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Callicarpa (No. 1). " At Banos," Brackenridge. — One or more species of Callicarpa ob- 

 served to be frequent in other localities. 



Justicia ? (No. 3). Herbaceous, eight inches high ; leaves white-nerved ; terminal 

 racemes. "On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 



(No. 4) ; apparently a second species with variegated leaves. Decumbent ; the 



racemes closer. " On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 



? (No. 5). Woody; leaves lanceolate ; red veins; terminal few-branched panicle. 



" On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 



(No. 6) ; not before met with. Small ; leaves mostly rounded, but some lanceo- 

 late. "On the mountains near Banos," Brackenridge. 



(No. 7). Three to four feet high ; showy purple flowers. In the forest covering 



Mount Banajao, at the elevation of 2.500 feet. 



(No. 8). Having somewhat of the habit of Mentha; long bristled bracts; small 



slender purple flowers. " At Banos," Brackenridge. 



— (No. 9). A shrub, ten feet high ; large leaves ; large purple flowers. "At Banos," 



Brackenridge. 



(No. 10). Two feet high ; white Lobelioid flowers, with a dark spot on lip. 



Frequent along road-sides, at Banos and elsewhere. 

 (No. 11). Upright, three feet high; flowers in crowded whorls. "At Banos," 



Brackenridge. 



(No. 12). Herbaceous, three feet high; habit of Scrophulariacese. In marshes 



near Manila. 



? (No. 13) ; or compare Scrophular. ; habit of Lindernia ; upright. In the envi- 

 rons of Manila, growing on rocks in the open ground. 



Dicliptera ? (No. 2) ; not before met with. Leaves broad-ovate ; and leafy bracts, in 

 long spike. "At Banos," Brackenridge. 



Barleria ? (No. 1). A shrub, three feet high ; ti ifid spines below the clustered large yellow 

 flowers. " Near the hot-spring at Banos," Brackenridge. 



(Dilivaria ilicifolia, No. 1); gen. Justic. A shrub, six feet high; rigid, spinoso-dentate 

 leaves; oval fleshy fruit. In great profusion in the environs of Manila; sub-maritime. 



Plumbago (No. 4) ; flowers scarlet. At Banos ; and along the road to Mayjayjay. 



Begonia (No. 1) ; not before met with. Leaves inequal, cuneate at base, dentate ; fruit 

 small. On "trunks of trees, on the mountains near Banos, at the elevation of 2000 

 feet," Brackenridge. 



Nicotiana tabacum, (bis Metia to the Hawaiian and Feejee Islands, and No. 6 North 



America). Abundantly cultivated; having been introduced by colonial Whites. 

 Solanum (No. 14; compare S. xanthocarpum). Flowers blue; fruit yellow, as large as a 



plum. Frequent around houses, at Banos and elsewhere. 

 melongena, fNo. 15), bis United States and Peru ; the egg-plant. The variety 



having long, finger-shaped fruit. Cultivated. 

 Lycopersieum esculentum, (bis United States, and No. 4 Peru) ; the tomato. Abundantly 



cultivated ; having been introduced by colonial Whites. 

 Capsicum (frutescens ; bis Taheiti to the Hawaiian and Feejee Islands, and No. 4 Peru). 



Six feet high; the fruit small, and numerous. Growing around houses ; and also in 



wild situations. 



