608 CVI. ACANTHACE^. [Sphinctacanthus. 
and near midrib; nerves 8 pairs; 6 to 8 in. long, 1*5 to 275 in. 
wide; petioles -5 in. long. Panicle spike-like, 7 in. long with 
many short branches from -5 to -75 in. long in fruit, all hairy 
peduncle 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers white, 2 to 7 on a branch. 
Bracts very small, lanceolate. Sepals free to base, lanceolate 
subulate, -08 in. long. Corolla -25 in. long, tube cylindric white, 
limb short, upper lip oblong, bilobed longer than lower lip, lower 
lip dentate with purple spot at base. Stamens glabrous included, 
deep brown purple. Fruit hairy, *25 in. long. Seeds round, flat, 
strongly pustulate. Hab. Hill forests, Negri Sembilan, Bukit 
Tangga (Ridley). 
33 . ECBOLIUM, ICurz 
Spikes strobilate with broad imbricate bracts. Corolla-tube 
narrow cylindric, long; lobes broad. Stamens 2; anther-cells 
2, at equal height, muticous. Capsule stalked. Seeds large, flat 
in the round head. Species 12, African and Indian. 
(1) E. Linneanum Kurz, Jonrn. As. Soc. Bens', xl. (2), p. 75; 
Clarke , l.c. 694. 
Shrub. Leaves elliptic or obovate acute, 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 
2 in. wide; petioles short. Spikes 2 to 6 in. long. Bracts *5 in. 
long, broad, green blunt or rounded. Calyx-lobes -2 in. long. 
Corolla greenish blue, tube 75 to 1 in. long; limb 1 in. across. Cap¬ 
sule 75 in. long; head round, flat, -3 in. across with 2 large, flat 
seeds. Hab. Waste places near gardens, Penang and Malacca 
(Kunstler and Maingay). 
I have never seen this plant in the Malay Peninsula, and I think the 
specimens recorded above must have been aliens from gardens. It is an 
African and Indian species. 
34 . DICLIFTERA, Juss. 
Diffuse erect herbs. Leaves ovate acute. Inflorescence in 
axillary cymes forming a terminal spike. Bracts larger than 
calyx. Flowers sessile. Bracteoles linear. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes 
linear-lanceolate. Corolla pink or red, spotted purple, tube slender, 
limb deeply 2-lipped. Stamens 2; anthers 2-celled, cells ovoid 
muticous. Capsule clavate, stalk solid, placentae rising elastically. 
Species about 60, tropics generally. 
(1) D. rosea Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 154. 
About 1 ft. tall, stem 4-angled, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate 
or ovate, base cuneate, t ip short, blunt acuminate; nerves hairy 
beneath only; 1*5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 175 in. wide. Terminal spike 
of cymes about 3 in. long. Bracts ovate cuspidate nearly sessile, 
•25 in. long, green hairy, edge ciliate. Flowers pink. Corolla- 
tube -25 in. long, lobes linear as long. Fruit -12 in. long, narrow 
hairy on back. Seeds flat, elliptic, edge pustular. Hab. On 
limestone rocks in north. Kedah, Gunong Geriang. Perlis, 
Bukit Lagi, Kanga (Ridley). 
