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_ Solanum cumingil Dunal.* A few plants in open places at low altitudes; 
rare. 
Solanum nigrum Linn.* A few plants observed near the beach. 
Solanum verbascifolium Linn.* Widely scattered at the northern end of 
the island; not common. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE 
Bonnaya brachiata L. & O.* Widely scattered at low altitudes among 
Saccharum. 
Lindenbergia philippensis (Cham.) Benth. Local; observed only on the 
walls of cafions and ravines. 
Pyxidaria pusilla (Thunb.) Merr. (Vandellia pusilla Merr., V. scabra 
Benth.) Local among grasses in open damp soil. 
Pyxidaria crustacea (Linn.) F. Muell. Widely scattered at low altitudes. 
Scoparia dulcis Linn. Widely scattered at low altitudes; nowhere common. 
Torenia peduncularis Benth.* A single plant near Pirapiraso. 
BIGNONIACEAE 
Oroxylum indicum (Linn.) Vent. Pincapincahan. Widely scattered; no- 
where abundant. 
‘ACANTHACEAE 
Blechum brownei Nees.* Scattered in thickets near Pirapiraso; rare. 
Hemigraphis rapifera Hallier f.* A few plants observed in ravines. 
Hygrophila angustifolia R. Brown.* Mamitic. A few juvenile plants in 
damp soil back of the beach. 
RUBIACEAE 
Hedyotis teneiliflora Blume.* Rare; a few plants observed in open damp 
soil. 
Morinda bracteata Roxb. inside. Common and widely distributed. 
Mussaenda philippica L. C. Rich.* Cdhoy daldga. Scattered in thickets 
near Pirapiraso; fully matured individuals in full anthesis. 
Neonauclea bartlingii (DC.) Merr.* A single seedling observed in damp 
ravine on the outer slopes of the crater rim and two or three near the 
base of the northeastern wall inside of the crater. 
Oldenlandia corymbosa Linn. Widely scattered at low altitudes, but not 
abundant. 
Spermacoce hispida Blume. Widely scattered; not common. id 
Wendlandia luzonensis DC. In ravines near Pirapiraso; widely scattered. 
CUCURBITACEAE 
Bryonopsis laciniosa Naud.* Widely scattered in thickets near the beach; 
rare. 
Citrullus vulgaris (Linn.) Schrad.t Paciéan. “Local on the strand.” 
(Gates.) Not found in 1916-17. 
Cucurbita maxima Duch.* Calabéza. A single young plant observed back 
of the beach along the western shore of the island. 
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