312 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 
SCROPHULARIACEAE 
STRIGA Loureiro 
STRIGA MULTIFLORA Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1 (1835) 363. 
Amboina, Soeli, Rel. Robins. 1769, in grass lands at an altitute of about 
20 meters, the flowers pink. 
Philippines, Moluccas, and tropical Australia. 
ADENOSMA R. Brown 
ADENOSMA JAVANICUM (Blume) comb. nov. 
Herpestis javanica Blume Bijdr. (1826) 748. 
Herpestis ovata Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 30. 
Adenosma ovatum Benth. in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1884) 263. 
Ambotna, Batoe merah River, Rel. Robins. 1771, September 24, 1913, on 
clay banks at an altitude of about 120 meters. 
Indo-China, the Philippines, and the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
TORENIA Linnaeus 
TORENIA PEDUNCULAR IS Benth. in Wall. Cat. (1831) no. 3956; Hook, 
f. FI. Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 276. 
Amboina, Batoe merah, Rel. Robins. 1770, July 20, 1913, in rocky soil, 
altitude 5 to 15 meters. Boeton, Baoe baoe, Rel. Robins. 2U87, July 13, 
1913. 
Malay Peninsula and Indo-China to the Philippines, and the Moluccas. 
LINDERNIA Allioni 
LINDERNIA PUSILLA (Thunb.) comb. nov. 
Selago pusilla Thunb. Prodr. PI. Cap. (1794-1800) 99. 
Gratiola pusilla Willd. Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 105. 
Vandellia scabra Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835) 36. 
Vandellia pusilla Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 246. 
Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1768, near the town of Amboina in grassy places 
near streams at low altitudes. 
Tropical Asia and Malaya. 
SCOPARI A Linnaeus 
SCOPARI A DULCIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 116. 
Bali, Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2528, July 7, 1913. 
A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in all tropical 
countries. 
BIGNONIACEAE 
CRESCENTIA Linnaeus 
CRESCENT! A CUJETE Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 626. 
Amboina, cultivated in the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1780, August 
12, 1913. 
The calabash tree is a native of tropical America, but is now widely 
distributed in various other tropical countries in cultivation; probably of 
comparatively recent introduction in Amboina. 
