78 A- SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO-TEMENGOH. 
has solitary axillary flowers. The racemes in fact are 
conspicuously long. The two species however in life 
are extremely different in appearance, and cannot be 
confused. The leaves of Th. laurifolia are narrower 
entire or almost with a small side lobe, and deep green. 
The racemes are much shorter as are the pedicels. The 
calyx is narrow and entire; bifid to the base and 
much broader in grandiflora. The corolla in laurifolia 
is much smaller, and the style longer. In the Botanical 
Magazine Th. laurifolia is figured (Pl. 4985) of a pale 
pink, the description of it however says it is blue. It is 
figured again as 7. Harrisit, Hook. (Pl. 4998) of the 
ordinary colour, but it is often much deeper in tint. 
Staurogyne setigera, Kuntze. Common in Temengoh woods. 
S. longifolia, Kuntze. Not common, Temengoh. 
S. lasiobotrys, Kuntze. Not very common Temengoh. 
S. Griffithiana, Kuntze. Common, Ulu Temengoh. 
S. arcuata, Clarke. On banks at Ulu Temengoh. The corolla 
is all dark crimson. 
S. merguensis, Kuntze. Ulu Temengoh. 
Hygrophila saxatilts, Ridl, Rocks in the Temengoh and Kertai 
rivers. ‘This grows in cracks in rocks in the streams 
or along the edges, where it must be often covered with 
water in the rainy seasons. On the rocks below Kuala 
Temengoh, in the Perak river it was taller than usual, 
12 inches tall. It is usually 3 or 4 inches tall. 
Ruellia repens, L. Common at Ulu Temengoh. 
Ruellia ringens var dejecta, R. 
Undoubtedly this species I believe; a straggling 
form rather taller and more pubescent than usual. 
_ Banks of the river Temengoh. A new record for the 
Peninsula. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
