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bracts -5 in. long, linear, or the lower ones oblong. SepaU subequal, 

 •5 in. long, linear, or scarcely oblong-linear, subobtuse, glabrous, almost 

 shining. Corolla -6 in. long, very white (King's Collector). Capsule 

 •2 in. long. 



Peeak : Scortechini 5386, 406 ; Biclley 5514 ; Curtis, alt. 3500 to 

 4000 ft. ; King's Collector 8427. 



This species is very similar to E. arcuata in all essential points ; the two characters 

 of hairy sepals with elliptic obtuse leaves, and glabrous sepals with lanceolate leaves, 

 are, however, concomitant throughout the ample material. 



14. Staurogyne merguensis, 0. Kuntze Eevisio I. 497 (1891). 

 Stem 4 to 8 in. long, creeping at base, pubescent. Leaves minutely 

 pubescent on the upper surface ; blade up to 5 by 2-5 in. (much smaller 

 in Heifer's type) ; tip obtusely triangular ; base nearly always cordate ; 

 petiole '5 to 1*5 in. long. Spikes usually peduncled, often paniculate, 2 

 to 3 in. long, very lax, thin. Bracts scarcely '25 in. long, linear-lanceo- 

 late or linear. Sepals 5, subequal, united at the base, '125 to -175 in. 

 long, linear, hispid. Corolla "6 in. long, light blue or violet and white, 

 pubescent without. Capsule "25 in. long. Ehermaiera merguensis, 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. IX. 452 (1867) ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 402. 



Perak : Wray 3966 ; Scortechini 285, 1356, alt. 400 to 600 ft. ; 

 King's Collector 8284 ; Wray 4158. Trang : Goldham. Kedah : Curtis. 

 — DiSTRiB. Mergui. 



This species in habit much resembles E. incana, and there is little to separate it 

 except the small bracts; the hairs on the upper surface of the mature leaves are 

 similar but smaller. 



15. Staurogyne racemosa, 0. Kuntze Eevisio I. 497 (1891). Stein 

 1 to 2 ft. high, pubescent, creeping at base. Leaves glabrate, usually 

 drying a red-brown ; blade 4 by 1"25 in., broadly lanceolate, acuminate 

 at either end ; petiole '5 to 1*5 in. long. Spikes usually peduncled, 

 simple or panicled, pubescent, up to 3 to 5 in. long, very lax ; pedicels 

 distant, exceedingly short ; bracts lanceolate, hairy, -175 in. long. Calyx 

 of 5 equal lanceolate lobes, 475 in. long. Corolla "6 in. long, white, 

 tipped rose or purplish, pubescent without. Capsule "2 in. long, broad- 

 oblong. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. IX. 452 (1867) ; C. B. Clarke 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 401 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl Pflanzenfam. 

 IV. 3 b, 288. Bttellia racemosa, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 42. Ehermaiera 

 raceviosa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 11. 775. Erythracanthus racemosus, Nees 

 in Wall. PI. As. Ear. III. 80, and in DC. Prodr. XL 78. 



Penang: Wallich 2SS6 ; Stoliczka; Deschamps; HullettV^,^; Maingay 

 (K.D.) 1173 ; alt. 2000 ft., King's Collector ; Curtis 406. Malacca : 



