370 OVI. GESNERACEE. (C. B. Clarke) ^ [Monophyllea. 
capitate; placentee deeply inflexed, then recurved bearing the ovules. 
Capsule membranous, included, irregularly breaking up; placentze left in 
the centre. Seeds ellipsoid, smooth, striated, reticulated.—Species 9, 
Malayan. 
M. Horsfieldii, Br.in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. p.121; leaf nearly glabrous, 
racemes lax, corolla-tube longer than the calyx. DC. Prodr. ix. 274. 
MALAYAN PENINSULA; Klang in Selangore, Beccari.—D1sTRIB. Java, Sumatra. 
Stem 4 in. Leaf 6-8 in. diam., membranous.  Peduncles 2-5, 1-4 in, nearly 
glabrous; racemes simple or divided, }—4 in.; pedicels 4-4 in., lower often distant, 
paired or fascicled. Sepals 4, in., glabrous, slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla jin 
Anthers ovate, 2-celled ; cells soon confluent at the apex; filaments scabrid-glandular 
M the apex, not toothed. Style subpersistent, exserted from the calyx in young 
uit. 
XXI CYRTANDROMGA, Zol. 
Undershrubs, thinly pubescent. Leaves opposite, subequal or (in non- 
Indian species) sometimes unequal, elliptic or oblong, acuminate at both 
ends, serrate. acemes axillary, small, 1- or few-fld., or elongate many-fld. ; 
pedicels 1-bracteate at base, 2-bracteolate near the middle; bracts and 
bracteoles small, linear. Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, 5-toothed; in fruit 
enlarged, membranous, subtruncate. Corolla large, white, sometimes 
with yellow lines in the throat within, glabrous; tube nearly straight; 
lobes 5, subequal, round, patent. Stamens 4, perfect, included, filaments 
linear; anther-cells 2, oblong, divergent at base. Dise obscure. Ovary 
1-celled (2-celled near the base); placentze nearly meeting in its axis, not 
there bearing ovules, then recurved ovuliferous; style elongate, stigma © 
two semicircular plates. Capsule included in the inflated calyx, ellipsoid, 
papery, irregularly breaking up or loculicidal ; placente early free forming 
a 4-pointed column covered by seeds on all sides. Seeds subglobose, testa 
strongly reticulated by subquadrate cells.—Species 8, Malayan. 
1. C. decurrens, Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. Arch. i. 58; leaves elliptic 
acuminate base much decurrent, racemes many-fld., calyx glabrous, capsule 
irregularly breaking up. Loxonia? decurrens, Blume Tja. 716; 
Prodr. ix. 277. Busea decurrens, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 733. Cyrtandra 
acuminata, Kurz in Trimen. Journ. Bot. 1875, 329, not of Wall. 
NICOBAR ; Kurz.—DISTRIB. Java. 
A nearly glabrous undershrub, 3-6 ft. high; stem little-divided, leafy at the top. 
Leaves 6 in., serrate nearly from the base ; nerves 17-20 pair ; petiole bardly any by 
reason of the much decurrent leaf-base. Racemes abbreviated, few-fid., or attaining 
3j in. 20-fld., pendulous; pedicels % in.; bracteoles } in., linear, glabrous. Calys 
i in. corolloid, white or tinged orange; in fruit 1-1 in., reticulate. Corolla 1} in. 
Capsule 4 by } in., ellipsoid.—Zollinger’s specimen agrees with Kurz's Nicobar 
plant ; but his description perhaps includes C. acuminata as well as C. decurrens. 
2. C. acuminata, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1020; leaves elliptic acum! 
nate, peduncles 1-fld. shorter than the petioles, capsule loculicidal 2-valved. 
Cyrtandra? acuminata, Wall. Cat. 1808; DC. Prodr. ix. 285, name only; 
not of Kurz. Busea subsessilis, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 734. 
PrNANG; Wallich, Porter. SINGAPORE; Maingay, Lobb.—DI1stTRIB. Sumatra. 
An undershrub, 3 ft. high. Leaves 4-6 in., serrate nearly from the base, mature 
sparsely pubescent ; nerves 10 pair; petiole 3 in. Peduncles pubescent; bracteoles 
è in. linear. Calyz j in. 5-ribbed, minutely pubescent ; in fruit } in., reticulate. 
Corella lł} in. Capsule } by iin., dehiscing from the apex so as to split the style 
