158 147. COMMELINACEF. 
Canton (Sampson, hb. Hance, 428); Howckowa (Harland! 
Lamont!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
India, Burma. 
4. Cyanotis cristata, Roem. d Schult., var. Griffithii, C. B. 
Clarke, in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. p. 248; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vi. p. 385. 
Haran (A. Henry, 8413!). Herb. Kew. 
Malay Peninsula. 
Mr. Clarke does not deseribe the corolla, which is gamo- 
petalous. 
1. Floscopa scandens, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 193 ; C. B. Clarke, 
in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. p. 265; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 390. 
Floscopa paniculata, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 377 (excl. synon. Afr. et 
Amer.). 
Dithyrocarpus paniculatus, Kunth, Enum. Pl. iv. p.79; C. B. Clarke, 
Commel, § Cyrt. Beng. t. 34. 
Dithyrocarpus petiolatus, D. undulatus, & D. Rothii, Wight, Ie. Pl. 
Ind. Or. vi. p. 32, tt. 2079, 2080. 
Krawesr (Staunton!); FoKrEN : Amoy (Swinhoe!); Kwane- 
TUNG: Lappas Island (Fachell, 109!), Macao (Lay !), Lofaushan 
(Faber, 4!); Honexone (Harland, 544! Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
India, Burma, Malay Archipelago, Australia. 
1. Forrestia chinensis, A. E. Brown, n. sp. 
Herba perennis, caule robusto, elato, glabro. Folia 7-12 poll. 
longa, 13-22 poll. lata, lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, apice 
acuminata, basi longe attenuata, supra glabra, subtus minute 
puberula, interdum costis hirsutis; vagine puberule vel longe et 
appresse villose, ore villoso-ciliate. Flores dense capitati, 
sessiles ; bractee ovate, acute, carinate, glabre, marginibus 
carinisque ciliatis; sepala 44-53 lin. longa, oblonga, cucullata, 
obtusa, acute carinata, carinis dense vel sparse fulvo-hirtis, 
marginibus ciliatis; petala oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa; fila- 
menta apice barbata; ovarium superne hirsutum. Capsula 3 lin. 
longa, 23 lin. lata, ellipsoideo-trigona, superne hirsuta; semina 
11-11 lin. longa, 14 lin. lata, rugosa. 
Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 578/1!), Bankinsing Mountains 
