ACATALOGUE OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS, &C. 12/ 



Gomphostemma parviflorunt. Wall, not seen. There is 

 some error in the Flora of British India and iti Bentham's paper 

 on the Labiataein the Plantae Asiaticae Rariores ii 12. G.parvi- 

 flortun No. 2158 was collected at Silhet but G. crinitum. Wall. 

 Cat. No. 2159 was collected in Penarig by Wallich in 1822. It 

 has not been gathered there since. 



PLANTAGINEyE. 



Platttago major, L. Government Hill 2,500 feet. (C.2I57)- 



NYCTAGINE^. 



Boerhaavia repeiis, L. Not uncommon near George Town. 

 (C. 902). 



AMARANTACE^. 



Ainaranthns spinosus, L. "Bayam." A good vegetable 

 (C. 245). 



Cyathula prostrata, Bl. Common in coco-nut gardens. 



(C. 17-944). 



Piipalia atropurpitrea, Miq. The authority for this is 

 Wallich's Catalogue 6933-2. Penang and Singapore, as the 

 plant has never since been seen in the Malay Peninsula, the 

 locality is probably wrong. 



AchyrantJies aspera, L. Common in sandy soils. (C. 1835). 



Altenianthera sessilis,^\. Common everywhere. (C. 1043). 



POLYGONACE/E. 



Polygonum tomentosiim, Willd. ; tall herb. Damp places. 

 (C. 16). 



Polygonum barhaUim, L. Pulau Betong. (C. 943)- 



Polygonum strigosum, Br. Not seen. Collected by Wallich. 



Polygonum pedunculare, Wall. Commoner than either of 

 the others. (C. 921). 



NEPENTHACEtE. 



Nepenthes ampullaria, Jack. Penjra Bukit. rare. (C). 



Nepenthes phyllamphora, Willd. Common among low 

 bushes in swampy places. (C. 1202). 



Nepenthes albo-marginata, Lobb. Government Hill, com- 

 mon. (C)- 



