586 cvi. acanthaceje. [Asystasia. 
(2) A. coromandeliana Nees, Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 667. 
Branching herb 1 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves ovate acute, 1 to 3*5 in. 
long; petioles 1 in. long or more. Racemes 4 in. long; peduncle 
as long or shorter. Sepals -2 in. long, pubescent. Corolla primrose 
yellow, dirty white or more or less dark violet, 1*25 in. long, 1 in. wide, 
inflated above, narrow below. Capsule 1 in. long, solid base, -35 in. 
long. Hab. Introduced in 1876, and now common in hedges in 
Singapore and Penang. It varies in colour of flowers from pale 
yellow to white and pale or dark violet. Native of India and Africa. 
20 . LEPIDAGATHIS, Willd. 
Herbs or shrubby plants. Inflorescence of spikes or spike-like 
panicles. Bracts lanceolate or elliptic. Calyx of 5 lobes free 
nearly to base. Corolla-tube short, cylindric, limb 2-lipped. 
Stamens 4 in 2 pairs; anther-cells 2, parallel or one slightly above 
the other, not tailed. Capsule not clubbed. Seeds 4, orbicular 
pustulate. Species 60, tropics, but rare in America. 
Spikes short, crowded sessile; flowers small . . (1) L. incurva 
Spikes elongate with large bracts ; flowers small, under 
•25 in. long . . . . . . . (2) L. Yappii 
Flowers 1 in. or more long. 
Flowers dark red; bracts linear lanceolate . . (3) L. longifolia 
Flowers white; bracts linear . . . (4) L. macrantha 
(1) L. incurva Don, Prodr. FI. Nep. 119; Clarke, l.c. 672. 
L. hyalina Nees, Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 95. 
Weedy plant, rooting at base and ascending to 2 ft. tall. Leaves 
lanceolate-oblong acuminate both ends nearly glabrous, 3 to 5 in. 
long, 1 in. wide; petioles winged half-way, 1 in. long. Spikes 
crowded, sessile several together terminal, hairy, -5 to 1-5 in. long. 
Bracts -4 in. long, lanceolate mucronate. Bracteoles -35 in. long. 
Sepals narrow lanceolate. Corolla -25 in. long, white, upper lobe 
chocolate. Anther-cells one below the other. Capsule *2 in. 
long, conic, top hairy. Hab . Abundant in waste ground in the 
north. Perak, Tambun. Penang, Penara Bukit; Waterfall (all 
collectors). Perlis, Chupeng. Kedah, Gunong Geriang. Lankawi 
(Ridley). Distrib. India, China, Malaya. 
(2) L. Yappii Ridl. 
Herb about 1 ft. tall. Leaves opposite, equal ovate sub-acute, 
base shortly cuneate, edge undulate; nerves beneath 7 pairs and 
midrib appressed hairy; 6 in. long, 3 in. wide ; petioles hairy, 1 in. 
long. Panicle terminal of 4 or 5 spikes, 4 to 6 in. long. Spikes 
2 or more in. long, densely hairy. Bracts elliptic acute at both 
ends, hairy especially on the edge, *4 in. long, -2 in. wide. 
Flowers solitary, small, sessile. Calyx-lobes linear acuminate hairy, 
■i in. long. Corolla-tube short and thick, shorter than sepals, 
upper lip narrow-oblong, *2 in. long, entire, lower lip trifid, lobes 
blunt hairy. Stamens 4; filaments slender in two pairs; anthers 
linear, the upper pair with cells unequally placed, no appendages. 
