780 ON THE VOLCANO OF TAAL, 



This species is widely diifiised from India to the Archipelago. It 

 is parasitic on the roots of grasses, with an elongated simple 

 naked scape with one flower, corolla purple, calyx yellow. 



BIGNONIACE.E. 



185. Oroxylum INDICUM. Benth. A small deciduous tree, with 

 large showy purplish flowers, with a yellow tube on short and 

 very thick pedicels. Common in all jungles throughout the East 

 and the Philippines. In Tagalo it is called Pinca-pincahan, 



186. DoLiCHANDRONE RHEEDiij Seem. In Tagalo, Tua. An 

 unimportant tree, which is common in the Philippines, and has a 

 habitat amongst the mangroves. 



ACANTHACE^. 



187. Blechum browuci, Tussac. An unimportant herbaceous 

 weed on the coasts. 



188. JusTiciA GENDARUSSA, L. A widely spread evergreen 

 dense shrub, which is spread over the East from India to the 

 Philippines in the tropical forests, but is especially common in the 

 islands of Luzon, along hedges where its small flowers in clusters 

 are never out of sight. 



189. Eranthemum bicolor, Schranck. An insignificant 

 tropical weed with rather pretty flowers, similar to one which is 

 common in North-eastern Australia. 



VERBENACE^. 



190. Callicarpa bicolor, Juss. Palis in Tagalo, Katumpang 

 in Sundanese Malay. I did not see this species, but I saw 

 another which is verj common all through the East and extends 

 up to Japan, where it is called Ko-Murasaki or Little Purple. It 

 is found also in Australia. This is Callicarpa longifolia. 



