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This plant has been confused with E. glomerata, BI. 

 of Java and the Malay peninsula, from which it is very 

 distinct in its hairy leaves and stems, yellow flowers, 

 smelling of tree bugs according to Curtis of the unpleas- 

 ing odour of black mustard according to Griffith. 



The plant was named E. glomerata, Wall. Cat. 1338 

 ( ? of Blume) in the Flora of British India, then E. 

 Wallichii, Prain and Hallier in Bull. Herb. Boiss, 5 (1897. 

 p 382), but of course Griffith's excellent name is earlier 

 than any of these and his description is quite clear enough 

 except that he describes the leaves as "subglabris" where- 

 as beneath the nerves are roughly hairy. It is omitted 

 altogether from the Materials of the Malay peninsula. 



Eri/cibe expansa, Wall. Lankawi at Kwah (Curtis, 2128) 

 Kasum (Curtis. 2128). 



Distrib. Tenasserim. 



E. glomerata, Bl. Lankawi, Sungei BatuAsap (Aniff). Pungah, 

 (Curtis, 2947). Shrub, flowers white. 



Distrib. Perak, Java, 



Hcioittia bicolor, W. A. Bangtaphan (Keith). 



Distrib. tropical Africa, S. E. Asia to Polynesia. 



Aniseia martinicensis, Choisy. Bangtaphan (Keith). Distrib. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



Jacqwmontia paniculata, Hallier. Perlis, base of Bukit Lagi, 

 and at Ginting Kabok. (14900). Flowers pale blue. 



Distrib. Eastern tropics. 



Merremia vitifolia, Hallier. Bangtaphan (Keith). Perlis, 

 Chupeng. Distrib. South East Asia. 



M. hastata, Hallier. Setul. Bangtaphan and Bangtaphanoi 

 (Keith). Distrib. Eastern tropics. 



M. cocspitoaa, Halliei. Perlis, Kanga. Trang at Chong 

 (Native). Distrib. Indo-Malaya and Indo-China. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



