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Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
Griff. Notul. IY. 120; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 418, f. 2; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. 
Ind. IV. 282. V. Boxburghii, G. Don Gen. Syst. IV. 549. V. cordifolia, 
G. Don. Gen. Syst. IV. 549. Gratiola cordifolia, Vahl Enum. I. 97 ; 
Don Prod. 85. Bonnaya cordifolia, Spreng. Syst. I. 42. Tittmannia 
grandiflora, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 3949. Torcnia diffusa, Roxb. FI. Ind. 
II. 95. T. varians, Griff. Notul. IV. 125 {not of Roxb.). 
Malacca : Harvey ! Singapore : King’s Collector ! Thomson ! 
Ridley! Johore : Ridley! Perak: Wray! Scortechini ! Ridley ! 
Penang: Curtis /— Distrib. S.E. Asia generally. 
8. Artanema, Don. 
Herbs with rather tall, erect, angled stems. Leaves opposite, entire 
or serrate, scabrid above as are the stem-angles. Flowers large, blue, 
pink or white, in terminal racemes ; bracts leafy ; bracteoles obsolete. 
Calyx 5-partite ; lobes acuminate, smooth, much dilated. Corolla 
2-lipped ; upper lip outmost, erect, broad, emarginate ; lower 3-lobed, 
spreading ; throat not plicate ; tube wide-cylindric. Stamens 4, didy- 
namous ; posterior pair short included, anterior pair long with arching 
filaments dilated at the base ; anther-cells confluent at their tips. 
Ovary 2-celled ; ovules in each cell numerous ; style slender ; stigma 
2-lamellate. Fruit a globose septicidal capsule ; valves 2, separating 
from the placentiferous septum. Seeds many, small, rugose. — Distrib. 
Species 3 to 4, in tropics of Eastern Hemisphere and Australia. 
Leaves shortly petioled ; flowers over -5 in. long .. 1. A. sesamoides. 
Leaves sessile, narrower ; flowers under "5 in. long. . .. 2. A. angustifolium. 
1. Artanema sesamoides, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 39. A herb, 2 to 
3 feet high. Leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate-acuminate, entire or 
serrate, 2 to 4 in. long, -75 to 1-25 in. wide. Flowers in racemes 6 to 
9 in. long ; pedicels -3 to '5 in. long, usually slightly exceeding the 
calyx. Calyx of 5 sub-equal lobes, - 25 to - 3 in. long. Corolla blue, 
•75 in. long. Capsule globose, '3 in. in diam. DC. Prod. X. 408 ; 
Wight Ic. t. 1410 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 686 ; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. 
Ind. IV. 274. Columnea longifolia, Linn. Mant. 90. Achimanes sesa- 
moides, Vahl Symb. II. 71. Diceros longifolius, Pers. Synops. II. 164 ; 
Bl. Bijdr. 751 ; Wall. Cat. 3884. 
Penang : Pulo Boutong, Curtis ! — Distrib. S.E. Asia generally. 
2. Artanema angustifolium, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 39. A herb, 2 to 
3 feet high. Leaves sessile, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3 to 4 in. 
long, - 25 to '75 in. wide. Flowers in racemes 6 to 9 in. long ; pedicels 
•15 in. long, always shorter than the calyx. Calyx of 5 sub-equal sepals, 
•2 in. long. Corolla pale blue and white, or pink or white, "3 to ’4 in. 
