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Acanthaceae 
by C.B. Clarke — Kew. 
Ebermaiera Nees. 
1. E. subcapitata C.B. Clarke n. sp. 
Foliis 25 mm. longis, 11 mm. latis, utrinque angustatis, subtus 
pallidioribus secus venas minute pubescentibus, petiolis 4 mm. lon- 
gis; spicis terminalibus, subcapitatis 15—20 mm. in diam.; bracteis 
calycibusque ciliato-pilosis; bractea 9 mm. longa, lanceolata; calyce 
5mm. longo, segmentis 4 linearibus 1 paullo latiore; corolla 8 mm. 
longa; antheris, polline, stylo, capsula, seminibus omnino generis. 
On river banks in the jungle near Klong Munsé. Flower light mauve 
(nn, 122, 271). 
Area: Also in Borneo (Haviland nn. 3314, 3587). 
Hygrophila Nees. 
92. WL. quadrivalvis Nees. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. v. 3 [1832], p. 80, 
in DG. Prodr. v. 11, p. 89; C.B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 3, 
p. 408; Mig. FI. Nederl. Ind. v. 2, p. 778. 
H. obovata, Wight Ic. Pl. Ind. Or, t. 1489. 
-H. salicifolia, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 9, p. 456. 
Ruellia quadrivalvis, Wallich List n. 2374 (plagula 1). 
— Rheede Hort. Malabar v. 2, t. 46. 
Rice-field near Lem Dan (nn. 178, 241, 315). 
Area: Throughout British India; Malaya; Tonquin. This species may be 
esteemed a Var. only of H. salicifolia, Nees; in which case its area will extend 
to Australia and Tropical America. 
Strobilanthes Blume. 
3. §, rufescens T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 9 [1867], p. 472; 
C. B. Clarke in Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 3, p. 430 cum syn.; Lindau in 
Engler und Prant] Pflanzenfam. v. 4, Abtheil. 3b, p. 305 (sect. Buteraea). 
Ruellia rufescens, Roth Nov. Sp. Pl, p. 304. 
Buteraea ulmifolia Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. v.3, p.84 et in DC. 
Prodr. v. 11, p. 196. 
