VoL 3 VERBENACEAE 381 



3. LIPPIA Linnaeus 



LIPPIA NODI FLORA (Linn.) Rich, in Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 (1803) 15; 

 Schauer in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) '585; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 

 905; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1885) 563; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 157; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 430, Fl. Manila (1912) 398, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 330; H. Lam 

 Verb. Malay. Archipel. (1919) 16. 

 Verbena nodiflora Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 20. 



Verbena capitata Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 10; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 19, ed. 2 (1845) 14, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 26. 

 Throughout the Philippines. A common weed in open waste places 

 at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Busbusi (Ilk.); lopu-lupu (P. Bis.); nakulad (Iv.); sirik 

 puyo (Bis.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Lippia citriodora Benth. ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 157. 



4. STACHYTARPHETA Vahl 



STACHYTARPHETA JAM AICENSIS (Linn.) Vahl Enum. 1 (1804) 206; 



Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 399. 

 Verbena janiaicensis Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 19. 

 Verbena indica Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 851. 

 Stachytarpheta indica Vahl Enum. 1 (1804) 206; Schauer in DC. 



Prodr. 11 (1847) 564; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 907; C. B. 



Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1885) 564; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 157; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. n, f. B; Merr. 



Fl. Manila (1912) 399. 



Throughout the Philippines. A common weed in open waste places at low 

 and medium altitudes in the settled areas. A native of tropical America, 

 now pantropic. 



Local names: Albaka (P. Bis.); bilu-bilu (Sul.) ; bolomoros (Bik.) ; 

 kandikandilaan (Tag.); limbagat (C. Bis.). 



5. PETREA Houstoun 



PETREA VOLUBILIS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 626; Jacq. Select. Am. (1763) 



180, t. 1U; Schauer in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 618; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 158; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 400; H. Lam Verb. 



Malay. Archipel. (1919) 26. 



Occasionally cultivated in Manila and other large towns for ornamental 



purposes but nowhere spontaneous. A native of tropical America. 



6. DURANTA Linnaeus 



DURANTA REPENS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 637; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 399. 

 Duranta plumieri Jacq. Select Am. (1763) 186, t. 176; Schauer in 

 DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 615; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 158; Merr. 

 in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 35; H. Lam Verb. Malay. 

 Archipel. (1919) 27. 

 • Cultivated for ornamental purposes. A native of tropical America. 



