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Avicennia tomentosa Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 353, ed. 3, 2 

 (1878) 289, t. 73, Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 37 (1918) 88, 

 non Jacq. 



Avicennia marina Vierh. var. intermedia Bakh. op. cit. 104, 211, p. p., 

 quoad Philip. 



Throughout the Philippines, the very common form, previously all 

 referred to Avicennia officinalis Linn. Singapore, Borneo, Ternate, Am- 

 boina, New Guinea. 



AVICENNIA OFFICINALIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 110; Schauer in DC. 

 Prodr. 11 (1847) 700; Bakh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ill 3 

 (1921) 102, 214, t. 20, 21, cum syn. 

 Avicennia oepata Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 17 (1835) 221; Hallier 

 f. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 37 (1918) 89. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, Camarines), Mindoro, Palawan, Samar, Negros, Min- 

 danao (Zamboanga), F. B. 19386 Curran, 25835 Valderrama, 9796 Merritt, 

 24763 Miranda, 21U70 Alvarez, 2694-6 Cailipan, 7494 Manalo, B. S. 761 

 Foxworthy, Merrill 24-31, Whitford 588. Along muddy seashores and 

 tidal streams. India to southern China and Formosa through Malaya to 

 New Guinea. 



A species distinguished especially by its expanded flowers being 1 to 1.5 

 cm in diameter. 



Local names: Api-api (Tag.) ; bungalon (Tag., Bik.) ; miapi (S. L. Bis.) ; 

 piapi (Tag.). 



LABIATAE 



1. CYMARIA Bentham 



CYMARIA ACUMINATA Decne. in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris 3 (1834) 71; 

 Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12 (1848) 602; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 166; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 136, Rev. PI. Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 214. 

 Luzon (Pangasinan, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas), Mindanao (Davao, Cota- 

 bato, Bukidnon), Jolo, Cuming 4-46, Merrill Phil. PI. 1833, B. S. 294-73 

 Ramos & Edano, 13587, 22324 Ramos, 24966 Fenix. In thickets and second- 

 ary forests at low and medium altitudes. Java, Timor. 

 Local name: Nigu-nigu (Sul.). 



2. AJUGA Linnaeus 



AJUGA BRACTEOSA Wall. Cat. (1830) No. 2032, nomen nudum; Benth. 

 in Wall. PL As. Rar. 1 (1830) 59; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 

 (1885) 702. 



Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc, Cavite), Mindanao (Lanao), Merrill 4422, 

 7773, 10626, Elmer 6594, 8626, Williams 1122, Vanoverbergh 222, Clemens 

 570, B. S. 554.1 Ramos, 37874 Ramos & Edano, 14047 Robinson. Chiefly 

 on banks, in ravines, sometimes in open cultivated areas, altitude 600 to 

 1,700 m. Afghanistan to China and Japan. 



The specimens were all distributed under an unpublished binomial 

 proposed by Mr. Rolfe. Examination of more-ample material at Kew 

 has led to the identification of the Philippine form with Wallich's Asiatic 

 species. 



