374 CVI. GESNERAOEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Rhynchotechum. 
lin. .Peduncles j-lin. Sepals } in., narrowly lanceolate, patently hispid like the 
leaves. Flowers and berries as of R. ellipticum, but a little larger. 
4. R. latifolium, H. f. 4 T.; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 94; 
leaves oblanceolate or obovate acuminate at both ends subdenticulate mature 
glabrous above more or less tawny and silkily woolly beneath, cyme 4-6 in. 
diam. very divaricate compound silkily woolly. Chelone latifolia, Ham. in 
Herb. Wail. Chiliandra obovata, Griff. Notul. iv. 150, and Jc. Pl. Astiat. 
t. 438. 
AssAM, Wallich, Griffith; Mishmee Hills, Griffith. —DisTRIB. Ava. . 
Stem thick, silkily woolly upwards. Leaves opposite, 8 by 3 in. (sometimes 
obovate larger); petiole lin. Peduncles 2 in., stout; cyme umbellately decompound, 
many- (sometimes 150-) fld. Sepals 4 in., narrowly lanceolate. Corolla hardly 
longer than the calyx, white with the upper lip purple (Griffith). Berry } in. diam. 
when dry. 
5. R. alternifolium, Clarke; leaves (except the uppermost pair) 
alternate elongate elliptic acuminate at both ends denticulate mature nearly 
glabrous except the nerves, cymes peduncled compound tawny silky.— 
Corisanthera sp., Griff. ms. 
UPPER AssAM ; Brahmakoond, Griffith. 
Stem upwards (with the innovations) cinnamoneous, silkily woolly. Leaves of the 
uppermost pair one 7} by 2} in. the other 23 by 3 in.; petiole 1j in. Peduncles 
lin.; inflorescence much as of R. latifolium, but less divaricate. Corolla distinctly 
2-lipped, upper lip longer less deeply divided. Anthers largeish, dehiscent on the 
inner face, minutely glandular at the apex, slits early confluent at the apex. Style 
very long.—This species (with some other Malay plants) entirely annuls the simple 
distinction given in the Gen. Plant. between Rhynchotechum and Isanthera of “ leaves 
opposite” and “ leaves alternate ;” except for the alternate leaves and peduncles it 
is altogether a Rhynchotechum. 
6. R. calycinum, Clarke; glabrate in fruit, leaves elongate-elliptic 
nearly entire, cymes short-peduncled very dense, sepals lanceolate pro- 
minent. 
UPPER AssaM ?; “on the Soondra bank." 
Stem very thick. Leaves all opposite, 10 by 3} in., narrowed at both ends, sub- 
coriaceous, not seen young; petiole 2 in. Peduncles 1 in., 2-5-clustered ; cymes n 
fruit subcapitate, very many-fld., glabrate ; bracts} in., oblong. Sepals iin. Corolla 
not seen. Berry small, glabrous. 
XXV. CYRTANDYA, Forst. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, equal or unequal, or one of each patr 
rudimentary or wanting. Flowers in cymes or heads, peduncled or sessile, 
axillary ; bracts often large or connate into an involucre. Calyx free, ovo! 
or tubular, diciduous or persistent; teeth 5, acute. Corolla tubular- 
funnel-shaped ; lobes 5, round, spreading, subequal (in the Indian species). 
Stamens 2 perfect. 2 or 3 rudimentary; anthers included (n the 
Indian species) 2-celled; cells broad-oblong, subparallel, slits longitudinal. 
Dise annular, or (in non-Indian species) unilateral subquadrate. Ovary 
superior; style long or short, stigma shortly 2-lobed; placent nearly 
meeting, then revolute. Berry fleshy, ovoid oblong or linear, usually 
white. Seeds very many, minute, ellipsoid, smooth, testa obscurely reticu- 
aod. Species 160, Malayan and Polynesian, from Penang to the Sandwich 
slands. 
