562 cvi. acanthace^e. [Staurogyne. 
3 in. long. Bracts, lower ones oblong broad, upper ones linear, 
about -25 in. long, hairy. Corolla cylindric hairy maroon-brown, 
lobes red. Capsule oblong, -2 in. long. Hab. Mountain woods, 
local, Pahang, Telom (Ridley), Perak, Temengoh; Thaiping Hills 
2500 ft. altitude upwards (all collectors). 
(12) S. subglabra Clarke, l.c. 640. 
Stem erect, 6 to 12 in. long, glabrous. Leaves elliptic-lanceo¬ 
late narrowed to both ends, sub-acute, 4-5 in. long, 1 to 1-25 in. 
wide, thin glabrous; petioles *5 to 1 in. long. Raceme terminal 
and axillary (one or two) slender, 3 to 8 in. long; flowers secund 
distant; pedicels up to -15 in. long; lower bracts leaf-like oblong, 
nerved, upper narrow. Sepals *5 in. long, lanceolate-linear blunt 
glabrous. Corolla -6 in. long, gradually dilate from base, broad 
glabrous, pure white or with pink lobes. Capsule oblong, -2 in. 
long. Hab. Mountain forests up to 5500 ft. altitude. Selangor, 
Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Pahang, Telom. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills to top (all collectors). Kedah Peak, in the lower 
woods (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo. 
(13) S. merguensis Kuntze, Revisio, i. 497; Clarke, l.c. 641. 
Stem erect (creeping at base) pubescent, about 2 to 4 in. tall. 
Leaves crowded at apex or stem oblong tip round, base round 
and generally cordate, glabrous (or nearly) on upper side; nerves 
and reticulations conspicuous, beneath pubescent; 2 to 5 in. long, 
i *5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -5 to 1*5 in. long. Racemes solitary 
or panicled, slender, 3 to 6 in. long, pubescent; flowers small, 
distant. Bracts narrow linear acuminate, *1 in. long. Corolla 
purple, -15 in. long, glabrous. Capsule -25 in. long. Hab. Rare 
in forests. Perak, Ulu Selama (Wray); Ulu Temengoh. Kedah, 
Gunong Bintang (Kloss); Kelantan, Chaning Woods. Lankawi, 
Dayong Bunting (Robinson, very small form). Distrib. Mergui. 
The Malay Peninsula plants are usually much larger than the Mergui 
specimens. 
(14) S. racemosa Kuntze, Revisio, i. 497; Clarke, l.c. 641. 
Erect shrublet, usually 6 to 12 in. tall, pubescent. Leaves 
lanceolate acuminate narrowed to base, 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; 
petioles *5 to 1*5 in. long. Racemes 1 or more or often panicled, 
base nude for about 4 in., above branched or floriferous, for 3 or 
more in., pubescent. Flowers rather distant, very short-pedicelled, 
numerous, opening 1 or 2 at a time. Bracts very small lanceolate. 
Sepals short, lanceolate. Corolla cylindric, hardly narrowed at 
base, -5 in. long, white at base, purple brown at top. Capsule 
•2 in. long. Hab. Penang Hill abundant at about 2000 ft. altitude 
upwards in forest path edges (all collectors). Distrib. Sumatra. 
Clarke, l.c. gives Malacca (Griffith), Singapore (Walker), and Moulmein, 
and Java (Lohb) as localities. The Malacca specimen is only from Wight's 
herbarium, and the locality extremely doubtful. Walker collected in Penang 
