468 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



STAUROGYNE NEESII (Vidal) comb. nov. 



Ebermaiera neesii Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 34. 

 Ebermaiera spatulata Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 74; Miq. PI. 

 Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 772; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 152; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 132, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 203, 

 non Hassk. 



Luzon (Zambales), Cuming 1083, B. S. 2684-8 Edano. Along streams at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



STAUROGYNE OPH IORRHIZOIDES Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1488. 

 Sibuyan, Elmer 1286k- In forested ravines, altitude about 500 m. En- 

 demic, but scarcely more than a large-leaved form of S. ciliata Elm. 



STAUROGYNE RIVULAR1S Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 248, PI. Manila (1912) 441. 



Luzon (Rizal), Merrill 7396, Phil. PI. 755. On ledges along small 

 streams at low altitudes. Endemic. 



2. ELYTRARIA L. C. Richard 



ELYTRARIA IMBRICATA (Vahl) Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 23. 

 Justicia imbricata Vahl Eel. 1 (1796) 1. 

 Elytraria tridentata Vahl Enum. 1 (1804) 107; Nees in DC Prodr. 



11 (1847) 64; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 435, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 



351. 

 Elytraria crenata F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 152, non Vahl. 

 Elytraria fasciculate/, F.-Vill. 1. c, non HBK. 



Elytraria amara Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 8, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 15. 

 Elytraria squamosa Lindau in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 38, non 



Verbena squamosa Jacq. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Panlpanga, Rizal, Cavite, Batangas, Camarines). 

 In open waste places, dry thickets, etc., in and about towns at low alti- 

 tudes. Introduced from tropical America. 



3. THUNBERGIA Linnaeus 



THUNBERGIA A LATA Boj. ex Sims Bot. Mag. t. 2591, Hook. Exot. Fl. 

 (1823-27) t. 77; Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 58; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 426, Fl. Manila (1912) 440. 



Luzon (Bataan, Rizal). Thoroughly naturalized in waste places and 

 thickets at low altitudes. A native of tropical Africa; now pantropic; cul- 

 tivated and naturalized. 



THUNBERGIA E RECTA (Benth.) T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 7 (1864) 18; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 440. 

 Meyenia erecta Benth. Niger FL (1849) 476. 



Cultivated for ornamental purposes, but nowhere spontaneous. A native 

 of tropical Africa, introduced into the Philippines since 1900. 



THUNBERGIA FRAGRANS Roxb. Fl. Coromandel 1 (1795) 47, t. 67; 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. 1 1 (1847) 57 (incl. var. fol. angustioribus et 

 var. truncata Nees) ; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1847) 360, ed. 3, 2 

 (1878) 301; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 768; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 152; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9 (1865) 448; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 132, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 



