CVI. ACANTHACEAL 
Hygrophila.] 
567 
palates grooved white, tipped yellow, dotted purple with a red 
hair in each dot. Capsule *5 to -8 in. long. Hab. Common in 
wet spots. Singapore, Ang Mo Kio; Bukit Timah (Hullett); 
Malacca, Bukit Panchur (Cantley); Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu 
(Cantley). Selangor, Salak south (Seimund). Perak, Teluk Anson 
(Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Nibong Tebal. Penang (Curtis, 
Deschamps). Kelantan, Gunong Geriang. Perlis, Tebing Tinggi. 
Distrib. India, Cambodia, Malay isles. 
(6) H. phlomoxdes Nees, Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 80; Clarke, 
l.c. 646. 
About 3 ft. tall, branched and usually softly hairy. Leaves 
obovate blunt or rounded soft hairy, 1 to 4 in. long, -5 in. across ; 
petioles -25 in. long. Flowers rather numerous in axillary heads. 
Bracts lanceolate blunt. Calyx -25 in. long, both densely white 
hairy. Corolla all violet, lower lip darker. Hab. Common in 
wet spots. Singapore, edge of garden lake; Alexandra Road; 
Reservoir. Pahang, Kwantan (Fox). Malacca, Ayer Panas 
(Cantley). Selangor, Pudoh; Semangkok Pass; Batu Caves. 
Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Perak, Jenah (Wray). 
Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam . Distrib. India, Cambodia, 
Borneo, Philippines. Native name : Chukal. Use : For poulticing 
boils. 
var. angusta Ridl. Leaves narrow linear-lanceolate, 1*5 in. 
long, -25 in. wide, glabrous. Sepals and bracts white hairy. Hab. 
Wet woods in low-lying country, Kelantan, Glam Woods, Kota 
Bharu (Ridley). 
This variety has the leaves of H . salicifolia and inflorescence of H. phlomoid.es. 
var. Roxburghii Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. iv. 4°$; Lc. 646. 
Smaller and often procumbent, more divided. Leaves 1 to 2 in. 
long, often scabrid pubescent. Penang (Deschamps). Distrib. 
Chittagong to Philippines. Apparently a poor and more hairy 
state. 
(7) H. subsessilis Clarke, l.c. 646. 
Stiff plant over 1 ft. tall; stem hairy at top at least and 
4-angled. Leaves rigid oblanceolate blunt sessile, hairy all over, 
strongly nerved, 1-5 in. long. Calyx longer, lobes lanceolate 
acuminate, all hairy. Corolla *5 in. long, pubescent. Hab. 
Malacca (Hervey). Very rare. 
(8) H. spinosa T. Anders. Thwaites, Enum. PI. Zeyl. 225; 
Clarke, l.c. 646. 
A stout plant 2 to 5 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate to linear, hairy 
sessile, 3 to 6 in. long, -5 in. wide. Flowers in large axillary clusters 
armed with strong orange-coloured spines 1 in. long. Bracts 
•5 to 1 in. long, lanceolate. Calyx -35 to -5 in. long, divided nearly 
to base in 4 lobes. Corolla 1 in. long, pale purple. Capsule -35 in. 
long, linear-oblong, 4- to 8-seeded. Hab. Singapore (Kunstler). 
