488 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 192S 



HYPOESTES PALAWAN ENSIS C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 248. 



Luzon (Cagayan), Palawan, B. S. 316 Bermejos, 597 Foxworthy, Merrill 

 9513, 9506, F. B. 16686 Bacani. On forested talus slopes, forested ridges, 

 etc., at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 800 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Tuarung (Tagb.). 



HYPOESTES SUBCAPITATA C. B. Clarke in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 

 35 (1906) 90; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 126. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan), F. B. 751, 2367, 2561 Borden, 

 173 Barnes, 2288 Meyer, 17839 O tones, B. S. U717, 5059 Ramos, Williams 

 501 . In primary forests along streams at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Sili-silihan (Tag.). 



HYPOESTES TENUIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 450. 



Luzon (Cagayan), F. B. 16693 Bacani. Near the seashore. Endemic. 



HYPOESTES VIDALII C. B. Clarke in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 

 90. 

 Hypoestes acutior C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 247. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Rizal, Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Tayabas), Mindoro, 

 Mindanao (Lanao, Zamboanga), F. B. 2156 Ahern's collector, 26772 Mabesa, 

 196U Curran, 6738 Merritt, B. S. 62, 2421, 12306 Foxworthy, 1827, 204-85 

 Ramos, 19281 Reillo, Clemens 276, Williams 2166. In, primary forests at low 

 and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Hypoestes decaisneana Nees; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 157. 



Hypoestes purpurea R. Br.; Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 509; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 851; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 157. 



It is suspected that Chamisso's Luzon specimen referred here by Nees 

 represents H. vidalii C. B. Clarke. 



22. RHINACANTHUS Nees 



RHINACANTHUS NASUTA (Linn.) Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 39 2 

 (1870) 79; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 438, Interpret. Herb. Amb. 

 (1917) 477, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 356. 



Justicia nasuta Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 16; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 14, 

 ed. 2 (1845) 10, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 19, t. 10. 



Rhinacanthus communis Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3 (1832) 109, DC. 

 Prodr. 11 (1847) 442; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 

 (1885) 541; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 156; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 

 (1883) 34, t. 72, f. C. 



Luzon (Rizal, Cavite, Laguna). In thickets, hedges, and waste places 

 in and about towns, certainly introduced, but now often common. India to 

 Malaya, probably a native of India. 



Local names: Parajito (Sp.) ; tagak-tagak (Tag.). 



