486 c. scrophulariace^e. [. Bonnaya . 
down to an elevated disc covered with yellow hairs. Stigma 
5-lobed, flat. Capsule *3 in. long, narrow cylindric acuminate. 
Hab. Common in damp grassy spots by streams. Singapore, 
Chan Chu Kang; Bukit Panjang; Tanglin. Pahang, Pekan; 
Tahan River; Raub (Machado). Selangor, Ginting Bidai (Kloss). 
Perak, Temengoh; Kwala Kangsa. Kedah, Alor Sta. Distrib. 
India, China, Malaya. 
(3) B. veronicaefolia Sprang. Syst. i. 41; Prain , l.c. 361. 
Tufted herb about 6 in. tall. Leaves rather flaccid sessile or 
nearly so oblong blunt serrulate or nearly entire. Racemes under 
6 in. long. Sepals -2 in. long. Corolla -25 in. long, tube white, 
limb pale violet, upper lobe lanceolate linear, lower much wider 
broadly 3-lobed. Stamens white. Staminodes free portion orange 
hairy, tips recurved. Capsule narrow cylindric. Hab. Damp 
grassy spots. Singapore, Angmokio; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, 
Serom. Pahang, Pekan; Telom. Malacca (Hervey). Negri 
Sembilan, Burunang (Cantley). Selangor. Perak, Tapah (Wray). 
Penang (Deschamps); Balik Pulau and about the town. Kelantan, 
Kamposa. Perils, Kanga. Setul. Distrib. India, China, Malaya. 
Native names: Kerak-Kerak Jantan; Kerak-Kerak Merah; 
Chachang. 
var. grandiflora Hook. pi. F.B.I. iv. 285. A more robust plant 
with much bigger leaves. Flowers light blue. Hab. Damp spots, 
rarer. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Thaiping (Wray). Kedah, Alor 
Sta. Kelantan, Kota Bharu. 
var. verbencefolia Hook. pi. F.B.I. iv. 285. Slender plant 1 ft. 
tall or nearly with long internodes, hardly at all branched. Leaves 
narrow oblong nearly or quite entire. Raceme long, lax in fruit. 
Capsules far apart. Hab. Rare, in rice fields in the north. Perak 
(Scortechini). Kelantan, Kota Bharu (Ridley). Rahman, Kota 
Bharu (Gwynne-Vaughan). 
12. MICROC ARPiEA, R. Br. 
A small tufted herb. Leaves oblong opposite. Flowers 
solitary axillary sessile. Calyx tubular 5-toothed, teeth at length 
spreading. Corolla-tube cylindric 5-lobed, lobes 4 short acute, 
1 linear-oblong, all fringed with white hairs. Stamens 2 fertile; 
anthers i-celled. Style shorter than calyx; stigma lateral curved. 
Capsule shorter than calyx-tube oblong-ovoid dehiscing into 2 
valves. Seed oblong rugose. Species 1, Indian, Java, Australia. 
(1) M. muscosa R. Br. Prodr. 435; Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. 
S. Br. 49, p. 25. 
Stems slender, 1 to 4 in. tall, bright green. Leaves -i in. long, 
blunt. Calyx pubescent, very small. Corolla hardly projecting 
beyond calyx, white; limb pale violet. Hab. Edges of ponds and 
damp spots, not rare; when submerged only 1 in. tall. Singapore, 
Reservoir. Perak, Temengoh (Ridley). 
