354 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
is = T. peduncvlaris, while in the field Scortechini has named T. peduncularis, 
T. ciliata." 
4. Torenia asiatxca, Linn. Sp. PI. 619. A sub-erect or spreading 
slightly branching herb, stems quadrangular glabrous. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, base cuneate, margin finely serrate ; lamina 1’5 to 2 - 5 in. 
long, 1 to l - 5 in. wide, membranous, glabrous; petiole slender, glabrous, 
•5 in. long. Flowers axillary, pedicels '5 in. long ; braeteoles minute 
subulate. Calyx -5 in. long, deeply 5-partite, lobes narrow-lanceolate, 
with a prominent midrib. Corolla 1-5 in. long, tube narrow- cylindric 
at base, infundibuliform above, dark violet on both sides, upper lobe 
erect, lip 3-lobed spreading, all yellowish. Stamens with appendages on 
anterior filaments. Disk cupular waved. Wight Ic. t. 862; Benth. in 
DC. Prod. X. 410 ; Wall. Cat. 3953 A. B. ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 
689 ; Gaertn. Fruct. III. 29, t. 184 ; Larnk 111. t. 523 ; Bot. Mag. 
t. 4249 ; Lem. 111. Hortic. t. 199 ; Flore des Serres II. t. 157 ; XIII. 
t. 1342; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 277. Treisteria cordata, Griff. 
Notul. IV. 109. Rheede Hort. Malab. IX. t. 53. 
Perak : Scortechini 2212 ! Ridley 5307 I 9756 ! King’s Collector 
1816 ! Curtis ! Selangor : Ridley 8533 ! — Distrib. India, Sumatra, 
Java, Indo-China, China. 
5. Torenia Benthamiana, Hance Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4. XVIII. 226. 
A slender straggling herb ; branches 6 to 10 in. long, decumbent and often 
rooting at the nodes, all parts sparingly hirsute. Leaves ovate, acute, 
margin serrate; lamina -5 to -75 in. long, -3 to -4 in. wide, base truncate 
or cuneate ; petiole - 25 in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicels 
•75 to P25 in. long, slender ; braeteoles minute. Calyx very narrow- 
tubular, -35 in. long, in fruit -5 in. long, keeled and channelled but not 
winged, hirsute with sparse spreading hairs. Corolla P25 in. long, 
distinctly exserted ; tube violet purple, limb yellow. T. Bailloni 
Godef. in 111. Hortic. XXV. t. 324 ; E. Morr. in Belg. Hortic. XXIX. 
t. 9, f. 2. T. flava, Bot. Mag. t. 6700 ( not of Ham.). 
Johore : Ridley 4160! — Distrib. Siam, Cochin-China, S. China. 
6. Torenia flava, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3957. An erect annual herb, 
1 to 2 feet high ; branches acutely 4-gonous, uniformly hairy upwards, 
below ciliate only on the angles with spreading hairs. Leaves ovate or 
ovate-oblong, base wide-cuneate, margin entire or crenate; lamina 
membranous 1 to l - 5 in. long, -7 to 1 in. wide, hairy on both surfaces ; 
petiole winged above, often very short. Flowers racemed at the ends 
of the branches; pedicels -2 in., in fruit -3 in. long, thickened upwards, 
shorter than the calyx ; braeteoles '4 in. long linear, hirsute, rather 
longer than the fruiting pedicels. Calyx very narrow-tubular -35 in., 
in fruit -5 in. long, keeled and channelled but not winged, hirsute 
