414 A FLORA OF MANILA 
1. D. ALBA Nees. Talong-punay (Tag.). . 
A coarse, erect, branched, glabrous or slightly pubescent herb or short- 
lived shrub 0.5 to 2 m high. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, base inequi- 
lateral, apex acuminate, margins irregularly and shallowly lobed, 9 to 18 cm 
long. Flowers very large, axillary, solitary. Calyx green, about 6 cm 
long, cleft at the apex, and with linear teeth. Corolla white, about 15 
cm long, the mouth about 8 cm in diameter, fruit globose, green, about 3.5 
em in diameter, covered with short, stout spines. (FI. Filip. pl. 34, D. 
metel.) . 
In waste places, fi. all the year; widely distributed about towns in the 
Philippines, undoubtedly introduced. India to China and Malaya. — 
2. BRUNFELSIA Linnaeus 
Erect, glabrous shrubs. Leaves entire, shining. Flowers terminal or 
axillary, solitary or in few-flowered cymes. Calyx tubular or campanulate, 
truncate or 5-toothed. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube long, straight or 
somewhat curved, the limb spreading, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, in- 
serted on the tube, included. Ovary sessile, 2-celled; ovules numerous. 
Capsule subglobose, fleshy or leathery, the pericarp thick, sometimes scarce- 
ly dehiscent. (In honor of O. Brunfels, a Swiss botanist.) 
Species about 20 in tropical America, 2 introduced and cultivated in the 
Philippines. 
Flowers purple, 2 to 2.5 cm long, the corolla-tube not more than twice as 
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Flowers white, becoming yellow, about 4.5 cm long, the corolla-tube very 
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* 1. B. ACUMINATA (Pohl) Benth. Viola (Sp.—Fil.). 
An erect, glabrous, branched shrub 1 m or more in height. Leaves 
oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate, base acute, short-petioled, 3 to 7 cm 
long. Flowers solitary, or in lax, few-flowered cymes, violet-purple. Calyx 
tubular, not inflated, about 12 mm long. Corolla-tube twice as long as the 
calyx or shorter, the limb about 2 cm in diameter. 
Rarely cultivated, fl. Feb—March, and probably in other months. A 
native of tropical America and of recent introduction in the Philippines. 
* 2. B. AMERICANA L. 
An erect glabrous shrub. Leaves somewhat crowded on the ultimate 
twigs often yellowish-green, oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, firm, entire, 
base cuneate, 5 to 10 em long. Flowers terminal, solitary or in pairs, 
shortly pedicelled, very fragrant. Calyx green, ovoid, 6 mm long, 5- 
toothed. Corolla-tube about 4.5 em long, slender, somewhat straw-colored, 
the limb white, soon turning yellowish, oblique, subequally 5-lobed, about 
5 cm in diameter. Fruit globose, about 1.5 cm in diameter, the pericarp 
yellow, somewhat fleshy, 2-valved; seeds numerous. 
Occasional in cultivation, fl. all the year. A native of tropical America, 
and of recent introduction in the Philippines. 
8. CESTRUM Linnaeus 
Shrubs or small trees, with alternate, entire leaves. Flowers regular, in 
axillary and terminal racemes or corymbs. Calyx short,.5-toothed. Corolla 
elongated, slightly enlarged upward, 5-lobed, the lobes much shorter than 
