696 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



•25 to 1 in. long, several often approximated, subpanicled, often 

 glabrate. Floral leaves ovate-triangular, large, up to 1 by "5 in. ; 

 margins not ciliate, but (more or less) minutely scabrid. Calyx '175 to 

 •2 in. long, grey, hairy ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla 1'25 in. long 

 Anthers -175 in. long. Capsule '6 in. long. C. B. Clarke in Hook, f 

 Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 556 ; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 248 (1890) : 

 Prain Beng. Plants 820. P. imllida, Nees in DC. Prodr. XI. 494 : 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 846 ; Eidley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, III 

 334 (1893). 



JoHORE : Bidley. Kbian : Scortechini 1873. Singapore : Scorte- 

 chini 370, 816. — Distrib. Cultivated much in South-east Asia. 



P. fera, C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 556, is possibly the wild form of 

 P. tinctoria, and hardly diiJers from it but by having the floral leaves ciliate on the 

 margins. This plant is (partly) described as P. tinctoria by Nees and Miquel ; I have 

 seen no example of it from the Malay Peninsula. 



2. Peeistrophe acuminata, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. III. 113 

 (1832). Smaller than P. tinctoria, Nees, in all its parts. Floral leaves 

 ■5 by '06 to -09 in. broad, glabrous. Corolla -75 to 1 in. long. Capsule 

 •5 in. long. Nees in DC. Prodr. XI. 496; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 IX. 521 (1867) ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fi. Br. Ind. IV. 555 ; Lindau in 

 Engl. & Prantl Pflanzenfam. IV. 3 b, 331; Eidley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, III. 334 (1893), and in Journ. As. Soc. Straits 122 (Singapore 

 1900). P. Blumeana, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 152; Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. XL 495 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 848. Justicia Boxburghiana, 

 Blume Bijdr. 786, fide Miquel. 



Penang : Deschamps, Curtis 681. Pahang : Bidley 1165. Perak : 

 Scortechini 14,146; King's Collector 285. Malacca: Griffith; Harvey; 

 Curtis 254:; Goodenottgh. ^mQAPOHB: Hullett 93. Pekan : _/i(?e Eidley. — 

 Distrib. Eastern India, Burma, Java. 



3. Peeistrophe salicifolia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 847 (1856). 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, often 3 by '5 in., rarely elliptic-lanceolate, 

 often long acuminate. Floral leaves -6 by -175 in. (or broader). Corolla 

 •75 in. long. Capsule -5 in. long. Justicia salicifolia, Blume Bijdr. 

 787. Hypoestes salicifolia, 0. Kuntze Eevisio I. 491 (1891). 



Penang : Deschamps ; King's Collector ; Bidley 9375. Perak : 

 Scortechini; Wray 847. — Distrib. Java. 



This species is separated here from P. acuminata by the sole character of broader 

 bracts, and I doubt its specific distinctness. It is a curious coincidence that 0. Kuntze 

 should have named his plant (which is at Kew) salicifolia, as he did not intend it to 

 be = Blume's Jxisticia salicifolia. 



