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lanceolate or lanceolate acuminate, blunt ; base narrowed, 

 herbaceous, scurfy pubescent beneath, with many small 

 raphides '2-3 in. long, '6-1 in. wide ; petiole slender -2 in. 

 long. Raceme terminal, 4 in. long of about 10 rather distant 

 sessile solitary or paired flowers. Bracts minute lanceolate. 

 Sepals linear acuminate, glabrous. Corolla -25 in. long, 

 glabrous, lips equilong, lower broader with short lobes ; 

 upper lobe and tube brown-red with two pale stripes, lower 

 lobe yellow. Stamens 2, filament glabrous. Anther cells 

 ellipsoid, muticous unequally placed. Capsule with long 

 narrow base and top clubbed acute, -5 in. long containing 

 2 seeds. 



Kelantan : Chaning Woods. 



66. Justicia ovalis, sp. nov. 



Herb puberulous with a line of hairs running along the 

 stem, stem 18 in. tall. Leaves in distant pairs ovate acumi- 

 nate, subcuspidate, blunt, base narrowed ; nerves 6-7 pairs, 

 4*5-5 in. long, 2-3 in. wide, petiole slender -5 in. long. 

 Raceme terminal, slender, puberulous peduncle 6 in. long. 

 Flowers few. Sepals lanceolate setaceous '1 in. long. 

 Corolla '3 in. long puberulous, rather stout. Upper lip 

 short, oblong, blunt, lower with 2 fleshy ridges and veined 

 transversely between, lobes short, oblong, central one ovate. 

 Stamens 2, shorter than corolla. Anther cells not parallel 

 elliptic, one with a short blunt white process at base. 



Pulau Tiuman : Joara Bay (Burkill 970) . 



Burkill refers this to Leda ohouata and it has a Leda- 

 like habit, but the leaves are not succulent as in that species 

 and the anther and lip are those of Justicia. 



VERBENACEAE. * 



67. Callicarpa furfuracea, sp. nov. 



Branches brown, scurfy. Leaves membranous oblong, 

 acuminate, dentate in upper part ; base truncate ; nerves 7 

 pairs with reticulations conspicuous beneath, above smooth 

 nerves sunk, midrib scurfy, beneath pale, whitish nerves, 

 nervules and reticulations brown scurfy 5 in. long, 2*75 in. 

 wide, petiole '5 in. long. Cymes paniculate terminal 1 in. 

 or more long, many flowered, brown scurfy. Pedicels • 05 

 in. long with calyx and corolla white tomentose. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, entire. Corolla -l in. long, regular lobes 4, short 

 ovate, blunt. Stamens 4, filaments from corolla base 

 slender, anthers large oblong just exsert. 



Pahang : Gunong Senyum (Evans). 



This is of the section of C. arborea, but distinguished 

 by its brown fur and leaves white beneath with brown, 

 scurfy reticulations. 



Avicennia. 



The Asiatic Avicennias have been very much confused. 

 Indeed in most works, they are reduced to 2 species only, 



