CVI. ACANTHACEjE, 
Hetnigraphis.] 
569 
Corolla tubular-campanulate, blue or white; lobes twisted in bud. 
Stamens 4; anther-cells oblong, sub-parallel. Ovary oblong; 
ovules 6 to 12. Capsule oblong or linear-obovoid hardly stalked. 
Seeds 6 to 12, ovoid, hairy on edge. Species about 30, Indo- 
Malaya to Polynesia. 
Creeping plants. , . , 
Flowers 1 to 3 together in small axillary peduncled 
heads 
Flowers 1, terminal 
Erect plants. ^ . 
Flowers in loose spikes; sepals ligulate triangular 
hairy. 
Leaves nearly glabrous . 
Leaves hairy . • . • . : 
Sepals linear-subulate white-hispid. 
Capsule nearly terete, *25 in. long . . • 
Capsule more than -25 in. long, obovoid flattened 
(1) H. Ridleyi 
(2) H. hispida 
(3) H. confinis 
var. hirsuta 
(4) H. alternata 
(5) H. platycarpos 
(1) H. Ridleyi Clarke, l.c. 652. 
Creeping plant, pubescent. Leaves equal, ovate-elliptic, acute, 
crenate, hairy above, 2 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles - 25 to *35 m * 
long Flowers 1 to 3 in small heads on axillary peduncles -175 
to -25 in. long. Bracts oblong, -35 in. long. Bracteoles linear, 
hardly half as long as calyx. Calyx -175 in. long; sepals lanceolate- 
linear, hairy. Corolla -5 in - long, h S ht blue - Stamens hairy. 
Hab. Open country, banks and grassy spots. Pahang, Kwala 
Tembelmg. Perak, Kwala Temengoh; Kwala Kangsa. Kedah, 
Gunong Geriang. Perlis, Kanga. Kelantan, Chanmg; Kota Bharu 
(Ridley). Distrib. Bangtaphan. 
(2) H. hispida Craib, Kew Bulletin, 1913, p. 203. 
Prostrate creeping plant hairy all over, with white hairs. 
Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate or ovate blunt, edge bluntly 
serrate; nerves 6 pairs elevate beneath, thickly white hairy, 1*25 in. 
long, 1 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long, thickly hairy. Flowers 
solitary, terminal. Sepals lanceolate-linear, white hairy. Corolla 
purple, tube -2 in. long; limb *12 in. wide, oblong round. Stamens 
glabrous. Ovary puberulous above; ovules 8. Hab. Kelantan, 
Kwala Aring (Yapp). Distrib. Siam. 
(3) H. confinis T. Anders . Journ. Linn. Soc. ix, 463; Clarke, 
lX ' Erect branched, 2 ft. tall, white hairy. Leaves elliptic narrowed 
to both ends, acute, crenate, nearly glabrous, 3 to nearly 4 in. 
long 1 to i-5 in. wide; petioles-25 to *5 in. long. Spikes terminal, 
cylindric, 1 to 2 in. long, thick. Bracts *5 in. long, ovate, obovate 
or elliptic, bracteoles linear. Calyx -35 in* long soft hairy, lobes 
ligulate. Corolla *5 in. long, white veined pink Capsule *25 in. 
long slightly flattened, 8-seeded nearly from base . Hab. Open 
country, roadsides. Malacca, Merlimau (Cantley, Ridley). Negri 
Sembilan, Bumban (Cantley). Distrib. Borneo. 
