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annual erect branched herb, reaching 1 to 3 ft. high ; stems dicho- 

 tomously branched, nearly quadrangular. Leaves opposite, elliptic, 

 obtuse or acute at apex, cuneate at base and decurrent, upper two- 

 thirds coarsely serrate, lower cuneate portion entire ; both surfaces 

 glabrous or nearly so; 1 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. broad ; midrib 

 slender ; main nerves slender, 4 to 6 pairs, curved upwards ; petiole 

 obscure, being winged by the decurrent margins of the blade. Spikes 

 elongate, 3 to 12 in. long, slender; rachis up to '15 in. in diam., con- 

 spicuously excavated to hold the flowers, the hollows closed by the 

 bracts ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, scarious and ciliate on the 

 margins, "15 to 2 in. long ; flowers blue. Calyx -25 in. long, mem- 

 branous, glabrous, 4- to 5-toothed, usually slit on one side (that in the 

 hollow of the rachis). Corolla-txxbe curved outwards, -3 to -Sin. long; 

 limb spreading, 5-lobed. Fruit dry, -15 in. long, tipped with the 

 slender remains of the style ; pyrenes plano-convex, very hard. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1860. S. indica, Vahl, I. c. ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 

 564; Trimen Fl. Ceyl. III. 348; Cooke Bomb. Fl. II. 421; Prain 

 Beng. Plants, 826 ; Baker in Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. V. 284. S. urti- 

 cifolia, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 68. S tacky tarpha jamaicensis, 

 Schauer in DC. Prodr. XI. 564. S. indica, Schauer in DC. I. c. ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 907. Verbena jamaicensis, Linn. Sp. PL 19 ; Eoxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 4. V. indica, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 3, 27 ; Wall. Cat. 2656. 



Penang: common by roadsides, G. King; on Government Hill, 

 Curtis. Peeak: at Panjsore, Scortechini 996. Johoee : Marius, 

 Jensen. Singapore : Cuming 2406 ; in waste places, Deschamps ; 

 Kunstler [King's Collector) 173, 1149. — Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malay 

 xlrchipelago, Tropical Asia and Africa ; in Malaya probably introduced 

 and run wild. 



2. Stachytarpheta mutabilis, Vahl Enum. I. 209 (1805). A 

 stout branching pubescent herb, reaching 3 ft. high or more ; stems 

 quadrangular, densely tawny-pubescent. Leaves opposite, ovate acute 

 at apex, rounded at base and decurrent ; Upper three-fourths broadly 

 crenate, the crenatures mucronate, basal part entire ; upper surface 

 sparsely villous and scabrid, lower softly grey-tomentose ; 3 to 5 in. 

 long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib stout ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs ; 

 petiole 1'5 to 1 in. long, almost entirely bordered by the decurrent 

 margins of the blade. Spikes stout, elongate, 6 to 18 in. long ; rachis 

 up to -25 in. in diam., excavated vertically to hold the flowers, the hollows 

 closed by the bracts ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate-acuminate, 

 strigosely hairy, -25 to -5 in. long ; flowers pink. Calyx -4 to '5 in. long, 

 strigosely pubescent, 4-toothed on the outer side, cleft on the inner, the 

 teeth acute. CoroUa-tuhe curved outwards, up to 1 in. long, slightly 



