125 



2. CYRTANDRA Foist. 



1. C. incisa Clarke 1. c. 250. 



(2409 Meyer) January; (29, 1112 Whit ford) May, February. In ravines^ 

 along the river 400 to 800 m. Endemic. 



ACANTHACE^. 



1. THUNBERGIA Linn. f. 



1. T. fragrans Roxb.; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1884) 390. 

 {Merrill). In thickets below 100 m. Tropical Asia, Malaya, and Australia. 



2. BLECHUM P. Br. 



1. B. brownei Juss. ; Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 (1857) 467. 



(91 Whitford) April. In thickets and waste places below. 100 ni., widely 

 distributed in the Philippines, generally considered to have been introduced from 

 tropical America. 



3. HEMIGRAPHIS Xees. 



1. H. parabolica (Nees) F.-Vill.; Ruellia paraholica Nees 1. c. 144. 



{4:95 Whitford) Jiily, 1904. In thickets along the river below 100 m. Endemic. 



2. H. rapifera Hallier f. ex Koorders in Meded. 's Lands. Plantent. 19 (1898) 

 555. 



(6667 Elmer) November; (3150 Merrill) October; (438 Whitford) June; 

 (1930 Borden) October. On ridges in the mossy forest at 1,200 m., extending 

 below along the river to 100 m. Celebes. 



4. STROBILANTHES Blume. 



1. S. merrillii C. B. Clarke, Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 92. 



(6815 Elmer) November; (1581. 2094 Borden) August, September; (155 Whit- 

 ford) May; (3713 Merrill) January. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest 

 above 1,200 m. Endemic. 



2. S. pluriformis C. B. Clarke, 1. c. 93. 



(3956 Merrill) March; (1092 Whitford) February. With the preceding. 

 Endemic. 



5. RUELLIA Linn. 



1. R. repens Linn.; Clarke in Hook. f. 1. c. 412. 



(3110 Merrill) October; (2054 Borden) October. (411 Whitford) June. In 

 thickets below 100 m. China. Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago. 



6. LEPIDAGATHIS Willd. 



1. L. incurva D. Don. L. hyalinu Nees, 1. c. 252. 



(493 Whitford) July; (3119 Merrill) October. On banks along the river 

 below 150 m. British India to Tliina and Malaya. 



7. BARLERIA Linn. 



1. B. prionitis Linn.; Clarke in Hook. f. 1. c. 482. 



(2343 Borden) December. In thickets and waste places below 100 m. Trop- 

 ical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 



