Tas. 8388. 
TORENIA ArrRopurPuREA. 
Malay Peninsula. 
SCROPHULARIACEAR. Tribe GRATIOLEAE. 
TorEnia, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 954. 
Torenia atropurpurea, Rid/. in Journ. R. As. Soc. Straits, 1907, no. 49, p. 24; 
Gamble in Journ. As, Soc. Bengal, vol. Ixxiv. pars 2, p. 874; species calyce 
anguste tubuloso omnino exalato, corollae atropurpureae tubo elongato 
inferne angustissimo facile distinguenda. 
Herba perennis caulibus gracilibus ramosis repentibus interdum radicantibus 
ad 6 dm. longis parcissime hirtellis. Folia petiolata, ovata vel deltoideo- 
ovata, 1°5-3°5 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, acuta, basi cuneata vel interdum 
subtruncata, serrata, supra saepe scaberula, infra fere glaberrima; petioli 
circiter 5mm. longi. Flores saespissime solitarii, pedunculati, caules et 
ramos terminantes. Pedunculi 1°8-2°5 cm. longi, saepe geniculati, infra 
medium bracteis 2 parvis linearibus instructi. Culyx anguste tubulosus, 
1°3 cm. longus, parcissime hirtellus, omnino exalatus, obscure angulatus, 
alte 5-lobatus, lobi subaequvales, erecti, lineari-lanceolati, circiter 1 cm. 
longi, basin versus 2 mm. lati, sensim acuminati. Corolla atropurpurea, 
4 em. longa; tubus anguste infundibularis, incurvatus, calyce multo 
longior, dimidio inferiore anguste cylindrico vix 2 mm. lato, dimidio 
superiore sensim ampliato fauce circiter 1 cm. lato; limbus patens, 
2°3-2°5 em. diametro, subaequaliter 4-lobatus, lobis passim crenulatis 
supero interdum emarginato. Stamina longiora leviter exserta, filamentis 
basin versus dentem brevissimum instructis, breviora vix exserta: antherae 
per paria cohaerentes. Sty/us breviter exsertus. Capsulu subcellipsoidea, 
glabra, calyce paulum brevior.—T. asiuticu, Prain in As. Soc. Bengal, 
vol. lxxii. pars 2, p. 18 et vol. Ixxiv. pars 2, p. 354, vix Linn.—S. A. SKan. 
The pleasing Torenia here figured, which is striking on 
account of the colour of its corolla and is remarkable for 
the unusual length of its corolla-tube, is a native of the 
island of Sumatra and of the central portion of the Malay 
Peninsula. In Perak and Selangor, according to Mr. 
Ridley, it occurs, often in considerable clumps, on clay 
banks. A member of the section Nortenia, Benth., which 
Du Petit Thouars looked upon as a distinct genus, the 
plant here figured deviates considerably from the more 
typical members of that group in having a calyx which is 
faintly angled only and not winged. In this respect it 
approaches most closely to the well-known 7. asiatica, Linn., 
August, 1911. 
