Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 783 



[L. FLExuosA, Eidley, sp. nov. Herba pubescens caule 40-50 em. alto fistuloso. 

 Folia siccitate tenuissima, ovata, subacuta, rotundata, ad basin parum inaqualia, 

 dentata; 12 cm. longa, 10 cm. lata; nervi utrinque 8-10, pubescentes; petiolus 

 gracilis, 7-10 cm. longus. Racemi plures, pubescentes, cum pedunculo 7-10 cm. 

 longi ; rhachis flexuosa, floribus alternis distantibus, pedicellis secundis capillaribus ; 

 bracteffi geminse lineares deflexte, 3 mm. longae. Calycis lobi 5, ovati, acuminati, 

 pubescentes, trinervii. Corolla parva, tubo brevi crasso ; labium superius bifidus, 

 inferiori multo brevius. Stamina 2 ; filamenta brevissima, tubo coroUse adnata. 

 Ovarium ellipticum ; stylus pubescens, calycis lobis ffiquilongus vel longior ; stigma 

 clavatum, obliquum. Capsula 6-7 mm. longa, oblonga, glabra. Semina elliptica nigro- 

 rubra. 



Peninsula Malayana : in Prov. Kedah in specubus ad Gunong Grenong.] 



14. Ehynchoglossum, Blume. 



Herbs, succulent and nearly glabrous. Leaves opposite, thin. 

 Baceme terminal, lax ; flowers pendent. Calyx campanulate, toothed 

 or lobed. Corolla-tuhe cylindric, narrowed above ; limb bilobed ; upper 

 lobe very short bifid, lower much longer, 3-lobed. Stamens 2 perfect, 

 affixed to the middle of the corolla-tube ; anthers connivent ; cells 

 elUpsoid, parallel ; staminodes 2, or absent. Disk cylindric. Ovary 

 ovoid, glabrous ; style longer ; stigma dilate. Capsule included in the 

 calyx, ellipsoid, membranous, 2-valved. Seeds narrowly ellipsoid, 

 smooth. — DisTEiB. Species 2, in India, Malaya and the Philippines. 



Ehynchoglossum obliquum, Blume Bijdr. 741 (1826). Succulent 

 herb, 20 in. tall. Leaves 1 to 3 in long, -5 to 1 in. wide ; glabrous or 

 nearly so, ovate-acuminate ; petiole "5 in. long or less. Bacemes 

 lax, about 6 in. long ; flowers numerous, pale to deep violet ; brac- 

 teoles filiform, -1 to -2 in. long. Calyx tubular, -25 in. long, enlarged 

 in fruit ; lobes triangular or lanceolate. Corolla '6 in. long ; lower Hp 

 several times longer than the upper one, subtrilobed. Capstde elhp- 

 soid, -3 in. long. DC. Prodr. IX. 274; Clarke in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. V. 161, in Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 88, and in Hook. f. M. Br. 

 Ind. IV. 367; Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. ^43, 79. 

 B. Blumei, DC. Prodr. IX. 274. Wulfenia intermedia, Wall. Cat. 408. 

 Loxotis^ intermedia, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 57 ; G. Don Gen. Syst. Dichl. 

 PL IVrfe64. L. obliqua, E. Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 102, t. 24 ; Miq. 

 FL Ind. Bat. II. 731, t. 35, fig. 3. 



Peeak : Larut Hills, Fox ; Batang Padang, Wray 1447, at 2000 ft. 

 elevation. — Disteib. Tenasserim and Malay Islands. 



15. Epithema, Blume. 

 Small rock-herbs, succulent, pubescent ; stems simple or branched. 

 Leaves few, alternate or opposite above, petioled or sessile ; ovate, 

 usually cordate. Peduncles long, from the upper axils, erect ; bract 



