88 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Stem 4 to 12 in., quadrangular, often much-branched. Leaves 1'5 by 

 •5 in., sub-sessile, elliptic or lanceolate, 3-nerved. Panicle usually com- 

 pound, many-flowered ; lower bracts similar to the leaves, by degrees 

 smaller, to the upper less than -25 in. long; flowers 4-merous. Calyx- 

 lobes -17 to '2 in. long, ovate, acute, winged. Corolla-lobes -25 to -35 in. 

 long, pale blue. Anthers "12 in. long, dehiscing finally half-way down. 

 Capsule globose, -17 in. in diam. DC. Prod. IX. 46 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. IV. 97 ; Trimen, PI. Ceyl. III. 182. E. jjedunculare, Arn. in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 2, XI. 176; Wight Ic. t. 336. E. sulcatum, Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. I. 415 ; DC. Prod. IX. 46 {sijn. excl). 



Singapore : Lobb 358. — Disteib. Prom Oudh and Bengal to 

 Ceylon and Pegu. 



2. MiCEOEPHiUM, C. B. Clarke, gen. nov. 



A pubescent erect herb, repeatedly branched. Leaves alternate 

 except a few distant opposite pairs on the main stem. Floioers 

 numerous, solitary, pedicelled, in unilateral repeatedly branched cymes. 

 Calyx short-cylindric, terete, sub-2-lipped, almost leathery ; lobes 5, 

 short. Corolla small ; tube campanulate, lobes 5, equal, dextrorsely 

 contorted in the bud. Stamens 5, equal, perfect ; anthers exsert, cells 

 oblong, parallel, dehiscing by a slit their whole length. Ovary 1-celled; 

 placentas intruded; style linear, stigma sub-capitate. Seeds very small, 

 ovoid, not angular. — Disteib. Species 1, Malayan. 



1, MiCRORPHiuM PUBESCENS, C. B. Clarke, sp. nov. Stem, leaves, 

 inflorescence, calyx covered with a short thick grey pubescence. Stem 

 (upper part seen) 14 in. long ; the lower part with opposite pairs of 

 leaves (and branches) 2-5 in. apart ; all the other numerous stem- 

 divisions and leaves alternate. Leaves of the main stem -75 by -35 in., 

 elliptic, entire, obtuse, narrowed at base; petiole to -1 in. long; 

 the other leaves similar but smaller. Pedicels -25 in. long. Calyx -2 in. 

 long ; opening at first in two lips, one emarginate 2-nerved, the other 

 ovate 3-nerved. Corolla-tube broad, lobes short, round, soon reflexed 

 over the calyx-margin. Caysule ovoid, -2 in. long, dry ; seeds 200 ^ 

 in diam. Pollen globose ; 25 ^ in diam. 



Kedah : Curtis 2528. " Height 1 to 2 feet ; petals white ; anthers 

 yellow " {Curtis). 



3. Canscoea, Lam. 



Herbs, dichotomously branched, glabrous or very nearly so. Leaves 



opposite. Floioers mostly cymose. Calyx large, membranous, tubular, 



often winged ; teeth much shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube cylin- 



dric ; lobes 4, unequal (except in C. joentanthera). Ovary 1-celled ; 



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