414 A FLORA OP MANILA 



1. D. ALBA Nees. Talong-punay (Tag.). 



A coarse, erect, branched, glabrous or slightly pubescent herb or short- 

 lived shrub 0.5 to 2 m high. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, base inequi- 

 latei-al, apex acuminate, margins irregularly and shallowly lobed, 9 to 18 cm 

 long. Flowers very large, axillary, solitary. Calyx green, about 6 cm 

 long, cleft at the apex, and with linear teeth. Corolla white, about 15 

 cm long, the mouth Etbout 8 cm in diameter, fruit globose, green, about 3.5 

 cm in diameter, covered with short, stout spines. (Fl.. Filip. pi. Si, D. 

 metel.) 



In waste places, fl. all the year; widely distributed about towns in the 

 Philippines, undoubtedly introduced. India to China and Malaya. 



2. BRUNFELSIA Linnaeus 



Erect, glabrous shrubs. Leaves entire, shining. Flowers terminal or 

 axillary, solitary or in few-flowered cymes. Calyx tubular or campanulate, 

 truncate or 5-toothed. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube long, straight or 

 somewhat curved, the limb spreading, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, in- 

 serted on the tube, included. Ovary sessile, 2-celled; ovules numerous. 

 Capsule subglobose, fleshy or, leathery, the pericarp thick, sometimes scarce- 

 ly dehiscent. (In honor of O. Brunfels, a Swiss botanist.) 



Species about 20 in tropical America, 2 introduced and cultivated in the 

 Philippines. 



Flowers purple, 2 to 2.5 cm long, the corolla-tube not more than twice as 

 long as the calyx l 1. B. cbcuminata 



Flowers white, becoming yellow, about 4.5 cm long, the corolla-tube very 

 much longer than the calyx 2. B. americana 



•1. B. ACUMINATA (Pohl) Benth. Viola (Sp.-Fil.). 



An erect, glabrous, branched shrub 1 m or more in height.- Leaves 

 oblong or elliptic-«blong, acuminate, base acute, short-petioled, 3 to 7 cm 

 long. Flowers solitary, or in lax, few-flowered cymes, violet-purple. Calyx 

 tubular, not inflated, about 12 mm lont;. Corolla-tube twice as long as the 

 calyx or shorter, the limb about 2 cm in diameter. 



Rarely cultivated, fl. Feb.-March, and probably in other months. A 

 native of tropical America and of recent introduction in the Philippines. 



* 2. B. AMERICANA L. 



An erect glabrous shrub. Leaves somewhat crowded on the ultimate 

 twigs often yellowish-green, oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, firm, entire, 

 base cuneate, 5 to 10 cm long. Flowers terminal, solitary or in pairs, 

 shortly pedicelled, very fragrant. Calyx green, ovoid, 6 mm long, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla-tube about 4.5 cm long, slender, somewhat straw-colored, 

 the limb white,, soon turning yellowish, oblique, subequally 5-lobed, about 

 5 cm in diameter. Fruit globose, about 1.5 cm in diameter, the pericarp 

 yellow, somewhat fleshy, 2-valved; seeds numerous. 



Occasional in cultivation, fl. all the year. A native of tropical America, 

 and of recent introduction in the Philippines. 



3. CESTRUM Linnaeus 



Shrubs or small trees, with alternate, entire leaves. Flowers regular, in 

 axillary and terminal racemes or corymbs. Calyx short, 5-toothed. Corolla 

 elongated, slightly enlarged upward, 5-lobed, the lobes much shorter than 



