438 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 124, Fl. Manila (1912) 425, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 347. 

 Torenia paniculata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 486, ed. 2 (1845) 339, 

 ed. 3, 2 (1878) 265; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10 (1846) 411; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 690; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 148. 



A common weed throughout the settled areas of the Philippines in open 

 places, rice paddies, and disturbed soil generally, at low and medium al- 

 titudes, including Elmer 15165 as Vandellia irosinensis Elm. Throughout 

 the Old World Tropics, introduced in the New World. 



LINDERNIA GRANDIFLORA (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Vandellia grandiflora Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



237, 2 (1907) Bot. 300. 



Luzon (Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet), Mindoro, Merrill 1+359, 1+572, 4-735, 



7655, 7652, 7764, B. S. 81+27 McGregor, 5785 Ramos, F. B. U01 Merritt. 



On banks and cliffs and in open places along trails, altitude 1,800 to 2,400 



m. Endemic. 



Local name: Tagtagu (Ig.). 



LINDERNIA PYXIDARIA All. Misc. Taur. 3 (1755) 178; Benth. in DC. 



Prodr. 10 (1846) 418; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 348. 

 Vandellia pyxidaria Maxim, in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. 20 (1875) 



449. 

 Torenia quinquenervis Llanos Frag. PL Filip. (1851) 76; F.-Vill. & 



Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 59. 

 Vandellia erecta Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 36, DC. Prodr. 10 (1846) 



415. 



Luzon (Nueva Vizcaya, Rizal, Laguna), Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 777, 

 Baker 1+281, B. S. 111+06 McGregor. In rice paddies, open wet places, etc., 

 at low and medium altitudes; very local in the Philippines. Southern 

 Europe to Japan southward to India, Malaya, and Polynesia. 



LINDERNIA PUSILLA (Thunb.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 



312, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 347. 

 Selago pusilla Thunb. Prodr. PI. Cap. (1794-1800) 99. 

 Gratiola pusilla Willd. Sp. PL 1 (1797) 105. 

 Vandellia scabra Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 36, DC. Prodr. 10 (1846) 



414; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 692; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 



(1884) 281; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 148; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 



Philip. (1885) 130, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 199; Merr. in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 124. 

 Vandellia soriana Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 506; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 



10 (1846) 415; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 693; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 148. 

 Torenia soriana Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 340, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 266. 

 Torenia hirta Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnaea 2 (1827) 571. 

 Vandellia diffusa Naves in Blanco FL Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 368 



bis (upper figure), non Blanco. 

 Lindernia scabra Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4 3b 



(1891) 79. 

 Vandellia pusilla Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 246, Fl. 



Manila (1912) 424. 



