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CYI. ACANTH ACEAS. 
\Hetnigr aphis. 
var. hirsuta. H. hirsuta Anders. Clarke, l.c. A very hairy 
form with the leaves hairy all over and more crenulate. Malacca 
(Ridley). Distrib. Java (var. hirsuta) and Borneo. Native names: 
Kusom bukit; Ruku Ruku jantan. 
(4) H. alternata T. Anders. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 114; 
Clarke, l.c. 653; Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 148. 
Stem slender, glabrous except young parts branched, leafy at 
top, little branched, 3 in. to 1 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate acumin¬ 
ate both ends, sub-coriaceous; nerves prominent, quite glabrous 
when adult; 1 to 3 in. long, -5 to -75 in. wide. Spikes -5 to 1*5 in. 
long, dense. Bracts spathulate-ovate acute, white hairy. Sepals 
lorate blunt hairy. Corolla *25 in. long, white, glabrous except 
mouth, white-hairy. Capsule *25 in. long, oblong beaked shortly. 
Hob. Open places, Johor, Tebing Tinggi. Pahang, Pekan. Perak, 
Ulu Temengoh. Kedah, Alor Sta. Setul heath. Perlis, Kanga 
(Ridley). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 
(5) H. platycarpos Clarke, l.c. 653. 
Herb about 12 in. tall, sub-glabrous; young parts white-hairy. 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, sub-acute, base cuneate, midrib on back 
hairy obscurely crenulate, 1 to 3*5 in. long, -2 to 1-5 in. wide; 
petioles -i in. long. Spikes terminal and axillary, 3 in. long, thick. 
Bracts ovate acute, silky hairy on edge, -25 in. long, -18 in. wide. 
Corolla -24 in. long, blue, funnel-shaped, glabrous. Capsule *25 in. 
long, linear-obovate, flattened, sterile at base. Seeds 8. Hab. Not 
rare. Open pastures, Johor, Kwala Kahang (Kelsall); Batu 
Pahat. Pahang, Pekan. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Kajang (Cantley). 
Lankawi. Kedah, Alor Sta (Ridley). Native name : Dilam. 
10 . ENDOPOGON, Nees 
Branched herb with leaves opposite unequal elliptic. Spikes 
pendulous strobilate, green with elliptic large bracts. Flowers in 
pairs. Species 20, India. 
(1) E. Ridleyi Clarke, l.c. 654. 
Stems pubescent, about 1 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic, very unequal, 
acuminate narrowed to base, glabrous, 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. 
wide, smaller leaf half as big; petioles 1-5 in. long (-5 in. long, 
in smaller one). Peduncles -7 in. long. Spikes 1-5 in. long, green. 
Bracts 75 in. long, elliptic, acute, green. Flowers short, hardly 
projecting. Calyx -125 in. long, cleft to base, pubescent, lobes 2, 
lanceolate-linear, 3 linear. Corolla -25 in. long, white. Capsule 
•3 in. long, linear, shorter than bracts, blunt pubescent. Seed flat 
orbicular. Hab. Very rare, perhaps extinct. Singapore, abundant 
on the stream at Stagmount, but entirely destroyed in 1910 ; Chua 
Chu Kang; Pulau Damar (Ridley). 
