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Cultivated throughout the Philippines; in some provinces it is the major 

 commercial crop. A native of tropical America, now planted in all warm 

 countries. Universally known in the Philippines by its Spanish name, ta- 

 bdco; Sulu tabaku. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Nicotiana FRUTICOSA Linn.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 146. 



NlCOTIANA LANCIFOLIA Willd. J Fl.-Vill. 1. C. 



Nicotiana petiolaris Schl.; F.-Vill. 1. c 



Nicotiana rustica Linn.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



Nicotiana pusilla Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 100, ed. 2 (1845) 74, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 137, Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 344, non Linn. 



The status of the form Blanco described is indeterminable from the very 

 imperfect description. 



Nicotiana frutescens Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 101; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 344. 

 Nicotiana fruticosa Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 74, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 

 138, non Linn. 



There is no description or other data from which the form can be de- 

 termined; there is no evidence that it is even a solanaceous plant. 



8. BRUNFELSIA Plumier 



BRUNFELSIA ACUMINATA (Pohl) Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10 (1846) 199; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 414. 

 Franciscea acuminata Pohl PI. Bras. Ic. 1 (1827) 4, t. 3. 

 Occasionally cultivated in Manila and in other large towns for orna- 

 mental purposes but nowhere spontaneous. A native of tropical America. 



BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 191; Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. 10 (1846) 200; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 414, 



Like the preceding species, occasionally cultivated in Manila and in other 

 large towns for ornamental purposes. Introduced from tropical America. 



excluded genus 



Petunia propin qua Miers; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1883) 354. 

 Petunia violacea Lindl.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE 



1. RUSSELIA Jacquin 



RUSSELIA JUNCEA Zucc. in Flora 15 (1832) Beibl. 99; Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. 10 (1846) 332; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 146; Naves in 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-82) t. 461; C. B. Rob. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 221; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 421. 



Chiefly cultivated for ornamental purposes, but occasionally sponta- 

 neous on damp stone walls in towns. A native of Mexico. 

 Local name: Corales (Sp.). 



