432 MERRILL. 



C. trichotomum Thuiib. Fl. Jap. (1784) 256: Schaiier in DC. Prodr. 11 

 (1847) 608; Forbes & Ilemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1890) 262; Mats. & 

 Hayata Enum. PI. Formosa (1906) 303. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3615 Fenix. N. v., Tungao. Luzon, Province 

 of Isabela, Casiguran, 311'/ Mearns, June, 1907. 



Japan to Formosa, central and soutbern China; new to the Pliilippines. 



VI TEX Linn. 

 V. trifolia Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3176 Mearns. 



Along the seashore throughout the Philippines ; British India to Formosa, 

 Malaya, and Australia. 



V. ovata Thunb. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3212 Mearns; 36/i-'f Fenix. Camiguin, .'fOOo 

 F6nix. 



Common along the seashore throughout the Philippines; Japan to Formosa, 

 southern China and Malaya. Possibly not specifically distinct from the preceding. 



LABIATE. 



LEONURUS Linn. 

 L. sibiricus Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3510 Fenix; 3198 Mearns. 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines; temperate and tropical regions of both 

 Hemispheres, a native of the Old World. 



ANISOMELES R. Br. 



A. indica (Linn.) O. Ktze. 

 Camiguin, //022 F6nix. 



Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Formosa and 

 Malaya. 



COLEUS Lour. 



Coleus pubescens Merrill sp. nov. 



Jlerba erecta, stricta, circiter 75 cm alta ; fuliis utriiKiue dciisissinie 

 pubescentibiis, ovatis, eoriaceis, petiolatis, dentato-crenatis, acutis, 4 ad 

 6 cm longis; racemis cii'citer 20 cm longis, pubcscentibus ; floribus circiter 

 8 mm longis; calyce hirsute, lobis lateralibus obtiisis. 



An erect unbranched hoi'l) about 75 cm liigh, rather densely pubescent. 

 Stems angular, sulcatc, pubescent, ratlier stout, brownish. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, ovate, 4 to 6 cm long, 3 to 4 cm wide, densely pul)escent on botli 

 surfaces, the apex acute, the mai-gins distinct!}' crenate-dentate, the base 

 acute or decurrent-acuminate ; nerves about 5 on each side oC the midrib; 

 petioles pubescent, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Ixacemes about 20 cm long, pubes- 

 cent, leafy below, the flowers 10 or 13 at each node, tbc intcrnodes about 

 1 cm long, the upper ones shorter. Pedicels slender, pubescent. Calyx 

 hirsute, glandular, in anthosis about 3 mm long, in fruit 5 to G mm long, 

 the posterior tooth elliptical-ovate, acute, the lateral ones obovate, rounded, 



