Lepidagathis.] cvi. acanthace.se. 587 
Style simple slender. Capsule -5 in. long, base solid part not 
dilate flattened acute. Seeds 4, orbicular, pustulate, retinacula 
large. Hab. Perak, Gunong Inas at Sira Rimau (Yapp, 553). 
(3) L. longifolia Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 1564; Clarke, l.c. 672. 
A tall-stemmed half shrub, usually about 3 ft. tall. Leaves 
lanceolate, rather thin, long acuminate at both ends, glabrous, 
6 to 9 in. long, 1*5 in. wide or more; petioles *7 in. long. Panicles 
of racemes 4 to 9 in. long, pubescent. Flowers numerous sub- 
sessile, secund. Bracts lanceolate acute, broad, -3 in. long. Sepals 
•5 in. long, lanceolate. Corolla 1 in. long, tube dull, brownish 
purple. Anther-cells at equal height. Hab. Common in forests, 
Johor, Batu Pahat; Sedenah. Muar, Lanadron (Curtis); Bukit 
Keyar (Fox). Malacca, Ayer Panas; Base of Mt. Ophir; Merlimau 
(Derry). Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Pahang, Kota 
Glanggi; Pulau Tawar. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis); 
Petaling; Labu River; Rawang (Kloss). Perak, Sungkai (Kunst- 
' ler); Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Tapah (Wray); Changkat Mentri 
(Kloss). Distrib. Lingga. Native name: Penluroh. 
Abundant as this plant is in our forests, no one as yet has ever seen a 
fruit, and it would not fruit in Singapore Gardens. 
(4) L. macrantha Clarke, l.c. 673. 
Bracts lanceolate at top upper nearly linear, *75 in. long by 
•125 in. wide. Corolla white pubescent without, 1*3 in. long, 
otherwise as in L. longifolia. Perak, at 300 ft. altitude (Wray). 
I have not seen this plant. 
Excluded 
L. chlorostachya Nees, “ Penang, Pulau Poongah, Curtis/" 
Clarke, l.c. 672. Pungah is in Siam. 
21 . BARLERIA, Linn. 
Herbs, prickly or not. Leaves opposite or whorled, two of a 
whorl often reduced to spines. Spike terminal. Bracts large. 
Calyx large of 4 segments, 2 inner ones smaller. Corolla-tube 
cylindrie, 1 in. long. Stamens 2; anther-cells 2 at equal heights; 
stigmas 2, short. Capsule ovoid. Seeds 2 to 4, villous or not. 
Species 120, chiefly African and Indian, a few American. 
Spiny plant; flowers yellow . . . . ( J ) B. prionitis 
Not spiny; flowers blue. 
Spikes long; bracts narrow . . . . • ( 2 ) B. conspicua 
Flowers sub-solitary; bracts broad ovate . . (3) B. siamensis 
var. glabrescens 
(1) B. prionitis Linn. Sp. PI. 636; Clarke, l.c. 673. 
Shrubby, 1 to 3 ft. tall. Leaves firm, elliptic blunt, narrowed 
to both ends, 2 to 5 in. long, -3 to 1 in. wide; petioles slender, 
•25 in. long, interpetiolar spines up to -75 in. long. Spike terminal 
and flowers also axillary. Bracts lanceolate. Sepal posticous, 
*5 in. long. Corolla buff yellow, tube -5 in. long. Capsule ovoid. 
