426 A FLORA OF MANILA 
varicate; staminodes 2, entire, glandular. Stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule 
narrow, long-exserted from the calyx, septicidal, the valves entire, sep- 
arating from the placenta-bearing septum. 
Species about 8, in tropical Africa, Asia, eal Malaya, 8 in the Phil- 
ippines. 
Leaves closely, sharply, and deeply serrate, the teeth mucronate. 
1. B. brachiata 
Leaves rather distantly toothed................-.2.----se-cseeceseneee 2. B. veronicaefolia 
1. B. brachiata Link & Otto. 
An erect, diffusely branched, annual herb 10 to 20 cm high, the branches 
spreading, the lower ones often decumbent. Leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse 
or acute, 1.5 to 3 cm long, sharply and closely serrate with mucronate teeth. 
Racemes terminal, 3 to 6 cm long, the flowers opposite, short pedicelled, 
bracteate. Calyx green, about 5 mm long. Corolla pink-purple, about 
7 mm long. Capsules slender, cylindric, about 1 cm long. 
In open places, damp banks, etc., occasional, fl. Aug.—Dec.; rather widely 
distributed in the Philippines. India to China and Malaya. 
2. B. veronicaefolia (Retz.) Spreng. 
Erect or spreading, simple or somewhat branched, slender, glabrous, the 
stems 10 to 20 cm in length. Leaves oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, acute 
or obtuse, sessile or shortly petioled, base gradually narrowed, margins 
rather distantly toothed, 1 to 3 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary, and in 
short terminal racemes, the pedicels shorter than, or exceeding, the leavey 
Calyx green, about 5 mm long, the lobes narrow. Corolla white to pale- 
lilac, about 8 mm long. Capsule linear-lanceolate, twice as long as cane 
calyx or more. i 
In open damp grassy places, occasional, fl. Sept.Dec.; widely distrib- 
uted in the Philippines. India to China and Malaya. 
11. DOPATRIUM Hamilton 
Slender, erect, simple or branched, somewhat succulent, annual herbs. 
Leaves few, opposite, the upper remote, small. Flowers small, pale-purple, 
axillary, solitary, ebracteolate, sessile or pedicelled. Calyx 5-fid. Corolla- 
tube slender below, the throat broad, the upper lip short, 2-fid, the lower 
one broad, 8-lobed. Capsule very small, ovoid, loculicidal. 
Species 5, Africa, Asia, and Australia, a single one in the Philippines. 
1. D. junceum (Roxb.) Ham. 
An erect, fleshy, annual herb 8 to 25 ecm high, branched from the base, 
the branches terete. Leaves entire, oblong, the radical ones, when present 
few, up to 2.5 cm long, those on the branches 1 cm long or less. Flowers 
few, axillary, slenderly pedicelled or subsessile, pink or pale-purple, about 
5 mm long. 
In old rice paddies, Caloocan, rare, fil. Nov.—Dec.; apparently of very 
local occurrence in the Philippines. India to Japan southward to Australia. 
125. BIGNONIACEAE (BIGNONIA OR TUE FAMILY) 
Shrubs, or trees, sometimes scandent. Leaves opposite or alternate, 
simple or 1- to 8-pinnate. Flowers terminal or axillary, racemose or 
