358 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Griff. Notul. IV. 120 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 418, f. 2 ; Hook. f. Plor. Brit. 

 Ind. IV. 282. F. BoxhurgUi, G. Don Gen. Syst. IV. 549. V. cordifolia, 

 G. Don. Gen. Syst. IV. 549. Gratiola cordifolia, Vahl Enum. I. 97 ; 

 Don Prod. 85. Bonnaya cordifolia, Spreng. Syst. I. 42. Tittmannia 

 grandiflora, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3949. Torenia diffusa, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. 

 II. 95. T. varians, Griff. Notul. IV. 125 {not of Eoxb.). 



Malacca : Hervey ! Singapobe : King's Collector 1 Thomson ! 

 Bidley ! Johobe : Bidley ! Pebak : Wray ! Scortechini ! Bidley ! 

 Penano : Curtis I — Disteib. S.E. Asia generally. 



8. Aetaxema, Don. 



Herbs with rather tall, erect, angled stems. Leaves opposite, entire 

 or serrate, scabrid above as are the stem-angles. Flowers large, blue, 

 pink or white, in terminal racemes ; bracts leafy ; bracteoles obsolete. 

 Calyx 5-partite ; lobes acuminate, smooth, much dilated. Corolla 

 2-lipped ; upper lip outmost, erect, broad, emarginate ; lower 3-lobed, 

 spreading ; throat not plicate ; tube wide-cylindric. Stamens 4, didy- 

 namous ; posterior pair short included, anterior pair long with arching 

 filaments dilated at the base ; anther-cells confluent at their tips. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; ovules in each cell numerous ; style slender ; stigma 

 2-lamellate. Fruit a globose septicidal capsule ; valves 2, separating 

 from the placentiferous septum. Seeds many, small, rugose. — Disteib. 

 Species 3 to 4, in tropics of Eastern Hemisphere and Australia. 



Leaves shortly petioled ; flowers over -5 in. long .. ..1. A. sesamoides. 



Leaves sessile, narrower ; flowers under 5 in. long. . .. 2. A. atigustifolium. 



1. Aetanbma sesamoides, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 39. A herb, 2 to 

 3 feet high. Leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate -acuminate, entire or 

 serrate, 2 to 4 in. long, -75 to 1-25 in. wide. Flowers in racemes 6 to 

 9 in. long ; pedicels '3 to "5 in. long, usually slightly exceeding the 

 calyx. Calyx of 5 sub-equal lobes, "25 to '3 in. long. Corolla blue, 

 •75 in. long. Capsule globose, -3 in. in diam. DC. Prod. X. 408 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 1410 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 686 ; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. 

 Ind. IV. 274. Columnea longifolia, Linn. Mant. 90. Achimanes sesa- 

 moides, Vahl Symb. II. 71. Diceros longifolius, Pers. Synops. II. 164 ; 

 Bl. Bijdr. 751 ; Wall. Cat. 3884. 



Penang : Pulo Boutong, Curtis ! — Disteib. S.E. Asia generally. 



2. Aetanema angustifolium, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 39. A herb, 2 to 

 3 feet high. Leaves sessile, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3 to 4 in. 

 long, -25 to -75 in. wide. Flowers in racemes 6 to 9 in. long ; pedicels 

 •15 in. long, always shorter than the calyx. Calyx of 5 sub-equal sepals, 

 •2 in. long. Corolla pale blue and white, or pink or white, '3 to -4 in. 



