610 CVI. acanth aceaj. [Per {strophe. 
(3) P. bicalyculata Nees, Wall. PL /Is. Rar. iii. 113; Clarke , 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. iv. 554 - 
About 2 ft. tall, wiry, thinly hairy. Leaves ovate acuminate, 
2 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Panicle lax, spreading 
with axillary lax C3unes; branches slender, ending in a single 
flower with a narrow spathulate linear bract, -24 in. long. Calyx- 
lobes shorter, narrow. Corolla *5 in. long, pale pink. Capsule 
ellipsoid, -5 in. long. Hab. Setul, open sandy heaths (Ridley). 
Dislrib. India. 
36 . HYPOESTES, R. Br. 
Erect branched herbs or shrubs. Leaves sub-equal. Flowers 
paired. Bracts 2, connate into an obconic or cylindric involucre; 
bracteoles usually longer than calyx. Involucre enclosing heads 
of flowers. Calyx deeply lobed, lobes lanceolate. Corolla pale pink 
(or purple), tube narrow, cylindric, lips 2, narrow. Stamens 2; 
anther-cell 1, muticous. Capsule oblong or ellipsoid, 4-seeded; 
placentae not rising elastically. Species 40, Africa and Indo-Malaya. 
(1) H. malaccensis Wight, Ic. 1555; Clarke , l.c. 697. 
About 1 ft. tall, pubescent. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed 
both ends, 3 in. long, *8 in. wide or less; petioles -5 in. long. Clusters 
of involucres 1 in. long. Calyx *25 in. long. Corolla very slender, 
•75 in. long. Stamens long exsert. Hab. Waste ground, very 
local. Malacca by the old chapel (Griffith, Maingay and Ridley). 
Distrib. Malay isles. 
Excluded Species 
Cardanthera triflora Wight, Singapore (fide Clarke). No speci¬ 
men seen. A native of India. 
Adhatoda vasica Nees. Penang (Curtis), Singapore ( fide Hooker). 
There was formerly a bush of this in a garden in Penang, 
but it is not wild nor does it thrive except in very dry spots. 
Cystacanthus turgida Nicholson, Penang (Deschamps). A 
Cochin-Chinese plant often cultivated in gardens, not wild 
here. 
Graptophyllum hortense Nees. The Caricature plant, is cul¬ 
tivated only in all gardens. The leaves are green variegated 
with red or yellow in cultivation, but plants abandoned in 
jungle on Bukit Timah lost all variegation and became dark 
green only. The species is given from Perak and Kedah 
(Scortechini and Kunstler) by Clarke, but doubtless from 
garden-plants. 
