359 
Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
long. Capsule globose, '2 in. in diam. DC. Prod. X. 408 ; Hook. f. 
Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 275. Diceros angustifolius , Wall. Cat. 3885. 
Penang : J. Scott ! Ridley 9412 ! Perak : Scortechini ! Wray 2246! 
2721 ! King's Collector 3045 ! Pahang : Ridley 2165a ! Singapore : 
Wallich 3885 / Selangor: Sepang, Ridley 7604! Johore: Serom, 
Ridley 11134! 
Very nearly related to A. sesamoides, which differs chiefly by its larger blue flowers 
and larger capsules. 
9. CuRANGA, Juss. 
Herbs, creeping or diffuse. Leaves opposite, ovate, crenate. Floivers 
in short terminal or pseudo-axillary racemes ; bracts small, leafy ; 
bracteoles 0. Calyx deeply 4-partite ; upper and lower lobes very 
large, lateral small and narrow. Corolla 2-lipped ; upper lip outmost, 
wide-arched, emarginate ; lower longer, spreading, 3-lobed ; tube short. 
Stamens 2, only the upper pair perfect, included, inserted on corolla- 
tube ; anthers connate with divaricate cells ; lower pair of stamens 
replaced by 2 clavate staminodes on corolla-throat. Ovary 2-celled ; 
ovules in each cell numerous ; style slender ; stigma 2-lamellate. 
Fruit an orbicular septicidal capsule, covered by the accrescent calyx- 
lobes, valves separating from the broad placentiferous septum. Seeds 
many, rugose. — Distrib. Species 2, S.E. Asiatic. 
Curanga amara, Juss. Ann. Mus. IX. 320. An annual glabrous 
herb, with slender straggling divaricate branches, 2 to 3 feet long, root- 
ing at the lower nodes. Leaves very bitter, ovate, crenate, obtuse or 
acute, base truncate rounded or cuneate, entire ; blade 2 to 2-5 in. long, 
1-5 to 2 in. wide; petiole very slender, - 5 to -75 in. long. Floivers in 
short, few-flowered racemes, 2 to 2’5 in. long ; pedicels '25 to p 3 in., in 
fruit -5 in. long. Calyx with the outer sepals broadly ovate-cordate, 
membranous, reticulate, in flower -25 in., in fruit -5 in. long. Corolla 
brownish-red. Capsule small, compressed, -15 in. across. Benth. in 
DC. Prod. X. 408 ; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 275. Caranga amara, 
Vahl Symb. I. 100. G-ratiola amara, Boxb. Flor. Ind. I. 136. Her- 
pestis amara, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 30. Symphillium torenioides, Grifi. 
in Madr. Journ. Nat. Sc. IV. 1, t. 11. Treisteria assamica, Griff. Notul. 
IV. 111. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. V. t. 170, f. 1. 
Perak: Scortechini 499b! Ridley 9742! Pahang: Ridley 1346! 
Selangor : Ridley 8214 ! — Distrib. Bast Himalaya, Indo-China, 
Malaya, Philippines. 
10. Bonnaya, Link & Otto. 
Herbs, annual, glabrous. Leaves opposite, serrate or entire. Floivers 
solitary axillary, often passing into terminal racemes ; bracteoles 0. 
