ACANTHACEAE 



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based on specimens from Ceram Island; Rumphius's material 

 was from Ternate. The forms described by Rumphius, 1. c, 

 as Lire papua and Lire kitsjil are probably representatives of Hemi- 

 graphis, at least of the Acanthaceae ; but their exact status is 

 indeterminable from data and material now available. 



HEM IGRAPH IS REPTANS K. Schutn. var. GLAUCESCENS Hallier f. in 

 Nov. Act. Akad. Naturf. 70 (1897) 207. 

 Prunella silvestris alba Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 31, t. 13, f. 2. 



Amboina, Batoe mera, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 100, July 20, 1913, in 

 wet soil at low altitudes. 



The specimen is apparently referable to the variety described 

 by Hallier, the type of which was from Amboina. It is not so 

 certain that it represents Prunella silvestris alba Rumph., but 

 it agrees with the description rather better than with the figure. 

 It was reduced by Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 135, to Ruellia 

 alternata Burm. f . (R. discolor Nees) , a species known only from 

 Java ; and by Nees and Miquel it was placed under Ruellia discolor 

 Nees= Hemigr aphis alternata T. And. 



HEM I GRAPH IS sp. 



Prunella molucca silvestris II rubra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 32, t. 

 13, f. 3. 



This is clearly a species of Hemigraphis, but beyond this its 

 exact status is indeterminable at the present time from want of 

 material representing it. Burman f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 135, re- 

 duced it to Ruellia alternata Burm. f.= Hemigr aphis alternata 

 T. Andr.; while Nees, in DC. Prodr. 11 (1857) 145, placed it 

 under Ruellia colorata Blume= Hemigr aphis colorata Hallier f. 



Prunella molucca silvestris III rotunda Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 32 

 is certainly a species of Hemigraphis, apparently close to the 

 preceding, but its status cannot be definitely determined at 

 present. 



HEMIGRAPHIS sp. 



Prunella molucca hortensis latifolia Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 30, t. 

 13, /. 1. 



Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 157, thought that this might 

 be a species of Strobilanthes or Lepidagathis. The figure is 

 unmistakably that of a species of Hemigraphis, but the plant is 

 not represented in our Amboina collections and cannot be prop- 

 erly placed within the genus until more extensive collections of 

 Amboina material are available for study. 



