644 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Corolla '5 to "8 in. long : — 

 Capsule -75 to -8 in. long. Calyx sparingly hispid . . 4. H. quadrivalvis. 

 Capsule '7 in. long. Calyx densely hispid . . Q. H. phlomoides. 



Subgenus 3. Asteracaxtha (genus), Nees. Each whorl of axillary 

 flowers with some strong spines, often an inch long, round it : — 



Leaves sessile. Corolla 1 in. long .. .. .. 8. H. spinosa. 



1. Hygeophila polysperma, T. Anders, in Jonm. Linn. Soc. IX. 

 456 (1867). Small, procumbent, divided, sparingly pubescent. Leaves 



1 by "5 in., oblong or elliptic, nearly entire; base narrowed or shortly 

 petioled ; upper surface full of rhaphides. Spikes terminal, 1 to 2"5 in. 

 long, rather dense ; bracts "25 to "35 in., elhptic ; prophylla "25 in., 

 lanceolate. Calyx -25 in., divided nearly to the base ; segments 5, 

 linear, pubescent. Corolla -35 in. long, slender, pubescent, pale blue 

 or white. Stamens 2 ; the two posticous filaments without anthers, 

 sometimes nearly obsolete; anther-cells 2, oblong; pollen 25 /a in diam., 

 globose, with 12 to 16 longitudinal ribs. Ovary hairy towards the top ; 

 style hairy ; stigma of one linear and one suppressed branch. Capsule 

 •25 to '35 in. long, oblong, hairy towards the top. Seeds 20 to 32, 

 orbicular, 40 to 50 /x in diam., flattened, brown, shaggy on the margin 

 with hygroscopic hairs. Boiss. Fl. Orient. IV. 519 ; C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook, f . Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 406 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl Pflanzenfam. 

 IV. 3 B, 297 ; Prain Beng. Plants 801. J^isticia polysperma, Eoxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 3, and Fl. Ind. I. 119. Hemiadelphis polysperma, Nees in 

 Wall. PL As. Ear. III. 80, and in DC. Prodi'. XI. 80; Wight IH. t. 164b, 

 fig. 3, and Ic. t. 1492 ; Griff. Notul. IV. 135 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 776. 



Malacca : Griffith. — Disteib. Common throughout India ; Kabul ; 

 Tonkin. 



2. Hygeophila axgustifoll4., E. Brown Prodr. 479 (1810). Stems 



2 ft. high, often decumbent at base. Leaves -3 by "7 in., lanceolate, 

 attenuate at either end, subentire, glabrate ; upper surface with many 

 rhaphides ; petiole "25 in., sometimes '5 in. long. Floicers in distant 

 axillary dense clusters ; bract -25 to "35 in. long, elliptic ; prophyUa 

 scarcely "25 in. long. 'Calyx -35 to '5 in. long ; lobes in flower hardly 

 half as long as the tube, triangular-hnear, densely clothed with 

 conspicuous rhaphides, sparsely hispid or nearly glabrous. Corolla -5 

 to "7 in. long, pale purple. Stamens 4, fertile ; anther-cells 2, oblong, 

 muticous, at equal height ; filaments glabrous ; pollen 25 /x in diam., 

 globose, with 12 to 16 longitudinal ribs. Style hairy ; stigma of the 

 genus. Capsule -5 to -7 in. long, a little exceeding the calyx, 20- to 

 28-seeded. Nees in DC. Prodr. XL 91 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. V. 545 ; 

 Eidley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, III. 333 (1893). H. salicifolia, 

 Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. III. 81, and in DC. Prodr. XL 92; Wight 



