IX, C, 2 _ Merrill: The Plants of Guam ’ 137 
HYPTIS PECTINATA (Linn.) Poir. Ann. Mus. Paris 7 (1806) 474, t. 80. 
Nepeta pectinata Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1099. 
Mesosphaerum pectinatum O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. Pl. 2 (1891) 525; Safford 
324. 
Collected in Guam by Lesson and by Gaudichaud, but not represented in 
our more modern collections. 
A weed of tropical American origin, now widely distributed. 
HYPTIS SPICIGERA Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 185. 
G. E. S. 58. 
A weed of American origin, now also widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines. 
HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS (Linn.) Poir. in Ann. Mus. Paris 7 (1806) 472, 
t. 79, f. 2. 
Ballota suaveolens Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 815. 
G. E. S. 144, Thompson 19, locally known as mumutun. 
A weed of tropical American origin, now in most tropical countries. 
HYPTIS sp. 
G. E. S. 183, a form allied to Hyptis suaveolens, but apparently differ- 
ent; it bears the same native name. 
MENTHA Linnaeus 
MENTHA ARVENSIS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 577; Safford 323. 
Cultivated in gardens, fide Safford. 
A native of Europe, now cultivated in most warm countries. 
OCIMUM Linnaeus 
OCIMUM BASILICUM Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 597; Safford 336. 
G. E. S. 98, in waste places. 
Widely distributed in all tropical countries. 
OCIMUM CANUM Sims Bot. Mag. (1824) t. 2452; Safford 336. 
Collected in Guam by Gaudichaud, fide Safford. 
Widely distributed in the tropics. 
OCIMUM SANCTUM Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 85; Safford 337. 
McGregor 422. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
SOLANACEAE 
CAPSICUM Linnaeus 
CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 214; Safford 214. 
McGregor 522. 
A native of tropical America, now distributed in all warm countries. 
CAPSICUM ANNUUM Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 188; Safford 218. 
Recorded by Safford, with the varieties cerasiforme Irish, and grossum 
Sendt. A native of tropical America, exceedingly variable, cultivated in 
all warm countries. 
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