304 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
BARLERIA Linnaeus 
Barreliera cristata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 492; ed. 2 (1845) 344; ed. 3, 
2 (1878) 278, t. 214, left hand figure=BARLERIA CRISTATA Linn. 
* Cultivated only, or spontaneous to a very slight degree, very 
rarely (or never?) producing seeds in the Philippines. It is 
extensively cultivated in Manila for trimmed hedges and is 
propagated by cuttings. Introduced. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, December, 1913 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 227). 
Barreliera prionitis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 491; ed. 2 (1845) 843; ed. 3, 
2 (1878) 272, t. 214, right hand figure—=BARLERIA PRIONITIS Linn. 
This species is locally abundant at low altitudes in the settled 
areas, certainly introduced. It is commonly known as culanta. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, December, 1913 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 273). 
ACANTHUS Linnaeus 
Acanthus doloariu Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 487 (sp. nov.) =ACANTHUS 
ILICIFOLIUS Linn.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 341; ed. 3, 2 (1878). 
267, t. 158. 
This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines along tidal streams, back of mangrove swamps, etc. 
Blanco correctly reduced his Acanthus doloariu of the first edi- 
tion to A. ilicifolius Linn. in the second edition of his Flora de 
Filipinas. It is commonly known as doloariu. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, October, 1913 | 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 636). ‘ 
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GRAPTOPHYLLUM Nees 
Justicia picta Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 12; ed. 2 (1845) 9; ed. 3, 1 
(1877) 18, t. 8=GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM (Linn.) Griff. 
Blanco correctly interpreted the Linnean species which is the _ 
form of Graptophyllum pictum (Linn.) Griff. (G. hortense— 
Nees) with the leaves green, more or less mottled with white 
or gray. It is commonly cultivated in the Philippines but is — 
rewety spontaneous and is certainly not a native of the Archi- 
go 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, November, 1914 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 209). 
Justicia ecbolium Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 13; ed. 2 (1845) 10; ed. 3, 1 
(1877) 18, t. 7 (as Graptophyllum hortense Nees), non Linn.= 
GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM (Linn.) Griff. ane 
The. plant. that Blanco described under the name Justicia — 
ecbolium is Graptophyllum pictum, the form with uniformly dull 
