526 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON CYRTANDRACEX MALAYENSES. 
Lobb’s locality is probably erroneous; it has never since 
been found in Singapore. The plant also occurs in Java and 
Sumatra. 
Cyrranpra DEcURRENS, De Vriese, Pl. Ind. Bat. Orient., p. 14. 
Var. Wanuicnn, (. B. Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan., v. p. 222. 
Johore, at the base of Gunong Panti; Sungei Ujong, Bukit 
Sulu; Perak, Thaiping Hills; Penang (Wallich, List, n. 807, 
partim). 
I doubt this being distinct from the preceding species, 
(. decurrens, De Vriese, sensu maximo is widely spread over all 
the islands from New Guinea to Sumatra. 
The native name in Sungei Ujong for the plant is “ Gugunjah 
Pulth” (Gunjah is probably the same as Ganja, %.e., Cannabis 
sativa, Linn., and the name would mean white-flowered hemp). 
C. penputa, Blume, Bijdr., p. 768. 
Abundant in rocky ravines in dense jungle, from sea level 
up to about 1,000 feet altitude, often thickly covering the 
ground, 
Singapore, common in several spots, Bukit Timah, &c. ; 
Johore, on Gunong Panti, and on Pulau Tioman, an island off 
the east coast ; Selangor, at Kwala Lumpur; Perak, Thaiping 
Hills; Pahang, at Kwala Tembeling; Malacca (Maingay, in 
Herb. Kew.) ; also in Java and Snmatra. 
The drawing by Prince in the Kew Herbarium, referred in 
the Flora of British India to C. bicolor, Jack, appears to me to 
be merely a small plant of C. pendula, Blume. Jack’s species 
is distinguished mainly by the red wool on the underside of the 
leaves, which he says (Trans. Linn. Soc., xiv. p. 27), were 
purple beneath; a Sumatran plant collected by Korthals in 
Herb. Kew appears to belong to this species. There are two 
forms to be met with in Singapore, in one the leaves are ovate 
cordate and usually crenate, in the other, a weaker plant, they 
are rhomboid lanceolate and taper into the petiole, and are 
often entire. I have had many of both forms under cultiva- 
tion, and find it very difficult to specifically distinguish them. 
The leaves of both forms are often marbled with white. The 
length of the peduncle and number of flowers in a head also 
vary considerably. 
The flowers are of a creamy white, with purple spots in the 
tube. The sausage-shaped “ berry ” is of a light brown colour. 
