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(i) M dischidioides Ridl. 
Stem rather slender, 4-angled, branched, internodes *5 to i 
in. long. Leaves paired, ovate acute, base round fleshy, purple 
beneath, nerves invisible; *5 in. long, -3 in. wide; petioles *05 in. 
long. Racemes shorter than pedicels. Sepals -05 in. long, lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, connate at base, glandular, hairy. Corolla half 
as long, glabrous, tube very short, campanulate, lobes longer, 
equal, ovate rounded. Stamens equal, filaments very short; 
anthers twice as long, elliptic, rounded at both ends. Ovary 
cylindric, shorter than anthers. Hah. On boughs of trees at 5500 
ft. altitude, Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Ridley 16,122). 
The affinity of this curious plant with the smallest flowers 
of any of the Cyrfandracece is evidently with /Esckyfianilms, which 
it resembles in its habit, opposite fleshy leaves, and long hairy sepals, 
but the corolla is reduced to a very short regular campanulate organ 
with 4 short equal stamens, in fact a corolla much like that of 
Bmca. 
Vol. ii, p. 530, io sp. 8, Paraboea salicina, add :— 
P. salicina var. major. Stem woody, 5 in. tall. Leaves densel}?^ 
crowded at the top, elliptic-lanceolate subacute, base narrowed 
blunt, margins irregularly dentate crenulate, above glabrous, 
beneath scurfy-pubescent on the 20 pairs of nerves, elevate, midrib 
elevate transversely wrinkled; 2 to 4 in. long, -75 to i in. wide; 
petioles i in. long or less, transversely rugose hairy. Cymes numer¬ 
ous, slender, spreading, pubescent, red, 3 in. long, dichotomously 
branched. Bracts linear blunt, very slu)rt, longer than the pedicels. 
Flowers nodding on very short pedicels, small, -i in long. Sepals 
linear, half as long as corolla. Corolla campanulate, lobes ovate 
acute. Stamens very .small. Style long proiecting. Hah. Kelantan, 
Kwala Aring (Yapp). 
This differs from the Pahang plant in its broader leaves and 
panicled cymes. 
Order CVI. Acanthace^. 
Vol. ii. p. 564, after sp. 2, Ruellia prostrata Linn., insert :— 
(3) R. amcena Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 203. Stephanophysum 
longifoliiim Pohl. PL Braz. ii. 85, t. 156. 
This Brazilian plant has appeared as an alien escaped from 
gardens in a few places. It is a herb about i ft. tall, glabrous. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate bases, narrowed, herbaceous, 
3 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. Flowers few in short terriiinal racemes or 
small panicles. Bracts setaceous. Calyx lobes -25 in. long, setaceous. 
Corolla bright red, 1-5 in. long, tube slender at base, then abruptly 
swollen, *5 in. through, lobes short ovate, *15 in. long. Capsule 
•5 in. long, dilate in seed-bearing portion. Seeds about 15, orbi¬ 
cular flat, smooth. Hah. Waste ground, banks, etc., near cultiva¬ 
tion, Singapore, Penang Hill; often cultivated in gardens. 
