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the anterior one narrow, cleft into two lanceolate, acuminate, teeth, 1 mm 
long. Corolla about 8 mm long, exserted, the tube slender, abruptly 
bent, the anterior lobe about 2 mm long, the posterior 5 mm long; 
anthers 0.5 mm long. Seeds nearly 1 mm in diameter. 
Babuyan, Bur. Sci. 3892 Fenix, June 17, 1908, along the seashore, flowers blue. 
A species possibly allied to Coleus formosana Hayata, but much larger, densely 
pubescent, and with quite differently shaped calyx-lobes. Well characterized by 
its coriaceous, densely pubescent leaves. 
OCIMUM Linn. 
O. basilicum Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3840 Fenix, Petrelli s. n. N. v., Valanoy. 
Common in cultivation throughout the Philippines; India to China, Formosa, 
Malaya, and Polynesia. 
LEUCAS Benth. 
L. javan ica Benth. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3625 Fenix, a dwarfed form. 
Rather common in the Philippines; Formosa to Java. 
SOLANACE.E. 
PHYSALIS Linn. 
P. angulata Linn. 
Camiguin, 4003 Fenix. Fuga, 3240 Alearns. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropical and warm regions of the World. 
CAPSICUM Linn. 
C. frutescens Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3646 Fenix. N. v., Sili. 
Common in the Philippines ; cultivated in warm and tropical regions of the 
World. 
SOLAN UM Linn. 
S. cumingii Dunal. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3565 Fenix. Camiguin, 3935 F&nix. N. v., 
Vajusa. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; by some authors reduced to the widely 
distributed and cultivated Solanurn melongena L. 
S. ferox Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3120 Fenix. N. v., Camadada. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines ; India to Formosa and Malaya. 
S. nigrum Linn. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3592 Fenix. N. v., Nateng. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropical and temperate parts of the 
World. 
S. biflorum Lour. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3838 Fenix, a form differing from the type 
in having from 3 to 6 flowers in each axil. 
A variable species found at medium and higher altitudes from Luzon to Min- 
danao; southern China to Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
