348 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
that it is merely the common Lindernia pusilla (Willd.) Merr., 
although I previously expressed the opinion that it was appar- 
ently the same as Vandellia peduncularis Benth. The species 
is common and widely distributed at low altitudes in the settled 
areas of the Philippines, agrees with Blanco’s description in all 
essentials, and is moreover distinctly bitter to the taste, a char- 
acter indicated by Blanco. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 471). 
Torenia quinquenervis Llanos Frag. Pl. Filip. (1851) 76 (sp. nov.) ; F.-Vill. 
& Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4* (1880) 59=LINDERNIA PYX!- 
DARIA AIL 
This species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Vandellia ner- 
vosa Benth., which has not been found in the Philippines. So 
far as I can determine, from the descriptions and material avail- 
able here, it is Lindernia pyxidaria All. Whatever else it is, the 
form distributed herewith is certainly Torenia quinquenervis 
Llanos. In addition to Llanos’s record of Torenia quinquenervis 
from Calumpit, it has so far been found in but two other local- 
ities in the Philippines, a weed in rice paddies. 
Illustrative specimen from Pasig, Rizal Province, Luzon, No- 
vember, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 777). 
ILYSANTHES Rafinesque 
(Bonnaya Link & Otto) 
Kyrtandra personata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 18 (sp. nov.) =Cyrtandra 
personata Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 13 (Cirtandra) (comb. nov.) ; 
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 25=ILYSANTHES SERRATA (Roxb.) Urb. ; 
Gratiola hyssopioides Blanco op. cit. 11; 8 (hissopioides); 16, non Linn.= 
ILYSANTHES SERRATA (Roxb.) Urb. — 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines, in damp 
open places, at low and medium altitudes. Fernandez-Villar re- 
duced Cyrtandra personata Blanco to Bonnaya brachiata Link 
& Otto, which is manifestly correct from Blanco’s description, 
but reduced Gratiola hyssopifolia Blanco to Bonnaya reptans 
Spreng. Blanco’s description of Gratiola hyssopifolia does not 
apply to Sprengel’s species which has petioled leaves, while _ 
Blanco distinctly states: “Hojas * * * abrazando al tallo 
por la base.” His description applies unmistakably to’ Bon-_ 
naya brachiata Link & Otte, which is a synonym of Ilysanthes 
serrata (Roxb.) Urb., so that the present reduction of the species 
is undoubtedly correct. Blanco’s description of Kyrtandra per- 
sonata typifies Bonnaya personata Hassk. in Flora 47 (1864) 56. — ue 
