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Shrubby, 3 to 6 ft. high. Leaves up to 9 by 2 in., lanceolate, acuminate 

 at either end, glabrous ; petioles •? in. long. Panicles narrowed nearly 

 to spikes, 6 to 8 in. long, pubescent; bracts lax, -75 by -35 in., elliptic, 

 apiculate. Sepals nearly -5 in. long, lanceolate, unequal. Corolla 

 "pink-purple" or "dull crimson," 1 in. long; tube at top subcampanu- 

 late. Anther-cells at equal height, minutely mucronate at the base ; 

 pollen of the genus. Capsule seen only young, promises to be conic, 

 small. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. IX. 499 (1867) ; C. B. Clarke 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 523 ; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 III. 332 (1893). 



Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 6138 ; Maingay (K.D.) 1751 ; Goodenough 

 1690. Negri Sbmbilan : Muar, Fox 11283. Pahang : Biclley 2174. 

 JoHOEE : Bidley 11127 ; Curtis. Peeak: Scortechini 20S8; Wray 1297; 

 Goenong Panli, King's Collector 229 ; alt. 300 to 500 ft., King's Collector 

 3025, 10040. KoTA Glanggi and Pulau Tawar : fide Bidley. Selan- 

 GOE : Curtis 2362. Singga : Hullett 5718. 



4. Lepidagathis maceantha, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Bracts lanceolate 

 at top, the upper nearly linear, -75 by 425 in. Corolla white, very 

 pubescent without, 1*3 in. long ; otherwise as L. longifolia. 



Peeak : alt. 300 ft., Wray 3385. 



This may prove a variety only of L. longifolia, Wight ; among the abundant 

 collections of L. longifolia there is no specimen that matches L. macrantha. 



23. Baeleeia, Linn. 

 Herbs or undershrubs, sometimes prickly. Leaves opposite or 

 whorled, two of a whorl often reduced to spines. Inflorescence a ter- 

 minal spike (in the Malay Peninsula plants) ; bract large ; prophylla 2 

 or 0. Calyx large, of 4 distinct segments, 2 inner segments much the 

 smaller. Corolla with a cylindric tube an inch or more long. Stamens 

 2, perfect ; anther-cells 2, at equal height, muticous ; pollen globose, 

 honeycombed. Ovary with 2 to 1 ovules in each cell; stigmas 2, short. 

 Cap)sule ovoid; seeds 2 to 4, large, shaggy with hygroscopic hairs or 

 nearly glabrate. — Species 120, mostly in Africa and Tropical Asia, a 

 few in America. 



Leaves with interpetiolar spines. Corolla yellow .. ..1. B. Prionitis. 



Spineless. Corolla blue . . . . . . . . 2. JB. conspicua. 



1. Barleria Prionitis, Linn. Sp. PI. 636 (1753). Glabrous or 

 nearly so. Stems 1 to 3 ft. high. Leaves 2 to 5 by '3 to 1 in., 

 elliptic, narrowed at both ends, mucronate ; interpetiolar spines '25 

 to '75 in. long. Inflorescence terminal ; lower flowers of the spike 

 often a little distant ; flower-bract lanceolate, widened at the base ; 



