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Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
Stem 4 to 12 in., quadrangular, often much-branched. Leaves 1-5 by 
•5 in., sub-sessile, elliptic or lanceolate, 3-nerved. Panicle usually com- 
pound, many-flowered ; lower bracts similar to the leaves, by degrees 
smaller, to the upper less than -25 in. long; flowers 4-merous. Calyx- 
lobes -17 to -2 in. long, ovate, acute, winged. Corolla-lobes '25 to -35 in. 
long, pale blue. Anthers -12 in. long, dehiscing finally half-way down. 
Capsule globose, ‘17 in. in diam. DC. Prod. IX. 46 ; Hook. fil. PI. Br. 
Ind. IV. 97 ; Trimen, PL Ceyl. III. 182. E. pedunculate, Arn. in Ann. 
Sc. Nat. ser. 2, XI. 176; Wight Ic. t. 336. E. sulcatum, Roxb. PI. 
Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. I. 415 ; DC. Prod. IX. 46 (syn. excl). 
Singapore : Lobb 358. — Distrib. Prom Oudli and Bengal to 
Ceylon and Pegu. 
2. Microrphium, C. B. Clarke, gen. nov. 
A pubescent erect herb, repeatedly branched. Leaves alternate 
except a few distant opposite pairs on the main stem. Flowers 
numerous, solitary, pedicelled, in unilateral repeatedly branched cymes. 
Calyx short-cylindric, terete, sub-2-lipped, almost leathery ; lobes 5, 
short. Corolla small ; tube campanulate, lobes 5, equal, dextrorsely 
contorted in the bud. Stamens 5, equal, perfect ; anthers exsert, cells 
oblong, parallel, dehiscing by a slit their whole length. Ovary 1-celled; 
placentas intruded; style linear, stigma sub-capitate. Seeds very small, 
ovoid, not angular. — Distrib. Species 1, Malayan. 
1. Microrphium pubescens, C. B. Clarke, sp. nov. Stem, leaves, 
inflorescence, calyx covered with a short thick grey pubescence. Stem 
(upper part seen) 14 in. long ; the lower part with opposite pairs of 
leaves (and branches) 2-5 in. apart ; all the other numerous stem- 
divisions and leaves alternate. Leaves of the main stem '75 by '35 in., 
elliptic, entire, obtuse, narrowed at base ; petiole 0 to -1 in. long ; 
the other leaves similar but smaller. Pedicels - 25 in. long. Calyx - 2 in. 
long ; opening at first in two lips, one emarginate 2-nerved, the other 
ovate 3-nerved. Corolla-tube broad, lobes short, round, soon reflexed 
over the calyx-margin. Capsule ovoid, '2 in. long, dry ; seeds 200 y 
in diam. Pollen globose ; 25 y in diam. 
Kedah : Curtis 2528. “ Height 1 to 2 feet ; petals white ; anthers 
yellow” (Curtis). 
3. Canscora, Lam. 
Herbs, dichotomously branched, glabrous or very nearly so. Leaves 
opposite. Flowers mostly cymose. Calyx large, membranous, tubular, 
often winged ; teeth much shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube cylin- 
dric; lobes 4, unequal (except in C. pentanthera). Ovary 1-celled; 
