646 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



•25 in. long, divided half-way down ; teeth sparsely white-hispid. 

 Corolla (expanded) -25 to -35 in. long. Anthers small, round. Capsule 

 scarcely -35 in. long. H. salicifolia var. assitrgens. C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 407 i2Mrtly). 

 Malacca: Maingay 3002 (K.D. 1177). 



The examples are good with numerous flowers and ripe fruits, and appear 

 " normal " in all respects. 



6. Hygeophila phlomoidbs, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. III. 80 

 (1832). Stems often very hairy. Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, obovate; tip 

 triangular, rarely subacute. Calyx divided half-way down ; teeth 

 densely white-hispid, so that the whorls resemble somewhat those of 

 Phlomis ; otherwise as H. quadrivahis. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 779. 

 H. phlomoides, Nees in DC. Prodr. XI. 90 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. 

 El. Br. Ind. IV. 408 ; Prain Beng. Plants 801, 802. H. hirsuta, Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. III. 51. H. phlomoides, Wall. Cat. 2376. — Eheede Hort. 

 Mai. II. 89, t. 46. 



Penang : Deschamps. Singapore: Ridley 3612 a. Selangoe : 

 Ridley 8547, 10499. Peeak: Scortechini 620, 1106, alt. 200 ft.; 

 Wray 1748, 2432. — Disteib. India (common). Tonkin, Borneo. 



Vae. ^ Roxburghii, C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 

 408. Smaller, often procumbent and more divided. Leaves 1 to 

 2 in. long, often scabrid, pubescent. Prain Beng. Plants 801, 802. 

 H. obovata, Griff. Notul. IV. 134 {not exactly that of Nees). Ruellia 

 obovata, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 51. 



Penang : Deschamps. — Disteib. Chittagong, Pegu, Mergui, 

 Philippines. 



I do not see how this var. differs from H. radicans, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. 

 III. 81, and in DC. Prodr. XI. 92. 



7. Hygeophila subsessilis, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Stem, leaves and 

 inflorescence with brown hairs. Leaves 1*5 by '4 in., oblong, obscurely 

 obovate ; tip triangular ; base narrowed ; nerves beneath conspicuous ; 

 petiole, even in the lower leaves, or hardly any ; otherwise as 

 H. salicifolia. 



Malacca : Harvey. 



This resembles some forms of H. undulata, Blume, in which, however, the brown 

 hairs are not present, and the lower leaves are petioled. 



8. Hygeophila spinosa, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 

 225 (1864). Stems stout, 2 to 5 ft. high. Leaves 3 to 6 in. long, Ian- 



