1903.] King & Gamble — Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, 1G3 



olivaceous, the lower pnler, the upper slightly scahcrulous ; main-nerves 

 5 or 6 pairs, ascending obliquely, almost straight, slightly prominent on 

 the lower surface ; length 3'5 to 4'5 in. ; breadth 1*5 to 2 in. ; petiole '5 

 or *6 in. Stipules shallow cupular, with numerous erect long subulato 

 pubescent teeth *3 in. in length. Cymes axillary sessile, glomerulate, 

 many-flowered, dense, shorter than the petioles, hispidulous-puberulous 

 in all parts. Flowers '15 in. long, on short bracteolate pedicels. Calyx 

 with narrow tube and 4 long lanceolate spreading lobes. Corolla shorter 

 than the calyx, tubular, with 4 spreading oblong short lobes. Anthers 4, 

 oblong, sessile, brown. Fruit ovoid, slightly 2-grooved, crowned by the 

 calyx-lobes, less than "1 in. long, separating into two cartilaginous many- 

 seeded cocci. Seeds numerous, angular, brown. 

 Perak : King's Collector 8728. 



A species allied to H. macrophylla, Wall., but herbaceous and with narrower 

 leaves, the main-nerves not curved, much narrowed to the base ; slightly longer flowers 

 (•15 in. as against "1 in.) Closely allied also to the Ceylon H. Thivaitesii, Hook, fil., 

 but with more acutely angled stems, shorter petioles and smaller less numerous 

 flowers. The calyx-teeth of this are also smaller and narrower and the capsules 

 have numerous seeds. 



12. Hedyotis conMta, Wall. Cat. 856. Herbaceous, glabrous, 

 diffuse, the stems as thick as a crow-quill, terete, wiry, smooth, decum- 

 bent near the base and rooting at the nodes, the younger somewhat 

 compressed, grooved and 4-angled when dry. Leaves membranous, 

 narrowly oblong to elliptic-oblong, acute or shortly acuminate rather 

 abruptly narrowed at the base to the short petiole ; upper surface 

 olivaceous, glabrous ; the lower pale, glabrous except the rather bold 

 puberulous midrib ; main-nerves 4 or 5 pairs, rather straight, oblique, 

 invisible on the upper surface and faint on the lower; length T75 to 

 2 - 75; breadth '35 to '75 in.: petiole about - 1 in., puberulous. Stipules 

 campanulate, the mouth rounded, bearing about 10 spreading erect, 

 filiform scabrid bristles often '45 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 

 62. H. merguensis, Hook. fil. in Gen. Plant. II. 57. 



Perae : 8 cor t echini. Lankawi : Curtis. — Distrib. Burma. 



13. Hedyotis Auricularia, Linn. Sp. PI. 101. Herbaceous, diffuse 

 or erect ; young branches thicker than a crow-quill, slightly compressed 

 and 4-angled when dry, shortly and softly pubescent. Leaves lanceolate 

 or narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, the base 

 rather abruptly cuneate; both surfaces olivaceous when dry, the upper 

 sparsely scaberulous-pubescent, the lower paler and more pubescent ; 

 both surfaces sometimes glabrous and more or less smooth ; main-nerves 

 4 to 6 pairs, rather straight, obliquely ascending, depressed above and 

 prominent beneath; length 1'5 to 2'25 in.; breadth '35 to '85 in.; 



