osbeck's dagbok ofwer en ostindsk resa 533 
monopetala; tubus cylindricus, calyce longior; Limbus bilabiatus, 
Labium superius integrum, minimum, inferius trilobum deflexum, 
longius. Stamina duo. Pistillum unicum. Flores minimi, lutei, 
ex alis. Caulis fibrosis. Habitat in aridis locis." 
If this species be a labiate, then no representative of the entire 
family at present known from the Province of Kwangtung agrees 
entirely with Osbeck's description. Possible identifications are 
Salvia plebeia R. Br. and Mosla lanceolata Max., but Osbeck's de- 
scription agrees with neither. The only other genera of Labiatae 
known from Kwangtung that have but two stamens are Lycopus and 
Salvia, and assuredly Monarda chinensis Osbeck can be referred to 
neither of these. It is possible that Osbeck's description applies to 
some representative of the Acanthaceae or the Scrophulariaceae in 
genera having flowers with but two stamens, and again it is possible 
that the description was in part based on erroneous observations. It 
is certainly no Monarda. 
Phytolacca ? javanica Osbeck, Dagbok Ostind. Resa 276. 1757 = 
Terminalia catappa L. 
Osbeck's description and specific name antedates that of Linnaeus, 
but fortunately the Linnaean name Terminalia catappa is saved by 
the fact that Miquel has described a different species as Terminalia 
javanica. Phytolacca ? javanica was observed near Anjer, Jav^a, 
January 20, 1752. The associated plants mentioned by him are 
Sophora alopecuroides (probably an erroneous identification for S. 
tomentosa), Morinda citrifolia, Guettarda speciosa, Lobelia plumierii 
= Scaevola, Crinum asiaticum, Corypha umbraculifera, Cordia myxa, 
Flagellaria indica, and Convolvulus pes-caprae, a typical Malayan 
strand association. The full description, introduced by a short 
statement in Swedish to the effect that it was a large tree standing on 
the seashore, with smooth leaves and downy branchlets, is as follows: 
''Phytolacca ? javanica. Perianthium nullum. Corolla monopetala, 
5 fida; Lobis ovatis, minimis. Filamenta decem filiformia, superne 
curva, coroUae tubo inserta, corolla longiora. Antherae subrotundae. 
Arbor ramosissima. Petiola & rami tomentosa. Folia lato-lanceo- 
lata, petiolata, integerrima, glabra, axillaria, 7 nervia. Flores parvi, 
racemosi." There are slight discrepancies in the description, as, for 
example, the leaves described as " lato-lanceolata" ; in the normal form 
of Terminalia catappa the leaves are obovate, but are subject to con- 
