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white with pink spots in the throat. Stamens 2, fila- 

 ments adnate to the corolla, base slender, glabrous, 

 anthers oblong, style slender, glabrous, Capsule c^lindiic 

 blunt, half an inch long. 



Kopah (Fox, Eidley, 12607) with a drawing by Mo- 

 hamed Aniff. 



This is near C. turgida, but has apparently always 

 a simple unbranched or little branched stem, larger leaves, 

 and flowers quite different in coloring. 



Acanthopalc malasica, Clarke. Lankawi (Eidley.) Endemic. 



Acanthus iUcifolius, L. Setul in tidal swamps by the river. 

 I have not met with this in the peninsula. 



A. ebractcatus, Vahl. Setul, abundant in the fields round the 

 rocks. 



Though these plants dry badly and are somewhat 

 difficult to distinguish when dry, no one could possibly 

 confuse them in life. A. iUcifolius has flowers quite 

 twice as large jind of a bright azure blue, the great size of 

 the blue lower lip makes it very showy. The fruits are 

 also much larger. It is quite absent from the South ot 

 the peninsula. A. cbracteatus, has much smaller white 

 (occasionally light blue) flowers, and smaller fruit. It is 

 the common species all over the South of the peninsula. 



Gymnostachyum dccurrcns, Stapf. Lankawi (Curtis). 



Distrib. Pahang and Perak. 

 G. divers if oli am, Clarke. Lankawi (Curtis), Setul. 



Distrib. Perak. 



G. ccylanicwm, Arm Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. Ceylon. 



Gymnostachyum Keithii, n. sp. 



Erect or decumbent, woody, erect stem, 6 inches 

 long. Leaves ovate, subacute, base rounded or slightly 

 narrowed, glabrous above, pubescent on the midrib, be- 

 neath minutely pustular on both surfaces, nerves about 



Jour. Straits Branch 



