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Cahjx of 5 nearly equal sepals, -3 in. long. Corolla purple, -75 in. long. 

 Capsule very slender, spreading, 1 in. long. Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 

 420 ; Wall. Cat. 3856 ; Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 284. B. ruelloides, 

 Spreng. Syst. I. 41. B. ciliata, Spreng. Syst. I. 41. Gratiola ciliata, 

 Koenig in Vahl Symb. I. 97. G. ruelloides, Koenig in Vahl Symb. I. 

 99. G. reptans, Eoxb. Flor. Ind. I. 140. Hcnckelia Boxburghiana, 

 Dietr. Sp. PI. I. 572. 



Penang : Curtis ! Peeak : Scortechini ! Wray ! Peovince Wel- 

 LESLEY : Bidley 6985 ! Pahang : Bidley ! Singapoee : Hullett ! 

 Bidley ! — Disteib. E. Himalaya, India, Indo-China, Malaya, 

 Philippines. 



3. BoNNAYA VEEONicJEFOLiA, Spreng. Syst. I. 41. A flaccid decum- 

 bent or creeping herb, with ascending branches 4 to 8 in. long. Leaves 

 sub- sessile or narrowed into a short petiole, oblong or oblong-lanceolate 

 or obovate, or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, margin distantly serrate or 

 sub-serrate or sub-entire. Floioers opposite, in terminal leafy or naked 

 racemes sometimes up to 6 in. long usually much shorter, pedicels 

 rather flaccid, -25 in. to -35 in. long ; bracts leafy or small. Calyx 

 of 5 nearly equal sepals '2 in. long. Corolla violet-purple, "25 to "35 in. 

 long. Capsule slender, sub-erect or spreading, -5 to •6 in. long. 



Vae. typica. Leaves usually obtuse, sometimes acute, always 

 distantly serrate, 1 to 2 in. long, "5 in. wide ; racemes usually with 

 leafy bracts ; corolla -25 in. long. B. veroniccefolia, Wall. Cat. 3857 ; 

 Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 421 ; Wight Ic. t. 1411 ; Miq. Plor. Ind. Bat. 

 II. 696 ; Hook, f . Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 285. B. marginata, Spreng. Syst. 

 I. 41. B. rigida, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3859. B. procumhens, Benth. in 

 Wall. Cat. 3860. B. Bothii, Dietr. Sp. PI. I. 556. B. bracteata, Griff. 

 Notul. IV. 107. Gratiola veronicafolia, Eetz Obs. IV. 8 ; Eoxb. PI. 

 Corom. II. 30, t. 154 ; Fl. Ind. I. 138 ; ed. Carey & Wall. I. 139. 

 G. marginata, Colsm. in Vahl Enum. I. 98. G. racemosa, Eoth Nov. 

 Sp. 9. 



Penang : Balli Pulo, George Town, &c. Descliamps ! Singapoee : 

 King's Collector ! Pahang : Bidley ! Malacca : Hervey ! Selangoe : 

 Bidley ! Johoee : Serom, Bidley ! — Disteib. Throughout S.E. Asia, 



Vae. verbencefolia, Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 285. Leaves 

 acute or sub-acute, distantly shallowly serrate or sub-entire, 1 to 1'5 in. 

 long, "2 to "25 in. wide ; racemes usually marked with minute bracts ; 

 corolla '35 in. long. B. verbenczfolia, Benth. in DC. Prod. X. 421 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 3858 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1412. B. Boxburghiana, Dietr. Sp. PL 

 I. 559. B. cyanea, Griff. Notul. IV. 107. Gratiola verbencefolia, Colsm. 

 in Vahl Enum. I. 96. G. ciliata, Colsm. in Vahl Enum. I. 97. 

 G. racemosa, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 138, and ed. Carey & Wall. I. 139. G. 



