338 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
HYPTIS Jacquin 
Marrubium indicum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 477; ed. 2 (1845) 332; ed. 3, 
2 (1878) 250, non Burm. f.=HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS (Linn.) Poir. 
An early introduction from Mexico through the medium of 
the Acapulco-Manila galleons and now a dominant weed in and 
about towns throughout the Archipelago. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No, 447). 
Thymus biserratus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 478 (sp. nov.) =Pycnanthe- 
mum subulatum Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 333 (nom. nov.); ed. 3, 
2 (1878) 251, t. 204=HYPTIS BREVIPES Poir. 
This species, of Mexican origin, is common and widely distrib- 
uted in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes and is 
one of the characteristic weeds of the settled areas. 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, Luzon, August, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 478). 
Pycnanthemum elongatum Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 333 (sp. nov.) ; 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 252—=HYPTIS SPICIGERA Lam. 
This tropical American weed was apparently introduced into 
the Philippines at an early date and is now widely distributed 
in the settled areas of the Archipelago, although it is of local 
occurrence. ; 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
November, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 108). 
Thymus virginicus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 478, non Linn. =Pycnanthe- 
mum decurrens Blanco op, cit. ed. 2 (1845) 333 (sp. nov.); ed. 3, 2 
(1878) 251, t. 29{,=HYPTIS CAPITATA Jacq. (H. mariannarum 
Brig.). 
This species was introduced into Guam and the Philippines 
at an early date through the medium of the Acapulco-Manila 
galleons; it is now a very common weed and is distributed 
throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low altitudes. 
The name Pycnanthemum decurrens Blanco does not appear in 
Index Kewensis or any of the Supplements to date. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 472). 
COLEUS Loureiro 
Coleus suganda Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 438 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 337; 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 259=COLEUS AMBOINICUS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 
(1790) 372 (C. aromaticus Benth.). 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines, but occurs 
in the Archipelago only as an occasionally cultivated plant; cer- 
tainly introduced. It very rarely produces flowers. The species 
