XI ' C ' 6 Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 317 



ASYSTASIA Blume 



ASYSTASIA GANGETICA (Linn.) T. And. in Thwaites Enum. PL Zeyl. 

 (1859-64) 235. 



Justicia gangetica Linn. Cent. PI. 2 (1756) 3, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 



299. 

 Asystasia coromandelica Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3 (1832) 89. 

 Amboina, Rel. Robins. 178b, July and August, 1913, along river banks 

 near the town of Amboina. 



A native of tropical Asia, now widely distributed in the tropics of the 

 Old World, probably largely distributed as an ornamental plant, but readily 

 establishing itself. 



CUCURBITACEAE 



MELOTHRIA Linnaeus 



MELOTHRIA MUCRONATA (Blume) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 

 608. 



Bryonia mucronata Blume Bijdr. (1826) 923. 

 Amboina, Soja, Rel. Robins. 1870, October 24, 1913, in light woods, 

 altitude about 225 meters. 



India to Formosa, southward to Java, Borneo, Celebes, and Amboina. 



CAMPANULACEAE 



I SOTO MA Lindley 



ISOTOMA LONGI FLORA (Mill.) Presl Prodr. Lobel. (1836) 42. 

 Rapuntium longifiorum Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) no. 7. 



Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1848, July 29, 1913, in drains along fence rows in 

 the town of Amboina. 



A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in many other 

 tropical countries, cultivated and spontaneous. 



PR AT I A Gaudichaud 



PRATIA OVATA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 593. 



Amboina, Kati-kati, Rel. Robins. 18U7, October 19, 1913, in a wet meadow 

 at an altitude of about 70 meters. 



Known from a number of localities in the Philippines, from northern 

 Luzon to southern Mindanao, but not previously reported from any region 

 outside of the Philippines. It may prove to be a species of Lobelia when 

 the mature fruits are known. 



GOODENIACEAE 



SCAEVOLA Linnaeus 



SCAEVOLA OPPOSITIFOLIA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 85, nomen nudum, 

 PI. Ind. ed. 2, 1 (1832) 528. 



Amboina, Caju poeti, Rel. Robins. 1780, August 2, 1913, in open woods 

 at an altitude of about 350 meters. 



A species of the section Enantiophyllum known only from Amboina and 

 Ternate. It was originally described from Amboina specimens. 



