PEDALIACEAE—ACANTHACEAE 851 
PEDALIACEAE 
SESAMUM Linnaeus 
Sesamum indicum Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 507; ed. 2 (1845) 353; 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 290 t. 278=SESAMUM ORIENTALE Linn. 
Blanco correctly interpreted the Linnean species, which is, 
however, a synonym of Sesamum orientale Linn., the latter 
having page priority. The species is somewhat cultivated in 
the Philippines, frequently found as an escape, and is certainly 
of prehistoric introduction. Its Tagalog name is lingd. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 615). 
OROBANCHACEAE 
AEGINETIA Linnaeus 
AEGINETIA INDICA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 342; ed. 3, 2 
(1878) 270. 
This species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It occa- 
sionally occurs in sugar-cane fields in sufficient abundance to be 
considered as a pest, growing on the roots of the cane and causing 
decided damage to the crop. 
Illustrative specimen from Nueva Vizcaya Province, Luzon, 
February, 1911 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 285). 
LENTIBULARIACEAE 
UTRICULARIA Linnaeus 
Utricularia calumpitensis Llanos Frag. Pl. Filip. (1851) 11 (sp. nov.) ; 
F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4* (1880) 6=UTRICULA- 
RIA FLEXUOSA Vahl. 
As Vahl’s species is currently interpreted I can see no reason 
for distinguishing from it the Philippine form described by 
Llanos as Utricularia calumpitensis; the reduction was origin- 
ally made by Fernandez-Villar. The species is widely distri- 
buted in the Philippines at low altitudes but is of rather local 
occurrence. 
ACANTHACEAE 
ELYTRARIA Vahl 
Elytraria amara Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 8 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 
15=ELYTRARIA TRIDENTATA Vahl. 
This species is locally abundant in waste places in and about 
towns; introduced from Mexico at an early date. The following 
note written by the late C. B. Clarke in reference to a Phil- 
ippine specimen, Bur. Sci. 380 Mangubat, which represents the 
