336 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
Illustrative specimen from Tayabas Province, Luzon, April, 
1912 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 583). 
LABIATAE 
ROSMARINUS Linnaeus 
ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 20; ed. 2 
(1845) 15; ed. 8, 1 (1877) 28, t. 94. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It © 
was introduced into the Philippines at an early date by the 
Spaniards and is highly prized by the natives for medicinal pur- 
poses. It is extensively grown in sandy soil at Parafiaque for 
sale in Manila and is universally known in the Philippines =. 
its Spanish name, romero. 
Illustrative specimen from Parafiaque, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. ae 
LEUCAS R. Brown 
Phlomis zeylanica Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 475 (ceilanica); ed. 2 (1845) 
331; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 248, non Linn. =LEUCAS LAVANDULIFOLIA 
Smith (L. linifolia Spreng.). 
A very common weed in the settled areas at low altitudes in 
the Philippines, certainly introduced. Blanco’s Phlomis zey- 
lanica was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Leucas aspera Spreng., _ 
a species also widely distributed in the Archipelago, but less 
common than L. lavandulifolia Smith. I consider thet the de- 
scription applies better to Smith’s than to Sprengel’s species. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 324). 
LEONURUS Linnaeus 
Stachys artemisia Lour.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 476; ed. 2 (1845) 3381 
(Starchis) ; ed. 8, 2 (1878) 249, t. 259=LEONURUS SIBIRICUS Linn. 
Blanco was correct in his interpretation of Loureiro’s species, 
but it is a synonym of the older Leonurus sibiricus Linn. An 
introduced weed in the Philippines, widely distributed but of 
local occurrence in the settled areas of the Archipelago at ow. = 
and medium altitudes. 
Illustrative specimen from San Mateo, Rizal Province, Hist, 
November, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 947). 
ANISOMELES R. Brown 
Phlomis alba Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 474; ed. 2 (1845) 330; ed. 3, 2 : 
(1878) 247, non Forsk.=ANISOMELES INDICA (Linn.) 0. Ktze. 
(A. ovata R. Br.). va 
This species is widely distributed in the settled areas at low Le 
altitudes, in and about towns; certainly introduced. Se 
