CVII. VERBENACEJS. 
640 
[Sphenodesnie. 
Burunang (Cantley). Perak, Selama (Kunstler). Province Welles¬ 
ley, Krian; Kubang Ulu (Curtis). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). 
Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Setul. Distrib. India, Siam, Borneo. 
Native names : Akar Lintang Ruas; Akar Sulang; Akar Tenak 
Rimau. 
14 . CONGEA, Roxb. 
Climbing shrubs, usually tomentose. Leaves opposite, simple, 
Inflorescence panicles of 3- to 9-flowered capitate cymes sur¬ 
rounded by 4 large showy involucral leafy bracts usually pink, 
oblong or spathulate. Calyx tubular, funnel-shaped, 5-toothed. 
Corolla small, tube slender, 2-lipped, lobes upper 2, lower 3, upper 
lip largest. Stamens 4, exsert. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled. Drupe 
obovoid, dry, i-seeded. Species 4, Burma to Sumatra. 
C. tomentosa Roxb. commonly cultivated in gardens, with bright 
rose-pink bracts, is a native of Burma and Siam. 
(1) C. vestita Griff. Notulce, iv. 174; 1 c. PI. As. t. 458, fig. 21; 
Gamble, l.e. 866. 
Large climber fulvous-hairy above, red-villous beneath, 3 to 
7 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -25 to -5 in. long, dense hairy. 
Panicles large. Bracts elliptic-obovate strongly nerved and reticu¬ 
late beneath, 1*5 in. long, *75 in. wide. Calyx ribbed, -25 in. long; 
teeth triangular. Corolla rose pink, glabrous outside, a villous 
ring inside, -35 in. long. Hab. Very rare; thickets. Province 
Wellesley, Ara Kudah (Ridley). Distrib. Tenasserim, Mergui. 
15. AVICENNXA, Linn. 
Shrubs or small trees in tidal mud. Leaves coriaceous, entire. 
Flowers in small capitate or spicate heads of close-packed cymes 
or thyrsi. Calyx short, 5-lobed, not enlarged in fruit, segments 
ovate, coriaceous imbricate. Corolla short, cylindric yellow, 
lobes 4, sub-equal or posterior, lobe a little larger. Ovary imper¬ 
fectly 4-celled; ovules 4. Fruit a leathery 2-valved capsule. 
Seed 1. All hot sea-coasts, 4 or 5 species. 
Fruit ovoid. 
Leaves obovate or oblong, tip round, not white 
beneath nor tomentose . . . . (1) A. officinalis 
Leaves obovate round-tipped bright yellow toment¬ 
ose beneath . . . . . . . (2) A. lanata 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate, white beneath . (3) A. alba 
Leaves obovate to lanceolate blunt, pale puberulous 
beneath . (4) A. intermedia 
Fruit globose ; leaves elliptic blunt . . . (5) A. sphserocarpa 
(1) A. officinalis Linn. Sp. PI. no; Gamble, l.c. 867. A. 
obovata Griff. Notulce, iv. 189. 
Bush or free about 15 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic-oblong 
or obovate blunt or rounded at tip, base narrowed, shining above, 
minutely puberulous beneath, 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; 
