422 A FLORA OF MANILA 
notched or 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed. Stamens in 2 pairs, included. Cap- 
sule with 2 or 4 valves separating from an entire column. Seeds very small, 
numerous. (An aboriginal South American name.) 
Species about 50 in all warm countries, 2 in the Philippines. 
Plant erect; leaves 2 to 5 cm long, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute. 
1. B. floribunda 
Plant prostrate, creeping; leaves oblong-obovate to spatulate, obtuse, less 
MAS, Dietetic aa a ae Ee ar 2. B. monniera 
1. B. FLORIBUNDA (R. Br.) Wettst. 
An erect, glabrous, simple or slightly branched annual plant 8 to 30 cm 
high. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2 to 5 cm long, 3 to 6 mm 
wide, slightly and distantly toothed or nearly entire. Flowers axillary, 
shortly pedicelled or nearly sessile, usually solitary. Calyx green, the 
outer 3 lobes broadly ovate, 5 to 7 mm long, 4 to 6 mm wide, the inner 2 
linear-lanceolate, 4 to 5 mm long, about 1 mm wide. Corolla tubular, 5 to 6 
mm long, white, with very slender purplish lines, 5-lobed. Capsule ellipsoid, 
about 4 mm long. . 
In rice paddies, Caloocan, San Pedro Macati, etc., fl. Dec.—Jan.; of local 
occurrence in the Philippines, surely introduced. India to Australia. 
2. B. monniera (L.) Wettst. (Herpestis monniera HBK.). 
A creeping, glabrous, somewhat succulent plant, the branches 5 to 20 
cm long. Leaves sessile, entire, oblong-obovate to spatulate, obtuse, 8 to 15 
mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicelled, the pedicels usually equal- 
ing or longer than the leaves. Calyx about 5 mm long, the outer sepal 
oval, the others ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate. Corolla 8 to 10 mm long, 
the tube nearly or quite as long as the calyx, the lobes white or pale-violet. 
Capsule ovoid, shorter than the calyx. (FI. Filip. pl. 220.) 
In open wet places, rare in our area, fl. Jan.March; widely distributed 
in the Philippines. All warm countries. 
5. LINDENBERGIA Lehmann 
Erect, branched, usually perennial herbs. Leaves opposite or the upper 
ones alternate, toothed. Flowers yellow, bracteolate, in terminal racemes. 
Calyx campanulate, 5-fid. Corolla-tube cylindric, the upper lip lanceolate, 
acuminate, much narrower than the lower one which is 3-lobed. Stamens 
4, in 2 pairs, included; anther-cells separate, stipitate. Capsule loculicidal, 
2-grooved, the valves entire, separating from the placenta-bearing axis. 
(In honor of J. B. W. Lindenberg, a German botanist.) 
Species about 8 in tropical Africa, Asia, and Malaya, 1 in the Philippines. 
1. L. philippensis (Cham.) Benth. 
An erect or ascending suffrutesent herb, 0.4 to 1 m high, somewhat 
pubescent. Leaves oblong-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 5 to 9 cm long, 2 
to 3 em wide, acute or acuminate, base long-decurrent, margins toothed. 
Racemes terminal, 6 to 20 cm long, erect, the bracts narrowly lanceolate, 
green, acuminate, 1 cm long. Calyx green, about 7 mm long, the lobes 
lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla about 11 mm long, hirsute, yellow, tinged 
with purple outside, the throat inside with small purple dots, the upper 
lip, narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, the lower 5 to 6 mm broad, 3-lobed, 
reflexed. Capsule oblong-obovoid, acuminate, 5 mm long. (FI. Filip. pl. 
878.) 
