340 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, November, 1914 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 423). 
OCIMUM Linnaeus 
Ocimum americanum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 480 (Ocymum) ; ed. 2 (1845) 
335; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 254, t. 407, non Linn. =OCIMUM BASILICUM 
Linn. 
Ocimum citriodorum Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 591 (Ocymum citrodorum) 
(sp. nov.) ; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 256=OCIMUM BASILICUM Linn. 
Ocimum basilicum Linn. is of wide distribution in the Philip- 
pines, cultivated and sometimes subspontaneous. It is certainly 
a purposely introduced plant in the Archipelago. The descrip- 
tion of Ocimum citriodorum Blanco is very short and imperfect, 
but the species belongs here with reasonable certainty. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1914, here known as solasi (Merrill: Species Blan- 
coanae No. 437). 
OCIMUM SANCTUM Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 480; ed. 2 (1845) 334; 
ed. 8, 2 (1878) 254, t. 257. 
Ocimum album Blanco op. cit. (1837) 479, non Linn, =Ocimum virgatum 
Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 334; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 253, non Linn.= 
OCIMUM SANCTUM Linn. 
Ocimum flexuosum Blanco op. cit. 481; 335; 255; non Linn. =OCIMUM 
SANCTUM Linn. 
After a careful consideration of Blanco’s description of the 
five “species” of true Ocimum that he included in his Flora de 
Filipinas together with an examination of our full series of 
specimens, I am convinced that but two species are represented, 
Ocimum basilicum Linn. and O. sanctum Linn. To the former 
I have referred Ocimum americanum Blanco and O. citriodorum 
Blanco, and to the latter the ones enumerated above. It is 
common and widely distributed in the Philippines, cultivated 
and at least subspontaneous; certainly introduced, but of prehis- 
toric introduction. 
Illustrative specimen from Umingan, Pangasinan Province, 
Luzon, May, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 400). 
SOLANACEAE 
CAPSICUM Linnaeus 
Capsicum minimum Roxb.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 133; ed. 2 (1845) 95; 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 174, t. 47=CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS Linn. 
A native of tropical America, introduced into the Philippines ae 
by the Spaniards, and now cultivated ahd subspontaneous 
throughout the settled areas in the Archipelago. It is univer- 
sally known as sili. ee 
