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PREMNA Linnaeus 
PREMNA GAUDICHAUDII Schauer in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 631; Safford 
360. 
G. E. S. 150, 449, Captain Bisset s. n., locally known as ahgao. 
Otherwise known only from the Caroline Islands (Yap, Volkens), orig- 
inally described from Guam material. 
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PREMNA MARIANNARUM Gatrdieh. 1. c. 362; Safford 361. 
Originally described from Guam material, and known only from that 
island; not represented in our recent collections. 
STACHYTARPHETA Vahl 
STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS (Linn.) Vahl Enum. 1 (1804) 206. 
Verbena indica Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 27. 
G. E. S. 289. 
A native of tropical America, now a weed in the tropics of both hemi- 
spheres. 
VITEX Linnaeus 
VITEX NEGUNDO Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 638; Safford 397. 
Collected in Guam by Lesson and by Gaudichaud, recorded by Endlicher 
as Vitex incisa Lam. It is not represented in our recent collections. 
VITEX TRIFOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 638; Safford 397. 
G. E. S. 439, McGregor 379. 
Along the seashore, tropical Africa and Asia to Japan and Polynesia. 
Recently introduced plants of this family are common teak, Tectona 
grandis Linn, f., represented by G. E. S. 253, in flower and fruit, and the 
American Duranta repens Linn., represented by G. E. S. 163. 
LABIATAE 
COLEUS Loureiro 
COLEUS BLUMEI Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. (1832) 56. 
G. E. S. 60. 
A native of the Malay Archipelago, now cultivated in all warm coun- 
tries. 
HYPTIS Jacquin 
HYPTIS CAPITATA Jacq. Coll. 1 (1786) 102. 
Mesosphaerum capitatum O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 2 (1791) 525; Safford 
342. 
Hyptis mariannarum Briq. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Planzenfam. 4 2a 
(1897) 343. 
Hyptis capitata Jacq. var. mariannarum Briq. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. 
Bot. Geneve 2 (1898) 225. 
G. E. S. 64, Thompson 18, locally known as botones. 
A native of tropical America, found in the Orient onlyjyn Guam and in 
the Philippines. 
