VoL 3 LABI AT AE 421 



22. ACROCEPHALUS Bentham 



ACROCEPHALUS INDICUS (Burm. f.) O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1891) 

 511; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 101. 

 Prunella indica Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 130. 

 Ocimum capitellatum Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 276. 

 Acrocephalus capitatus Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. 2 (1831) 18, DC. 

 Prodr. 12 (1848) 47; Hook. Ic. II, 1 (1842) t. 456; Hook. f. FL 

 Brit. Ind. 4 (1885) 611; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 163. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Bontoc, Benguet, Tarlac, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan, 

 Rizal, Laguna), Merrill 3622, 4384, Phil. PL 1996, 448, F. B. 19636 Curran, 

 B. S. 13944, 5751, 10899 Ramos. In open grasslands at low and medium 

 altitudes. India to Indo-China, Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



ACROCEPHALUS SPICATUS C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) 

 Bot. 356. 



Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao, Davao), Williams 2954, Clemens 741, B. S. 

 26115 Fenix, 384-60 Ramos & Edano. In open, rather wet places at low 

 and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



23. MOSCHOSMA Reichenbach 



MOSCHOSMA POLYSTACHYUM (Linn.) Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. 2 

 (1831) 13, Prodr. 12 (1848) 48; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 942; 

 Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 4 (1885) 612; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 163; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 135, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 212; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 339. 

 Ocimum polystachyum Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 567. 

 Ocimum tenuiflorum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 129; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 481, ed. 2 (1845) 335, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 255, non Linn. 

 Moschosma tenuiflora Heynh. Nomen. 1 (1840) 532; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 408. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Pampanga, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas), Min- 

 danao (Cotabato). In open waste places, usually in wet or damp soil, 

 widely scattered in the settled areas and probably an introduced weed. 

 Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Bauing (Mag.); lodokong (Pang.); loktokong (Pamp., 

 Tag.); pansi-pansi (Tag.). 



24. OCIMUM Linnaeus 



OCIMUM BASILICUM Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 597; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 



12 (1848) 32; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 937; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 



Ind. 4 (1885) 608; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 433, 



Fl. Manila (1912) 407, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 340. 



Ocimum americanum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 480, ed. 2 (1845) 



335, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 254, t. 407, non Linn. 

 Ocimum citriodorum Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 591, ed. 3, 2 

 (1878) 256. 

 Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low and medium al- 

 titudes, sometimes planted; often spontaneous in open waste places. Cer- 

 tainly introduced. Tropical Asia to Polynesia. 



