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the anterior one narrow, cleft into two lanceolate, acuminate, teeth, 1 mm 

 long. Corolla about 8 mm long, exserted, the tube slender, abruptly 

 Ijent, the anterior lobe about 2 mm long, the posterior 5 mm long; 

 anthers 0.5 mm long. Seeds nearly 1 mm in diameter. 



Babuyan, Bur. 8ci. 3892 Fenix, June 17, 1908, along the seashore, flowers blue. 



A species possibly allied to Coleus formosana Hayata, but much lar^r, densely 

 pubescent, and with quite differently shaped calyx-lobes. Well characterized by 

 its coriaceous, densely pubescent leaves. 



OCIMUM Linn. 

 O. basilicum Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3840 Fenix, Petrelli s. n. N. v., Valanoy. 

 Common in cultivation throughout the Philippines; India to China, Formosa, 

 Malaya, and Polynesia. 



LEU CAS Benth. 

 L. javanica Benth. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3625 Fenix, a dwarfed form. 

 Bather common in the Philippines ; Formosa to Java. 



SOLANACE^. 



PHYSALIS Linn. 

 P. angulata Linn. 



Camigxjin, JfOOS Fenix. Fuga, 3240 Mearns. 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines ; tropical and warm regions of the World. 



CAPSICUM Linn. 



C. frutescens Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3646 Fenix. N. v., Sili. 



Common in the Philippines; cultivated in warm and tropical regions of the 

 World. 



SOLAN UM Linn. 



S. cumingii Dunal. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3565 Fenix. Camiguin, 3935 Fenix. N. v., 

 Vajusa. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines; by some authors reduced to the widely 

 distributed and cultivated Solanum melongena L. 



S. ferox Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 31/20 Fenix. N. v., Camadada. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines; India to Formosa and Malaya. 



S. nigrum Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3592 Fenix. N. v., Nateng. 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropical and temperate parts of the 

 World. 



S. biflorum Lour. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3838 Fenix, a form differing from the type 

 in having from 3 to 6 flowers in each axil. 



A variable species found at medium and higher altitudes from Luzon to Min- 

 danao; southern China to Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



