422 A FLORA OP MANILA 



notched or 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed. Stamens in 2 pairs, included. Cap- 

 sule with 2 or 4 valves separating from an entire column. Seeds very small, 

 numerous. (An aboriginal South American name.) 



Species about 50 in all warmcountries, 2 in the Philippines. 



Plant erect; leaves 2 to 5 cm long, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute. 



1. B. floribunda 



Plant prostrate, creeping; leaves oblong-obovate to spatulate, obtuse, less 



than 2 cm long 2. B. monniera 



1. B. FLORIBUNDA (R. Br.) Wettst. 



An erect, glabrous, simple or slightly branched annual plant 8 to 30 cm 

 high. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2 to 5 cm long, 3 to 6 mm 

 wide, slightly and distantly toothed or nearly entire. Flowers axillary, 

 shortly pedicelled or nearly sessile, usually solitary. Calyx green, the 

 outer 3 lobes broadly ovate, 5 to 7 mm long. 4 to 6 mm wide, the inner 2 

 linear-lanceolate, 4 to 5 mm long, about 1 mm wide. Corolla tubular, 5 to 6 

 mm long, white, witl> very slender purplish lines, 5-lobed. Capsule ellipsoid, 

 about 4 mm long. 



In rice paddies, Caloocan, San Pedro Macati, etc., fl. Dec-Jan.; of local 

 occurrence in the Philippines, surely introduced. India to Australia. 



2. B. monniera (L.) Wettst. (Herpestia monniera KBK.) . 



A creeping, glabrous, somewhat succulent plant, the branches 5 to 20 

 cm long. Leaves sessile, entire, oblong-obovate to spatulate, obtuse, 8 to 15 

 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicelled, the pedicels usually equal- 

 ing or longer tJian the leaves. Calyx about 5 mm long, the outer sepal 

 oval, the others ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate. Corolla 8 to 10 mm long, 

 the tube nearly or quite as long as the calyx, the lobes white or pale-violet. 

 Capsule ovoid, shorter than the calyx. (Fl. Filip. pi. 2S0.) ' 



In open wet places, rare In our area, fl. Jan.-March; widely distributed 

 in the Philippines. All warm countries. 



5. LINDENBERGIA Lehmann 



Erect, branched, usually perennial herbs. Leaves opposite or the upper 

 ones alternate, toothed. Flowers yellow, bracteolate, in terminal racemes. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-fid. Corolla-tube cylindric, the upper lip lanceolate, 

 acuminate, much narrower than the lower one which is 3-lobed. Stamens 

 4, in 2 pairs, included'; anther-cells separate, stipitate. Capsule loculicidal, 

 2-grooved, the valves entire, separating from the placenta-bearing axis. 

 (In honor of J. B. W. Lindenberg, a German botanist.) 



Species about 8 in tropical Africa, Asia, and Malaya, 1 in the Philippines. 



1. L. phlllppensis (Cham.) Benth. 



An erect or ascending suffrutesent herb, 0.4 to 1 m high, somewhat 

 pubescent. Leaves oblong-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 5 to 9 cm long, 2 

 to 3 cm wide, acute or acuminate, base long-decurrent, margins toothed. 

 Racemes terminal, 6 to 20 cm long, erect, the bracts narrowly lanceolate, 

 green, acuminate, 1 cm long. Calyx green, about 7 mm long, the lobes 

 lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla about 11 mm long, hirsute, yellow, tinged 

 with purple outside, the throat inside with small purple dots, the upper 

 lip, narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, the lower 5 to 6 mm broad, 3-lobed, 

 reflexed. Capsule oblong-obovoid, acuminate, 5 mm long. (Fl. Filip »/ 

 S78.) 



