Willd. Sp. PL 1 (1797) 105. 

 Vandellia scabra Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 36. 

 Vandellia pusilla Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 246. 

 Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1768, near the town of Amboina in grassy places 

 near streams at low altitudes. 

 Tropical Asia and Malaya. 



SCOPARIA Linnaeus 



SCOPARIA DULCIS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 116. 



Bali, Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2528, July 7, 1913. 



A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in all tropical 

 countries. 



BIGNONIACEAE 



CRESCENT I A Linnaeus 



CRESCENTIA CUJETE Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 626. 



Amboina, cultivated in the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1780, August 

 12, 1913. 



The calabash tree is a native of tropical America, but is now widely 

 distributed in various other tropical countries in cultivation; probably of 

 comparatively recent introduction in Amboina. 



