426 A FLORA OP MANILA 



varicate; staminodes 2, entire, glandular. Stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule 

 narrow, long-exserted from the calyx, septicidal, the valves entire, sep- 

 arating from the placenta-bearing septum. 



Species about 8, in tropical Africa, Asia, and Malaya, 3 in the Phil- 

 ippines. 



Leaves closely, sharply, and deeply serrate, the teeth mucronate. 



1. B. brachiata 

 Leaves rather distantly toothed 2. B. veronicaefolia 



1. B. brachiata Link & Otto. 



An erect, diffusely branched, annual herb 10 to 20 cm high, the branches 

 spreading, the lower ones often decumbent. Leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse 

 or acute, 1.5 to 3 cm long, sharply and closely serrate with mucronate teeth. 

 Racemes terminal, 3 to 6 cm long, the flowers opposite, short pedicelled, 

 bracteate. Calyx green, about 5 mm long. CoroUa pink-purple, about 

 7 mm long. Capsules slender, cylindric, about 1 cm long. 



In open places, damp banks, etc., occasional, fl. Aug.-Dec; rather widely 

 distributed in the Philippines. India to China and Malsiya. 



2. B. veronicaefolia (Retz.) Spreng. 



Erect or spreading, simple or somewhat branched, slender, glabrous, the 

 stems 10 to 20 cm in length. Leaves oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, acute 

 or obtuse, sessile or shortly petioled,' base gradually narrowed, margins 

 rather distantly toothed, 1 to 3 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary, and in 

 short terminal racemes, the pedicels shorter than, or exceeding, the leave% 

 Calyx green, about 5 mm long, the lobes narrow. Corolla white to pale- 

 lilac, about 8 mm long. Capsule linear-lanceolate, twice as long as the 

 cal3rx or more. 



In open damp grassy places, occasional, fl. Sept.-Dec; widely distrib- 

 uted in the Philippines. India to China and Malaya. 



11. DOPATRIUM Hamilton 



Slender, erect, simple or branched, somewhat succulent, annual herbs. 

 •Leaves few, opposite, the upper remote, small. Flowers small, pale-purple, 

 axillary, solitary, ebracteolate, sessile or pedicelled. Calyx 5-fid. Corolla- 

 tube slender below, the throat broad, the upper lip short, 2-fid, the lower 

 one broad, 3-lobed. Capsule very small, ovoid, loculicidal. 



Species 5, Africa, Asia, and Australia, a single one in the Philippines. 



1. D. Junceum (Roxb.) Ham. 



An erect, fleshy, annual herb 8 to 25 cm high, branched from the base, 

 the branches terete. Leaves entire, oblong, the radical ones, when present 

 few, up to 2.6 cm long, those on the branches 1 cm long or less. Flowers 

 few, axillary, slenderly pedicelled or subsessile, pink or pale-purple, about 

 5 mm long. 



In old rice paddies, Caloocan, rare, fl. Nov.-Dec; apparently of very 

 local occurrence in the Philippines. India to Japan southward to Australia. 



125. BIGNONIACEAE (Bignonia or Tue Family) 



Shrubs, or trees, sometimes scandent. Leaves opposite or alternate 

 simple or 1- to 3-pinnate. Flowers terminal or axillary, racemose or 



