IX, 6,2 Merrill: The Plants of Guam 141 
LIMNOPHILA SESSILIFLORA Blume Bijdr. (1826) 750 ? 
G. E. S. 58, with the native name lumut. 
Tropical Asia and Malaya. 
VANDELLIA Linnaeus 
VANDELLIA PYXIDARIA (AIl.) Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. 20 
(1875) 449. 
Lindernia pyxidaria All. Mise. Taur. 3 (1755) 178. 
G. E. S. 288. 
Widely distributed, southern Europe to Polynesia. 
BIGNONIACEAE 
CRESCENTIA Linnaeus 
CRESCENTIA ALATA HBK. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3 (1818) 158; Safford 250. 
G. E. S. 4, locally known as hikara, a corruption of its ancient Mexican 
name. 
A native of western Mexico, from there introduced into Guam and the 
Philippines, now very rare in the latter group. 
PEDALIACEAE 
SESAMUM Linnaeus 
SESAMUM ORIENTALE Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 634; Safford 373. 
Somewhat cultivated, fide Safford. 
A native of tropical Asia, now cultivated in all warm countries. 
LENTIBULARIACEAE 
UTRICULARIA Linnaeus 
UTRICULARIA BIFIDA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 26. 
McGregor 380, G. E. S. 244. 
Widely distributed in tropical Asia and Malaya. 
UTRICULARIS NIVEA Vahl Enum. 1 (1805) 203. 
McGregor $82. 
India and Ceylon to southern China and Malaya. 
AGANTHACEAE 
BARLERIA Linnaeus 
BARLERIA CRISTATA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 636. 
G. E. S. 268, February, 1912, cultivated, and apparently a very recent 
introduction. 
India, now cultivated in many tropical countries. 
BLECHUM P. Browne 
BLECHUM BROWNE! Juss. in Ann. Mus. Paris 9 (1807) 270. 
G. E. S. 242, McGregor 356, Clemens s. n., apparently common. 
This American species is now very common in the Philippines, and is 
also found in Formosa. It has been reported from the Marianne Islands, 
