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Hemigraphis reptans, T. And. 



Hemigraphis reptans, T. And., MSS. in Herb. Kew. 



Ruellia reptans, Foist, FL Ins. Austr. Prodr., p. 44 ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 183. 



^ Aerou.— New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Admiralty Islands. Hemigraphis com- 

 prises about twenty species, ranging from India, China, and Japan southward, through the 

 Archipelago, but apparently not entering Australia. 



Hemigraphis parabolica, Nees. 



Hemigraphis parabolica, Nees; Blanco, Fl. Filip. Noviss. App., p. 153. 



Ruellia parabolica, Nees in DC. Prodr., xi. p. 144; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 786. 



Aerou. — Of this plant we have only seen Cuming's Luzon specimens, besides Moseley's 

 from Arrou. Fragments of one or two other species apparently of this genus were collected 

 in Arrou and Timor Laut. 



Strobilanth.es n. sp. 1 



Ki. — A genus of upwards of 120 species, mostly Indian, but generally spread in Tropical 

 Asia and Africa. 



Acanthus ilicifolius, Linn. 



Acanthus ilicifolius, Linn. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 481 ; Benth., Fl. Austr., iv. p. 548. 

 Dilivaria ilicifolia, Juss. ; DC. Prodr., xi. p. 2G8; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 183. 



Arrou ; Lakor ; Timor Laut. — A littoral shrub, ranging from Malabar to Ceylon and 

 Bengal, and the Philippines to Australia and New Caledonia. Both the ordinary form and 

 the variety integrifolia were collected in Timor Laut and other islands. Acanthus is a 

 small genus of about fourteen species, inhabiting the Mediterranean region, and the sub- 

 tropical and tropical regions of the Old World only. 



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 Barleria prionitis, Linn. 



Barleria prionitis, Linn. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 482. 



Prionitis hystrix et Prionitis pubiflora, Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat.,ii. pp. 809, 810; Rheede, Hort. Malab., it 

 t. 41 ; Rumph., Herb. Amb., vii. t. 13. 



Lakor; Dammar; Lakat; Timor Laut and other islands.— A prickly bush, 

 exceedingly common in Tropical Asia and Africa, though often occurring as an introduced 

 plant, as it is sometimes planted for a fence. Barleria is a large tropical genus, chiefly 

 American, and not known to be represented in Australia. 



Asystasia intrusa, Biume. 



Asystasia intrusa, Blume ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 493. 



Asystasia hhimei, Nees, et Asystasia nemontm, Nees in DC. Prodi., xi. p. 107 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., 

 ii. p. 793. 



Arrou ; Lakor ; Dia— Singapore and Java. The genus is exclusively Old World, and 

 comprises about twenty species. 



