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191. Gmelina asiatica, L. All along the coasts and in the 

 swampy forests, from India to the Philippines, its showy racemes 

 of bell-shaped yellow flowers, make it a conspicuous and ornamen- 

 tal object. It is particularly abundant in Perak, about Malacca, 

 and in Singapore. The Visayan Indians call it Bago-bago. The 

 bark and roots of this tree are used medicinally by the natives. 



192. Clerodendron infortunata, L. Casopanguil Tagalo. 

 A common evergreen shrub with white flowers in an ample 

 panicle. Common in the tropical and moister forests up to three 

 thousand feet all over the Archipelago and Philippines. The 

 genus is well represented in the jungles throughout the East, pro- 

 ducing several species which have highly ornamented red, blue, 

 and white flowers. 



LABIATE. 



193. OciMUM GRATissiMUM, L. This and the following species 

 have no doubt been introduced for their aromatic qualities. 



194. OciMUM SANCTUM, L. Frequently planted round Hindoo 

 temples. 



195. MoscHOSMA POLYSTACHYUM, Benth. A common garden 

 plant kept for its musky odour. 



196. Hyptis capitata, Jacq. 



197. Hyptis brevipes, Poiteau. 



198. Hyptis suaveolens, Poiteau. This has become one of 

 the most terrible weeds throughout the Indian Arcliipelago. It 

 forms dense thickets to the exclusion of every other kind of vege- 

 tation. When withered these thickets are quite impenetrable. 

 In North Australia it is becoming equally troublesome, though 

 introduced only within the last few years. 1 have seen excellent 

 land in the Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Celebes and the 

 Moluccas quite destroyed by this pest. 



199. Anisomeles ovata, R. Br. This is one of the sweet 

 smelling musk plants with all the qualities possessed by the well- 

 known musk plant of North Australia. 



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