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Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
Malacca: Jack ; Griffith (Iv.D.) 3453/1; Maingay (K.D.) 704; Lobb ; 
on Mount Ophir, Moxon ; Ridley. Singapore : Jack ; Sir R. Scliom- 
burgk 50; Wallicli 3720 ; Ridley 1832. — Distrib. Bangka, Teysmann', 
Borneo, Ridley. 
Var. moluccana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 217, and 
For. FI. II. 96. Leaves -5 to 1 in. long, subulate-pointed, venation 
more prominent, branclilets more slender. L. moluccanum, Scheff. 
Obs. Phyt. III. 97. 
Kedah peak : Low. — Distrib. Tenasserim, Heifer (K.D.) 3453. 
Order LXIX. PLUMBAGINE.ZE. 
Plerbs or undershrubs. Leaves various, alternate or fascicled. 
Floivcrs in terminal scapes or branches, capitate, spicate, racemed or 
panicled ; bracts searious or leafy, often sheathing the flower, bracteoles 
2. Calyx inferior, gamosepalous, tubular or funnel-shaped, 5- to 10- 
ribbed, often hyaline between the ribs ; lobes 5, usually searious. 
Corolla hypogynous ; petals 5, free or connate at the base or united in 
a linear tube ; lobes spreading. Stamens 5, opposite the petals ; fila- 
ments free or adnate in a tube with the corolla ; anthers ovate or oblong, 
dorsifixed, cells parallel, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary superior, 
sessile or very shortly stalked, 1-celled, 5-angular above; styles 5, 
distinct from the base or connate below ; stigmas sub-capitate ; 
ovule 1, pendulous from a basal ascending funicle, anatropous. Fruit 
included in the calyx or elongate or exsert, dry or indehiscent, mem- 
branous or hardened at the apex, circumsciss or breaking near the thin 
base, the apex often 5-valved. Seeds cylindric or elongate, pendulous, 
albumen copious or little or 0, radicle superior ; embryo straight, coty- 
ledons linear or oblong. — Distrib. Species about 200, mostly of sea- 
coasts or desert places throughout the world. 
Large shrubs with broad-petioled leaves ; styles 5, distinct ; stamens 
united in a tube with the corolla .. .. .. ..1. jEgialitis. 
Perennial herbs with aurieulate leaves ; style 1, filiform, with 5 stig- 
matic branches ; stamens free . . . . . . . . 2. Plumbago. 
1. iEGIALITIS, B. Br. 
Simple-stemmed, soft-wooded shrubs. Leaves orbicular, alternate, 
coriaceous, glabrous, entire, smooth, gland-dotted, reticulately- veined, 
with long, thick, winged, amplexicaul petioles. Flowers in axillary or 
terminal panicles of racemes; bract 1, sheathing, coriaceous, obtuse ; 
enclosing the 2 bracteoles. Calyx tubular, folded; lobes 5, short, 
induplicate-valvate. Corolla usually shorter than calyx, lobes 5, 
