82 eX SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO TEMENGOH. 
Justicia laetevirens, n. Sp. 
Herb about 2 feet tall, stem pabeceent: Leaves oppo- 
site equal, ovate to ovate lanceolate, acuminate acute 
base broad, or in laneeolate forms narrowed tothe petiole 
densely velvety hairy on both surfaces expecially be- 
neath, nerves 7-8 pairs ascending to the margin, and 
forming loops on the margin, 4 to 6 inches long 3-34 
inches wide drying bright yellowish green, petiole an 
inch long. Spike up to 9 inches long $-# inch across. 
Bracts ovate acute, bright green hairy and ciliate on 
the edge ¢ inch long. Flowers 2 or 3 in a bract. Calyx 
tube short, campanulate, lobes lanceolate acuminate 
longer than the tube and white hairy. Corolla ¢ inch 
long yellow, pubescent hairy tube cylindric as long as 
the limb. Stamens 2 filaments glabrous, anthers 
ellipsoid short-tailed. Capsule 2 inch long hairy even- 
tually glabrescent, 4 seeded. Seeds flattened cordate 
rounded verrucose. 
Temengoh, (14531). 
Allied to J. subcymoca, C. B- Clarke. . Its bright 
yellow green foliage preserving its-color when dry gives 
it a striking appearance. 
Leda subcardata, Clarke. 
A creeping scandent herb, with slender stems pubes- 
cent purple, internodes 38 inches: long. Leaves in 
opposite pairs equal ovate to ovate lanceolate, acumi- 
nate’ obtuse above glabrous with. many raphides 
bundles, beneath paler, nerves and midrib shortly 
appressed hairy, nerves 6 pairs meeting incurved 
within the margin, 2-24 inches long, # inch wide, petiole 
2 inch long. Commound cymes lax with slender 
spreading branches, from the upper axils, peduncle 14 
inch long, cyme branches 14 inch, all pubescent. Bracts 
linear lanceolate so inch long. Calyx lobes linear 
connate at base only § inch long pubescent. Corolla 
Jour. Straits Branch 
