326 SUPPLEMENT 
Vol. a. p. 574, after sp. 9, Strobilanthes rufo-capitatus Clarke, 
insert : — 
(9a) S. ruficapillis Ridl. 
Tall creeping ascending herb, with long internodes; creeping 
stem, I ft. long or more, ascending portion 18 in. tall, hairy. Leaves 
subequal or very unequal, lower ones elliptic-lanceolate obtusely 
acuminate, base acutely acuminate, edges crenulate, 1-5 to 1-75 
in. long, *5 to i in. wide, scabrid above, hairy beneath on the 4 
pairs of nerves; petioles *25 in. long, hairy; upper leaves linear- 
lanceolate, 1-25 to 2-25 in. long, -i to *3 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long. 
Inflorescence terminal, of one or two racemes, terminal one 75 in. 
long. Bracts linear, -5 in. long, very narrow, densely covered with 
long spreading red hairs. Sepals linear, hairy at the top with long 
red hairs, -3 in. long. Corolla (not seen) “ white.” Capsule -3 in. 
long, valves narrow, straight linear acute. Seeds 4. Hab. Pahang, 
Raub, (Burkill 17,151). 
Allied to S. rufo-capitatus, Clarke, but the leaves are much smaller 
and narrower, and the inflorescence smaller. 
Order CVIII. Labiate. 
Vol. ii. p. 654, after sp. 4, Gomphostemma oblongum Wall., 
insert : — 
(4A) G. lactea Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1924, p. 300. 
Stem woody, densely stellate-tomentose. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 
shortly acute, base rounded or very shortly narrowed, margin 
entire except for some very short obscure teeth chiefly at the tip, 
above stellate-hairy, beneath densely white stellate-tomentose; 
nerves about 8 pairs, elevate beneath, transverse nervules and 
reticulations equally elevate; 7 in, long, 3 in. wide; petioles thick 
white tomentose, i in. long. Flowers numerous, crowded in 
axillary tufts in the upper part of the stem. Pedicels -2 in. long. 
Bracts linear acute. Calyx infundibular, -3 in. long, white tomen¬ 
tose, lobes short, broad, acute, -i in. long. Corolla creamy-white, 
I in. long, hairy, tube narrow cylindric at base, broadly funnel- 
shaped above, upper lobes blunt. Hab. Pahang, Pinetree Hill 
near Fraser Hill at 4800 ft. altitude {Mohammed Nur 11,075). 
This species is near G. oblonguni, Wall., but the leaves are rounded 
at the base and are almost entire. 
Order CXI. Polygonace^. 
Vol. Hi. p. 14, after sp. 9, Polygonum pedunculare Wall., insert :— 
(10) P. capitatum Ham, in. Don. Prodr. 73; Hook. fd. F.B.I. 
V. 44. 
A tufted wiry plant with prostrate creeping and rooting hairy 
branches about 6 to 8 in, long. Leaves herbaceous, hairy on both 
sides, ovate or rhomboid-ovate acute, narrowed shortly at base, i in. 
long, *5 in, wide; petioles i in. long with a short oblong blunt 
