Staurogyne.] Cvi. acanthace.®. 563 
as well as Singapore, and labelled his specimens “ Singapore and Penang.” 
Lobb's specimens are doubtless from Penang, where he collected. The plant 
appears here to be strictly confined to the upper part of Penang Hill, where it is 
abundant and conspicuous, but has once been collected in Sumatra at Indragiri 
by Curtis. 
(15) S. macrantha Clarke, lx. 642. 
Stem 3 to 4 ft. tall, villous. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate,'Sub¬ 
acute, base cuneate, sparsely hairy above, 4*5 in. long, 1*75 in. 
wide; petioles -25 to 1 in. long, villous. Peduncles 2, villous, 
3 in. long with small few-flowered panicles. Bracts -2 in. long, 
linear, very hairy. Sepals sub-equal, *175 in. long, linear, very 
hairy. Corolla 1 in. long, pubescent. Hab. Perak, Larut 4500 
to 5000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Rare. 
{16) S. serrulata Clarke, Lc. 642. 
Stem elongate, villous upwards. Leaves elliptic-acuminate at 
both ends, edges closely serrulate, pubescent all over, 4 to 5 in. 
long, 1*75 in. wide; petioles ’5 to 1 in. long, villous. Peduncles 4 
from upper axils, 4 in. long, villous. Inflorescence 12- to 18- 
flowered, lax, pubescent. Bracts hardly *12$ in. long, linear. 
Calyx *125 in. long. Corolla 75 in. long, white, nearly straight. 
Hab. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang (Wray). Rare. 
(17) S. longispica (Ebermaiera) Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. 
Br. 86, p. 303. 
Herb over 1 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves thin broad lanceolate 
narrowed to both ends; nerves 18 pairs, parallel; 6 in. long, 2 in. 
wide; petioles slender, 2 in. long. Racemes solitary or 2 to 4 in 
a panicle with the peduncle 3 in. long. Flowers numerous distant. 
Bracts ovate or oblong blunt foliaceous, petioled, *25 in. long, 
•12 in. wide. Pedicels -i in. long. Sepals lanceolate acuminate. 
Corolla 75 in. long, tube narrow cylindric, gradually dilate above, 
dull pink, -25 in. long, limb *5 in. long, lobes blunt, -i in. long, 
white. Stamens 4, shorter than tube. Capsule oblong, -15 in. 
long. Hab. Mountain woods. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. 
Selangor, Ulu Gombak (Ridley). 
4 . RUELLIA, Linn. 
Herbs (or shrublets. Leaves opposite equal. Flowers axillary 
or panicled). Bracts o. Bracteole longer than calyx, foliaceous 
or spathulate. Calyx deep 5“deft, lobes linear. Corolla tubular 
ventricose violet (blue or white or red), lobes round. Stamens 4, 
didynamous; anther-cells oblong parallel. Ovary glabrous. Cap¬ 
sule club-shaped, base sterile solid, top ellipsoid. Seeds 6 or more 
ovoid, flat; retinacula hooked. Species upwards of 200, chiefly 
South American. Several of the latter are cultivated in gardens. 
R. tuberosa has run wild along roadsides in Province Wellesley, 
as it has done elsewhere in Asia. It has stems about 1 ft. tall 
with oblanceolate leaves 3 in. long and terminal cymes of large, 
