356 SPEGIES BLANGOANAE 
The only character in which Blanco’s description does not agree 
with my interpretation of the species as Dicliptera, is in regard 
to the stamens. Blanco states that his species had four stamens, 
with four perfect anthers. I explain this discrepancy by the 
probability that Blanco interpreted the superposed anther-cells 
as individual anthers. The same species has been collected sev- 
eral times in the Philippines, the specimens being referred to 
Dicliptera glabra Dene.; the material, however, does not well 
agree with Decaisne’s description, and I am now inclined to 
consider it specifically distinct. 
Illustrative specimen (a topotype) from Bauang, Batangas 
Province, Luzon, February, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae 
No. 802). 
HYPOESTES R. Brown 
Justicia viridis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 15; ed. 2 (1845) 11; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 
21, non Forsk., nec Gill=HYPOESTES CINEREA C. B. Clarke. 
Blanco’s conception of Justicia viridis was reduced by 
Fernandez-Villar to Hypoestes laxiflora Nees, a Philippine spe- 
_ cies, but one that does not grow in the region from which Blanco 
secured his specimens (Malinta, near Manila). In my previous 
consideration of Blanco’s species it was reduced to Hypoestes 
malaccensis Wight, as H. malaccanus Wight, after specimens 
so identified by Lindau in Perkins Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 40. 
However, the specimens so named by Lindau are identical with 
H. cinerea C. B. Clarke. This is the only species of the genus 
that grows near Manila, and Blanco’s description agrees with 
the specimens. Blanco’s description typifies Dicliptera viridis 
Hassk. in Flora 47 (1864) 54. 
Illustrative specimen from Masambong (near Manila), Rizal 
Province, Luzon, December, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae 
No. 722). 
RHINACANTHUS Nees 
Justicia nasuta Linn.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 14; ed. 2 (1845) 10; ed. 3, 
1 (1877) 19, t. LO=[RHINACANTHUS NASUTA (Linn.) Kurz (R. 
communis Nees). 
This is certainly an introduced plant in the Philippines; it 
is common in hedges in towns in the provinces near Manila. _ 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 275). 
JUSTICIA Linnaeus 
Dianthera subserrata Blanco F]. Filip. (1837) 16 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) — : 
11; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 22, t. 80=JUSTICIA GENDARUSSA Burm. f. 
This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- : 
