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S. merguensis, Kze. Lankawi, Gunong Chin-Chang (Curtis), 

 Trang (Goldham). 



Distrih. Mergui to Perak. 



Hygrophila angustifolia, K. Br. Bangtaphanoi (Keith). 



H. guadrivalvis, Nees. Kedah, Base of Gunong Geriang 

 Perlis, Kanga and Tebing Tinggi. (This, a small leaved 

 creeping form, 14975). Bangtaphan (Keith). [ 



The commonest species. Distrih. India, Malay 

 peninsula, Java, Borneo, Tonkin. 



Nomaphila stricta, Nees. Swamps usually tidal, Perlis, Tehing 

 Tinggi, very common (14984). 



Distrib. Peninsula, Java, Philippines, Borneo. 



N. minor, Clarke. Extremely abundant in dried up ricefields 

 in Perlis, at Kanga (14983). Distrib. Perak. 



Euellia repens, L. Kedah, Alor Sta, and Gunong Geriang, 

 (14963). 



Distrib. Tenasserim to Singapore, China and Malay 

 Archipelago. 



Aporuellia axillaris, Clarke. Perlis, Chupeng. Tongkah (Cur- 

 tis). Endemic. 



Hemigraphis Bidleyi, Clarke. Kedah, Gunong Geriang, Perlis, 

 Chupeng, Bangtaphan (Keich). 



Distrib. Pahang and Perak. 



H. platycarpos, Clarke. Kedah, Alor Sta, dry places. Dis- 

 trib. Malay peninsula. 



Hemigraphis alternata, T. Anders. 



Stem slender, glabrous except the young parts, strict 

 little or not branched, leafy onlv at the top. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate at both ends, rather stiff subcoriaceous 

 with the nerves very prominent beneath, in young leaves 

 nerves covered with white hairs beneath, quite glabrous 

 when adult, rather variable in shape, viz. 



i Jour. Straits Branch 



