142 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
presumably from Guam, by Nees, 88 but is not mentioned by Safford. One 
of the numerous American weeds that reached the Marianne Islands and 
the Philippines through the medium of the Acapulco-Manila galleons in 
early colonial days. 
GRAPTOPHYLLUM Nees 
GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM (L.) Griff. Notul. 4 (1854) 139; Safford 
285. 
Justicia picta Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 21. 
G. E. S. 312, 352, 367, forms with both the dark-purplish leaves, and 
with variously mottled ones. Apparently cultivated only, as in most coun- 
tries where it is found. 
HEM I GRAPH IS Nees 
HEM1GRAPH1S COLORATA (Blume) Hallier f. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. 
Cur. 70 (1897) 204. 
Ruellia colorata Blume Bijdr. (1826) 795. 
G. E. S. 34.3, cultivated in gardens. 
Undoubtedly introduced from Manila, where it is commonly cultivated. 
Malaya; now cultivated in other tropical countries. 
ODONTONEMA Nees 
ODONTONEMA NITIDUM (Jacq.) 0. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 494. 
Justicia nitida Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. (1760) 11. 
G. E. S. 54, 308, 309, from cultivated plants. 
Apparently of recent introduction from Manila, where it is commonly 
cultivated. The native name in Guam is given as San Francisco, a name 
commonly applied, in the Philippines, to various shrubs with variegated 
leaves. It is suspected that this is the species Safford mentions as “an 
Eranthemum with dark-purple foliage,” page 173. A native of tropical 
America, now cultivated in other tropical countries. 
THUNBERGIA Linnaeus 
THUN BERG! A ALATA Boj. in Hook. Exct. FI. (1823-27) t. 177. 
G. E. S. 281, apparently of recent introduction, possibly from Manila 
where it is not uncommon. A native of tropical Africa, now naturalized 
in many other tropical countries. 
RUBIACEAE 
B I K K I A Reinwardt 
BIKKIA MARiANNENSIS Brongn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 13 (1866) 42. 
Cormigonus mariannensis W. F. Wight ex Safford in Contr. U. S. 
Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 249. 
G. E. S. 407, McGregor 634, rocky places near the sea. 
Known only from Guam. 
"DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 466. 
