CVI. ACANTHACE^E. 
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forests at 4000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Gunong Semangkok. Perak 
(Scortechini). 
Clarke’s var. evolutior is a rather more drawn-out branch of the same 
plant. 
(5) F. Ridleyi Clarke, l.c. 671. 
Slender-branched or simple herb. Leaves rather fleshy sub¬ 
acute or acuminate, elliptic-lanceolate, upper ones quite narrow, 
2 to 2-5 in. long, 1 to 5 in. wide; petioles slender, -25 in. long. 
Spike 2 to 3 in. long, about 10-flowered. Bract oblong, short. 
Sepals linear-ligulate fleshy blunt, glabrous. Corolla 7 to -8 in. 
long, white, throat hairy. Capsule clubbed, 1 in. long, top broad. 
Seeds 4. Hob. Mountain forests, at 4000 ft. altitude. Open 
spots. Pahang, Telom Ridge, Gunong Berumbun (Ridley). Perak, 
Bujong Malacca. Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall); Semangkok 
Pass (Napier). 
(6) F. hirta Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 61, p. 35. 
Ascending herb, base slightly woody, purple-hairy, about 1 ft. 
tall. Leaves ovate obtuse, narrowed towards base, hairy all oyer, 
2*5 in. long, 1 in. wide. Raceme 3 in. long, lower half nude, hairy. 
Bracts linear hairy, *25 in. long. Sepals linear acuminate hairy. 
Corolla *5 in. long, tube stout, pubescent all over outside, white 
lower lip nearly glabrous, yellow. Hab. Open banks on mountains. 
Rare. Selangor, Sempang Mines in Semangkok Pass at 4000 ft. 
altitude (Ridley). 
19 . ASYSTASIA, Bl. 
Herbs. Leaves equal or nearly so. Racemes terminal unilateral 
lax (rarely branched); pedicels short. Bracts and bracteoles 
very small. Calyx small, lobes linear or narrow-oblong. Corolla- 
tube cylindric inflate upwards. Stamens 4, didynamous; anther- 
cells oblong, parallel. Ovary hairy. Style long; stigmas 2, equal. 
Capsule oblong, 4-seeded above, base sterile solid. Seeds com¬ 
pressed round. Species 30, Africa and Asia. 
Corolla-tube narrow cylindric, dilate only near 
limb. (1) A. intrusa 
Corolla-tube narrow shortly, then large ventricose (2) A. coromandeliana 
(1) A. intrusa Bl. Bijdr. 796; Clarke, l.c. 668. 
Scrambling herb 2 to 5 ft. tall, slightly pubescent. Leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate, 2 to 3 in. long, x in. 
wide; petioles slender, 1-5 in. long. Racemes 1 to 2 in. long. 
Sepals lanceolate, -15 in. long. Corolla violet-blue, 75 in. long, 
tube very narrow cylindric, dilate a little at the top, limb -3 in. 
across. Capsule -6 in. long, solid base about one half. Hub. 
Common in hedges and on banks in lowland open country, Singa¬ 
pore, Tanglin; Fort Canning. Penang, Waterfall, Balik Pulau; 
Pulau Tikus, Distrib, Malay islands. 
