738 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



ad 2 cm. longus, paullo curvatus et sursum dilatatus, pubescens, coccineus. Stylus 

 pubesceiis. 



Sumatra : ad Montem Dempo 1700-1800 m. alt. calycis lobis minimis distincta.] 



2. Agalmyla, Blume. 



Climbing epiphytic shrubs, with loose bark. Leaves alternate, long 

 petioled, herbaceous, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Flowers showy, 

 scarlet, in compact axillary cymes. Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; lobes narrow, 

 acute. Corolla tubular, ventricose above, 2-lipped ; lobes 5, ovate, 

 obtuse. Stamens 2 perfect, long exsert ; filaments slender ; anthers 

 connivent, imperfect ; staminodes 2 to 3. Dish annular, thick. Ovary 

 superior, linear, glabrous ; style as long as or longer than the stamens ; 

 stigma 2-lipped. Capsule linear, long, 2-valved loculicidally. Seeds 

 small, oblong, with a single hair at each end. — Distrib. Species 3, 

 in the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



1. Agalmyla staminea, Blume Bijdr. 767 (1826). Stems very long, 

 twining, hairy, at length glabrous. Leaves light green ; elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminate at both ends ; lower surface strigose ; 8 to 12 in. long, 3 to 

 4 in. broad ; main nerves 8 to 10 pair ; petiole 6 to 8 in. long, hairy. 

 Cymes subsessile; bracts lanceolate; pedicels strigose. Calyx -5 in. 

 long ; lobes lanceolate, acute, pubescent, free nearly to base. Corolla 

 1 in. long, curved, dilated, scarlet, pubescent ; lobes short, rounded. 

 Stamens exsert for 1 in., glabrous; anthers oblong. Style stout, often 

 very short, glabrous. Capstde 14 in. long, slender. R. Br. in Benn. PI. 

 Jav. Ear. 116, and in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, XIII. 161 ; DC. Prodr. IX. 263 ; 

 Hook. le. PL t. 733 ; De Vriese PI. Ind. Bat. Eeinw. 10 ; Hook. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5747 ; M. des Serres Ser. 1, t. 358 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 722 ; 

 Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. V. i. 56 ; Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXII. 502, and in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 43, 19. 

 Justicia iMrasitica, Lam. 111. I. 42 [non Vahl). Cyrtandra staminea, 

 Vahl Enum. I. 105. 



Peeak : Lariit Hills, Curtis 2042, and Bidley 2916 ; Maxwell's Hill, 

 3000 ft.. Fox and Scortechini 295; Wray 2800; at 1000 to 3500 ft. 

 King's Collector 2053, 2349, 2396, 6970.— Distkib. Java, Sumatra 

 {Forbes 1864, 1948). 



3. Didissandea, Clarke. 



Shrublets or herbs, with short or tall stems, hairy. Leaves opposite, 

 in remote pairs or crowded at the tip. Flowers solitary on subterminal 

 peduncles or several on short axillary peduncles ; bracts small, usually 

 arrow. Cnalyx-lohes 5, free to the base or nearly so, lanceolate or ovate. 

 Corolla blue, white, pink or yellow, narrowly tubular, dilated upwards. 



