xi, c, 6 Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 317 
ASYST ASIA Blume 
ASYSTASIA GANGETICA (Linn.) T. And. in Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 
(1859-64) 235. 
Justicia gangetica Linn. Cent. PI. 2 (1756) 3, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 
299. 
Asystasia coromandelica Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 3 (1832) 89. 
Amboina, Rel. Robins. 178b, July and August, 1913, along river banks 
near the town of Amboina. 
A native of tropical Asia, now widely distributed in the tropics of the 
Old World, probably largely distributed as an ornamental plant, but readily 
establishing itself. 
CUCURBITACEAE 
M ELOTHRIA Linnaeus 
MELOTHRIA MUCRONATA (Blume) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 
608. 
Bryonia mucronata Blume Bijdr. (1826) 923. 
Amboina, Soja, Rel. Robins. 1870, October 24, 1913, in light woods, 
altitude about 225 meters. 
India to Formosa, southward to Java, Borneo, Celebes, and Amboina. 
CAMPANULACEAE 
'ISOTOMA Lindley 
ISOTOMA LONGI FLORA (Mill.) Presl Prodr. Lobel. (1836) 42. 
Rapuntium longiflorum Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) no. 7. 
Amboina, Rel. Robins. 18b8, July 29, 1913, in drains along fence rows in 
the town of Amboina. 
A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in many other 
tropical countries, cultivated and spontaneous. 
PRAT I A Gaudichaud 
PRATIA OVATA Elm. Lead. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 593. 
Amboina, Kati-kati, Rel. Robins. 18b7, October 19, 1913, in a wet meadow 
at an altitude of about 70 meters. 
Known from a number of localities in the Philippines, from northern 
Luzon to southern Mindanao, but not previously reported from any region 
outside of the Philippines. It may prove to be a species of Lobelia when 
the mature fruits are known. 
GOODENIACEAE 
SCAEVOLA Linnaeus 
SCAEVOLA OPPOSITI FOLIA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 85, nomen nudum, 
FI. Ind. ed. 2, 1 (1832) 528. 
Amboina, Caju poeti, Rel. Robins. 1730, August 2, 1913, in open woods 
at an altitude of about 350 meters. 
A species of the section Enantiophyllum known only from Amboina and 
Ternate. It was originally described from Amboina specimens. 
