124 AN ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL EXPEDITION 



Crcpis japonica, Benth. Perlis, Kanga. Distrib. East Indies. 



Erigeron liiufelius, Willcl. Bangtaphan (Keith) a common 

 weed everywhere in cultivated ground. 



Stylidie^e. 



Stylidium tenellum, Sw. Setul in pastures. Flowers bright 

 mauve. Distrib. Bengal, Burmah, south to Malacca. 



GOODENOVIE^E. 



Scaevola Koenigii, Vahl. Bangtaphan, (Keith). 



Distrib. sea coasts of tropical Asia and Polynesia. 



CAMPANULACE.E. 



Lobelia Griffithii, Hook. fil. Perlis, Chupeng. Bangtaphan 

 (Keith). The description is very short, but the plant 

 appears to be this species. Dr. Keith describes it as 3 to 

 12 inches tall flowers, sky blue, anthers light, blue, styie 

 dark-blue, stem triangular. 



Distrib. Burmah, Tavoy, Mergui. 



Sphcnoclect zeylanica, Gaertn. Kedah, Alor Sta by the river. 



Rare in the peninsula, Province Wellesley and 

 Malacca. Distribution, tropical regions of both hemis- 

 pheres. 



Myrsineae. 



Moesa ramcntacm, Wall. Lankawi, Kwah, (Curtis \ Perlis 

 Chupeng, and near Kanga in hedges, (14937). 



This is a somewhat distinct form from the common 

 species with much more conspicuous white flowers. 

 Distrib. India and Malaya. 



llyrsine umbellulata", A. Dec. Setul (14936). 



Distrib. Singapore near the sea, at Krangi and 

 Chua Chukang, and Sumatra and Borneo. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



