Adenosma.] c. scrophulariace^. 475 
on heaths. Common. Singapore, McPherson Road; Serangoon 
Road; Reservoir. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Sungei Hudang; 
Ayer Keroh; Merlimau (Derry); Chabau; Selandor (Cantley). 
Negri Sembilan, Kwala Pedas; Tampin. Selangor, Salak, South 
Road (Seimund). Province Wellesley (King). Penang, Pulau 
Betong (Curtis). Lankawi, Kesap (Curtis). Distrib, Siam. Native 
names: Rumput Kuching-Kuching; Tasek-Tasek; Timbah 
Tasek; Ruku hutan; Rumput Tolau. 
(5) A. hirsutum Kurz, Jonrn . ^ 4 s. Soc. Beng. xiv. 2, p. 143; 
Prain, l.c. 346. 
Robust, almost woody herb villous woolly. Leaves elliptic 
or obovate crenulate-serrate blunt, base cuneate, 1 to 2 in. long, 
1 to 1*5 in. wide, hairy all over; petioles very short or 0. Flowers 
blue in dense cylindric spikes 2 in. long, nearly 1 in. through with 
leafy bracts at base. Sepals linear, *25 in. long. Corolla little 
longer. Capsule ovate beaked. Hab. Sandy country in the north. 
Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam; Kubang Ulu (Curtis) 
Lankawi, Terutau (Curtis). Setul heaths (Ridley). Distrib. 
Sumatra, Borneo. 
5 . HERPESTIS, Gaertn. 
Glabrous marsh herb. Leaves entire (or toothed or multifid). 
Flowers axillary (or racemose). Calyx 5-lobed, upper lobes largest, 
inner ones narrow. Corolla hardly 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, 
lower 3-lobed, tube cylindric. Stamens 4, didynamous; anther- 
cells contiguous parallel. Capsule globose or ovoid, 2- to 4-valved. 
Seeds many minute. Species 50, chiefly South American. 
(1) H. mormiera H. B. and K. Nov. Gen. and Sp. ii. 366; 
Prain, l.c. 351. 
Glabrous succulent herb 4 to 6 in. or more tall. Leaves obovate- 
spathulate sessile, blunt, *5 to *75 in. long. Flowers peduncled, 
•75 to 1 in. long. Sepals nearly free, -2 to *3 in. long, upper one 
ovate. Corolla -4 to -6 in. long, white. Capsule ovoid. Hab. 
In wet spots, often in villages. Singapore, Serangoon; Rochor; 
Telok Kurau. Malacca (Hervey). Selangor, Salak, South Road 
(Seimund). Penang, Bagian Jennal (Curtis). Kelantan, Kamposa; 
Kota Bharu. Distrib. All tropics. Native name: Bremi. 
6. LIMNOPHILA, R. Br. 
Marsh and pool herbs aromatic usually hairy. Leaves gland- 
dotted, opposite or whorled, narrow generally sessile toothed where 
submerged, capillary multifid. Flowers solitary axillary some¬ 
times by suppression of leaves forming terminal spikes or racemes. 
Calyx 5-lobed, lobes narrow acuminate. Corolla 2-lipped, upper 
lip entire or bifid, lower spreading, 3-lobed nearly equal, tube 
cylindric, violet or white. Stamens 4, didynamous included; 
