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CVI. ACANTH ACEAS. 
[. Filetia . 
Panicled with two spreading branches. 
Sepals glabrous; leaves 6 in. long 
Sepals pubescent; leaves 4 in. long 
Racemose; sepals glabrous. 
Bracts ovate white. Shrubby bush 
Bracts inconspicuous, plant glabrous. 
Low-branched shrub; leaves ovate . 
Low-branched shrub; leaves lanceolate 
Whole plant hairy with purple hairs 
(1) F. glabra 
(2) F. paniculata 
(3) F. bracteosa 
(4) F. Scortechinii 
(5) F. Ridleyi 
(6) F. hirta 
(1) F. glabra Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 42. 
A large glabrous plant. Leaves broad, lanceolate acuminate, 
acute, base cuneate often blunt, 6 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. long; petioles 
•25 in. long. Inflorescence a simple raceme or 3 on a peduncle 
6 in. long, including peduncle. Flowers eventually distant. Bracts 
narrow, linear-lanceolate. Sepals lanceolate acuminate pubescent. 
Corolla pubescent outside, -5 in. long, lower lip very hairy. Capsule 
•5 in. long. Hab. Mountain forests. Rare. Selangor, Gunong 
Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). 
(2) F. paniculata Clarke, l.c. 670. 
Shrub over 1 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic caudate-acuminate, 
base short cuneate, nearly glabrous, 4-5 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
petioles -25 to -35 in. long. Racemes simple or 3 on a peduncle, 
2 in. long with two linear bracts at base of branches, floriferous 
portion about 4 in. long. Flowers pedicelled in opposite pairs; 
pedicels *125 in. long. Sepals linear pubescent acuminate. Corolla 
•7 in. long, yellowish, densely hairy in the throat. Hob. Perak 
(Scortechini). Rare. 
(3) F. bracteosa Clarke, l.c. 670; Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mas. 
iv. 55. 
A large bushy shrub about 4 ft. tall. Leaves rather fleshy 
elliptic acuminate, base cuneate, 5-5 in. long, 2-25 in. wide; petioles 
•3 in. long. Spikes terminal, dense, 2 in. long. Bracts ovate, 
white. Sepals a little longer, -25 in. long, white, free to base. 
Corolla 1 in. long; tube short as calyx; upper lobes ovate 
blunt, white, lower lip oblong, side-lobes linear-oblong, central 
broad light yellow tipped white. Capsule club-shaped acute, 
1-25 in. long. Seed flat insequilateral. Hab. In mountain forests 
in open spots. Pahang, Telom at 4000 ft. altitude, abundant 
(Ridley). Perak (Scortechini). 
(4) F. Scortechinii Clarke, l.c. 671. 
Spreading shrub with slender branches base creeping. Leaves 
elliptic to nearly ovate abruptly acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous 
entirely; nerves 5 to 6 pairs conspicuous; 2 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 
1*75 in. wide; petioles -25 to *5 in. long. Spike eventually rather 
lax of about 10 flowers, 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers sub-sessile, 
glabrous. Bracts oblong. Sepals linear-oblong acuminate glabrous. 
Corolla *7 in. long, white; throat hairy, palate yellow. Capsule 
•6 in. long, clubbed beaked. Seed obovate, flat. Hab. Mountain 
