1S97.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of tlte Malayan Peninsula, 37 
fid., terminal ; flowers defiexed close-set (occasionally solitary flowers 
occur also in tlie axils of the uppermost steni-leavc«) ; bmcts bog, seta- 
ceonS| porsi stent. Cahjx densdy silky witii very long liairSj '35-'5 in, 
loDg, tube sliortly campauulate, teutli all long acute^ the upper lanceolate, 
narrow. Corolla bine and white, rarely yellow, glabrous, not exsertod. 
Fod sessile *5 in. long, not exserted, oblong, glabrous, 10-15-seeded. 
DC, Prodr. II, 129; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Joui-n. II, 565; Miq, Flor. 
Ind. Bat. I, 338 ; Bak. in Plor. Ih-it. lad. II, 73. 0. anthijUoides Lamk. 
Encyc. Meth. 195 ; Don, Prodr. 241 ; Wall. Cat 5366 A (partly), B, 
C. 0. salicifolia Ham. in Don, Prodr. 241 not of Heyne. C. nepal- 
emis Link, Ennm. II, 228. £7. vmusta Wall. Cat 5366. 0. hrevipes 
Champ, io Hook. Kew Jonni. IV, 44. 0. eriantha Siob. & Zucc. Fl. 
Jap. 13. 0. Oldhatni Miq. Ann. Mns. Lngd. Bat. Ill, 42, C. calycina 
Kurz, Jo am. As. Soc. Beng. XLV, pt. '2, 147 not of Soli rank. 
Malaya Pew iKsa la ; Pah an g, Bidletj 1 Nicobars • Kamorta, Kurzf 
DiSTRiB, Japan, China, Indo-China, Philippines, Java ; Himalayaa from 
Assam westward ; Punjab, Centi-al India and JJehar, 
The speciTnens collected by Mr, Kurz in Kamorta having yollm? flowers wore 
referred by him to 0. caiycina. An esamination however ahowB that they are not 
cabjcina but sessUiJiorft. A gatlieritig from Java has booa isaaed from Mua. Le3''den, 
also under the name C. calycina ; this probably mdicatos that in Javn as in tJio 
Kioobarfl, C. se&6ilijl<n-a may have yellow flowers. 
3. Crotalakia chineksjs Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1003. An annual 
1-2 feet highj usually breaking into several stouti.sh ascending branches 
from near the base, laxly silky with reddish brown hairs. Leaves 
1-2 in. long, simple, linear to oblanueolate with rounded base and 
obtuse or subacute apex, thickly herbaceous laxly silky on both surfaces ; 
stipules 0. Racetnss densely capitate 3-6-fld., all terminal, bracts and 
braxiteoles linear, pei'sistent. Calyx laxly silky, -35^"5 in. long, tube \ery 
short, teetit all long acute, the upper lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla 
pale-yellow, glabrous, not exserted. Pod sessile "5 in. long, not exserted, 
oblong, glabrous, lo-20-seeded. DC. Prodr. II, 130; Bentlu in Hook. 
Lond. Journ. II, 565 ; Miq, Mon Ind. Bafc. I, 339 ; Bak. in Plor, Brit. 
Ind. II, 73. 
Perak ; Larut river; on rocks in the stream, Wraij! DiSTKiB. Cbina, 
Indo-China, Philippines ; India; Malay Islands, 
4. CaoTALAREA pERttDGinEA Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5398. A difiase 
copiously branching herb witk a perennial rootstonk, fitiolj silky or 
sliaggj, branches 1*5-2 feet long. Leatm very sliort petioled, herba- 
ceous 15-2 in. long, 'h*-'lb in, across, simple, ovate-oblo»ig obtuse paler 
beneath ; Bfcipules persistent foliaceous deflexed or apreadiag, '25 iu. 
long; petioles "15 in. long. Uacemes laxly 2-8-fI(l. leaf-opposed, 2-4 in. 
long, bracts liuear '2 in. long often deflexed, pedicels very short. Cahjx 
