HemigrapMs.] cix. acanthaoeje. (C. B. Clarke.) 423 



St/mh. iii. 84, t. 67 ; Bomh. Fl. Ind. iii. 46 ; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 145, 

 excl. Var. 0. E. latebroaa, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 46 ? ; Wall. Cat. 2382, not of 

 Roth nor of Bah. nor of Wight. E. sarmentosa, Nees in Wall. PI. As. 

 Bar. iii. 83. 



BEuaAL ; very common. XJppbe Gakq-etic PlAiir ; Moradabad, Thomson. 



Hirsute (not harshly) with white hairs. Stems 6-18 in., creeping in grass. Leaves 

 \-\ in., obtuse ; petiole 0-^ in. Seads 0-6-fld. ; axillary solitary flowers not rarely 

 added ; bracts J in., elliptic. Sepals linear, or in fruit subspathulate. Corolla J in., 

 subequal, pale lavender-blue, fugacious, glabrous with 2 hairy lines in the palate ; 

 ventricose portion nearly as long as the oylindrie. Longer filaments laxly hairy below. 

 Style sparsely hairy. Capsule J in., 12rseeded. — It is doubtful whether Roxburgh 

 described this species under two names, or whether one of these applied to S. venosa 

 or some other species. Kurz {Journ. As. Soo. 1871, ii. 74) proposed (unhappily) to 

 unite this with Ruellia JBlumeana. 



3. K. venosa, Clarke ; soabrid-pubesoent, leaves petioled ovate, crenate, 

 braoteolea as long as the calyx. Euellia veaosa, Seyne in Serb. Bottler. 

 E. crispa, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 83, and, in DC. Prodr. xi. 146, 

 not of linn. 



Dbccan PENlirSTll.A ; Bottler, Wight. 



Stems 6-12 in., branched, rooting, sparingly pubescent. Leaves 2 by 1 in., acu- 

 minate at both ends, crisp, lineolate ; petiole J in. Seads many-fld., axillary and 

 terminal ; bracts J in. , obovate ; braeteoles ^ in., lanceolate, densely lineolate, white- 

 hirsute upwards. Sepals ^ in., 5, subequal, lanceolate, below glabrous scarious, tips 

 hispid with white hairs. Corolla f in., tube for J in. cylindric, for \ in. ventricose 

 or almost hemispheric ; mouth subequal. Anthers subequal, of the longer filaments 

 Bubexsert. Ovary glabrous, tip glandular-pubescent ; ovules 6-8, on retinacula. Cap- 

 sule not seen. — Much resembling Cardanthera triflora, but 'the corolla is smaller, not 

 (or obscurely) bilabiate. T. Anderson placed this with his Stenosiphonium zeylani- 

 cum, which has 4 ovules and a differently shaped corolla, and is Strobilaaithes exsertus 

 described below. 



4. K. confinis, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 463 ; tbinly softly 

 white-hairy, leaves petioled elliptic narrowed to both ends obsoletely crenate, 

 braeteoles hardly hal£ as long as the calyx. Euellia confinis, Nees in DO. 

 Prodr. xi. 148. 



Meeoiti and Malacca; Griffith, Maingay, Cuming. — Disteib. Java, Borneo 

 (not Philippines). 



Stems 2 ft., sparsely hairy. Leaves 3^ by li in., obtuse or obtusely acuminate, 

 raphides plentiful but obscure ; petiole J in. Spikes terminal, dense, often elongate 

 (especially in fruit) 2-3 in., oblong, or subglobose when young ; bracts |4 in., ovate, 

 subacute, imbricate, sub-4-seriate, hairy often viscidly ; braeteoles \-^ in., linear or 

 narrow. Sepals J-J in., narrowly lanceolate sublinear, one slightly larger. Corolla 

 A in., with few white hairs within ; lower cylindric portion about as long as the sud- 

 denly ventricose. Filaments glabrous or nearly so ; anthers 2-celled, long. Ooary 

 and style glabrous. Capsule about J in., usually 8-seeded.— Kurz {Journ. As. Soc. 

 1871, pt. ii. 74) reduces this to Muellia JBlumeana, Nees, which differs much, by the 

 spikes short not quadrifarious, the filaments bearded, &c. 



Sect. 2. Corolla narrowly tubular-funnel-shaped, limb blue. Longer 

 filaments densely bearded in their upper half by long obtuse white papillose 

 hairs. 



5. K. latebrosa, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 723 ; diffuse, hairy, leaves 

 petioled ovate crenate or serrate, braeteoles 0, capsule less than ^ in. 6- 

 seeded. Wight Ic. t. 1504. H. elegans, T. Anders, in Jov/rn. Linn. Soc. ix. 

 463, not of Nees. H. Pavala, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, pt. ii. 78. 



