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Malacca : Cuming 2354 ; Griffith (K.D.) 6188 ; Hervey ; Hidlett ; 

 Maingay 1754, 3147, (K.D.) 1174.— Distrib. Borneo. 



3. Hemigraphis hirsuta, T. Anders, in Journ. Agri.-Hort. Soc. Ind. 

 N.S. I. 270 (1868). Hairy. Leaves (even fully mature) hairy beneath; 

 the upper surface densely clothed by conspicuous rhaphides ; otherwise 

 as H. confinis, T. Anders. Justicia hirsuta, Vahl Symb. II. 3, Enum. 

 I. 121. J. brimelloides, Lam. Illustr. I. 40. Nelsonia hirsuta, Eoem. & 

 Sch. Syst. I. 172. 



Malacca : Bidley 10759. — Distrib. Java, Borneo. 



This may be esteemed merely a hairy var. of H. confinis, but was kept up by 

 T. Anderson. There are several other Malay sp. of Hemigraphis very closely allied. 



4. Hemigraphis alternata, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. VII. 

 114 (1864). Stem 12 to 18 in., rooting near the base, pubescent. 

 Leaves : blade 2-5 by '75 to 1 in., narrowed at either end, obscurely 

 crenate, mature, sparsely hispid-pubescent ; upper surface sprinkled with 

 rhaphides ; petiole "25 to -5 in. long. Spikes -5 to 1"5 in. long, loose ; 

 bract "5 to '7 in. long, oblong subacute, hispid on margins. Calyx 

 •35 in. long ; sepals lanceolate with linear tips, lower part glabrate, 

 densely covered with rhaphides ; tips with some several-celled white 

 hispid hairs. Corolla, stamens, ovary, as of H. confinis, T. Anders. 

 Capsule scarcely "25 in. long, very little compressed, not obovoid, with 

 10 to 12 seeds placed subequally along its whole length, glabrous 

 except at the tip. Buellia alternata, Burm. Fl. Ind. 135 {excluding tab. 

 Bheedei). B. discolor, Nees in DC. Prodr. XL 149. B. Blumeana, 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. XL 149 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 789 (as to his var. 

 (Zollinger 660) only). 



Pahang: Bidley 2183 ("flower white"). Johore : Bidley 11129. — 

 Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 



Described from the Nees two types (Zollinger 343, 660) written up by his 

 hand at Kew. Miquel's " R. Blumeana^' (named by his hand, and the same plant 

 issued as R. Blumeana. from the Buitenzorg Garden) is Htmiyraplii!; Decaisneana, 

 T. Anders., a species that has the capsule hairy to the base, and the leaves tubercular- 

 scabrous. 



5. Hemigraphis platycarpos, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Spikes 

 longer, denser (than in H. Blumeana), with broader bracts, more 

 softly hairy, less hispid. Capsule exceeding -25 in. long, linear- 

 obovate, much flattened, with 8 seeds, sterile at the base ; otherwise 

 as H. Bkmieana. 



Pahang : Bidley 1408. Johore : Bidley 11128. 



