VERBENACEAE 405 



3. Leaves glabrous, shining, base rounded or cordate, up to 15 cm 



long; a sea coast plant 2. P. inUgrifoUa 



3. Leaves more or less pubescent, 10 cm long or less, base acute. 



3. P. naiiaeoaa 



1. A climbing shrub ;.„ 4, p, subscandens 



h P. odorata Blanco. (P. ve8tita Schauer). Alagao (Tag.). 



A shrub or small tree 3 to 8 m high, softly pubescent, somewhat aroma- 

 tic when crushed. Leaves ovate to broadly ovate, 10 to 20 cm long, base 

 broad, rounded or somewhat cordate, apex acuminate, the lower surface 

 densely pubescent. Inflorescenpe terminal, 8 to 20 cm in diameter. Flow- 

 ers greenish-white or nearly white, 4 to 5 mm long. Fruit globose, 

 fleshy, dark-purple, about 5 mm in diameter. 



Common in ouf area, fl. all the year; widely distributed in the Phil- 

 ippines. Endemic. 



2. P. Integrifolia L. Alagao, Alagao-dagat (Tag.). 



A glabrous shrub 1 to 4 m high. Leaves oblong to oblong-ovate, glossy, 

 coriaceous, 7 to 14 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, base rounded or cordate, 

 apex acute or obtuse. Cymes 10 cm in diameter or less, flat. Flowers 

 greenish or greenish-white. Calyx obscurely 2-lipped, one lip 2-toothed, 

 - the other 3-toothed. Corolla greenish-white. Fruit globose, dark-purple, 

 fleshy, about 4 mm in diiimeter. 



In thickets along the Pasay beach, fl. most of the year; along the sea- 

 shore throughout the Philippines. India, through Malaya to Australia. 



3. P. nauseosa Blanco. Molauin-aso (Tag.). 



A shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 10 m, somewhat pubescent, 

 ultimately often nearly glabrous, the leaves with a rank odor when 

 crushed or in drying. Leaves elliptic-ovate oblong-ovate, acuminate, base 

 rounded or acute, 6 to 10 cm long, 3 to 6 mm wide. Cymes terminal, 

 up to 5 cm long and 6 cm wide, rather dense. Calyx green, equally 4- 

 toothed, 1 to 1.5 mm long. Corolla pale-green, 4 mm long, villous in- 

 side, the stamens white, exserted. Fruit globose, fleshy, dark-purple, 4 

 to 5 mm long. (Fl. filip. pi. 396, P. leucostoma.) 



In thickets, Pasay, San Pedro Macati, etc., fl. May-Sept.; common and 

 widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. , 



4. P. subscandens Merr. Alagao-baguing (Tag.). 



A climbing shrub reaching a lengt^i of from 3 to 5 m, the- leaves, 

 branchlets, and inflorescence rather softly pubescent, rank-scented in dry- 

 ing. Leaves ovate, thin, 6 to 10 cm long, entire, acuminate, base rounded 

 or cordate. Cymes terminating the branches, 5 to 14 cm in diamter, rather 

 dense, many-floWered, densely and softly pubescent. Flowers white or 

 greenish. Calyx softly pubescent, 3 mm long, 5-toothed, often obscurely 

 2-lipped. Corolla about 5 mm long, one lip entire, the other coarsely 

 3-lobed. 



In dry thickets near Fort McKinley, fl. Apr .-June; of local occurrence 

 in the Philippines. Endemic. 



12. GMELINA Linnaeus 



Glabrous or pubescent, spiny or spineless shrubs or trees, with opposite, 

 entire, toothed or lobed leaves. Inflorescence terminal, usually small, 

 cymose or racemose, the flowers bracteate. Flowers large, yellow. 



