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Acanthaceae 



by C. B. Clarke — Kew. 



Ebermaiera Nees. 



1. E. subcapitata G. B. Clarke n. sp. 



Foliis 25 mm. longis, 11 mm. latis, utrinque angustatis, subtus 

 pallidioribus secus venas minute pubescentibus, petiolis 4 mm. lon- 

 gis; spicis terminalibus, subcapitals 15 — 20 mm. in diam.; bracteis 

 calycibusque ciliato-pilosis; bractea 9 mm. longa, lanceolata; calyce 

 5 mm. longo, segmentis 4 linearibus 1 paullo latiore; corolla 8 mm. 

 longa; antheris, polline, stylo, capsula, seminibus omnino generis. 



On river banks in the jungle near Klong Munsé. Flower light mauve 

 (nn. 122, 271). 



Area: Also in Borneo (Haviland nn. 3514, 3587). 



Hygropbila Nees. 



2. H. quadrivalvis Nees. in Wall. PL As. Rar. v. 3 [1832], p. 80, 

 in DC. Prodr. v. 11, p. 89; G. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 3, 

 p. 408; Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. v. 2, p. 778. 



H. obovata, Wight Ic. PI. Ind. Or., t. 1489. 

 H. salicifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 9, p. 456. 

 Buellia quadrivalvis, Wallich List n. 2374 (plagula 1). 

 — Rheede Hort. Malabar v. 2, t, 46. 



Rice-field near Lem Dan (nn. 178, 241, 315). 



Area: Throughout British India; Malaya; Tonquin. This species may be 

 esteemed a Var. only of H. salicifolia, Nees; in which case its area will extend 

 to Australia and Tropical America. 



Strobilanthes Blume. 



3. S. rufescens T.Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 9 [1867], p. 472; 

 C.B. Clarke in Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 3, p. 430 cum syn.; Lindau in 

 Engler und Prantl Pflanzenfam. v. 4, Abtheil. 3 b, p. 305 (sect. Buteraea). 



Buellia rufescens, Roth Nov. Sp. Pl., p. 304. 



Buteraea ulmifolia Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. v. 3, p. 84 et in DC. 

 Prodr. v. 11, p. 196. 



