Cyrtandra.] OVI. GESNERACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 375 
l. C. dispar, DC. Prodr. ix. 282; leaves apparently alternate petioled 
lanceolate-obovate, peduncles Short, pedicels umbelled, calyx persistent. 
C. frutescens, Wall. Cat. 807 partly, not of Jack. 
PENANG; Wallich, Maingay.—Di1sTRIB. Sumatra. 
A shrub; branchlets tessellated with imbricate whitened scales, somewhat quad- 
rangular. Leaves opposite, one of the pair reduced to a linear rudiment of the petiole 
or 0; the other 8 by 3 in., acuminate, base cuneate, glabrate except the rufons-villous 
nerves beneath ; petiole 4-1 in. Peduncles 0—1 in. ; bracts 3 in., lanceolate ; pedicels 
3-8, 3-2 in. Calyx 1 in., fulvous-hirsute, lobed half-way down. Corolla-tube } in., 
slightly curved, fulvous-hirsute without; limb nearly equally 5-lobed. Disc unilateral, 
quadrangular. Ovary fulvous-pubescent. Berry 3 in., elongate ellipsoid, tipped by 
the style-base. 
2. C. pilosa, Blume Bijd. 770 ; leaves opposite subequal sessile obovate- 
anceolate, villous above, peduncles very short, flowers involucred capitate, 
calyx deciduous. DC. Prodr. ix. 282. 
TENASSERIM ; Helfer. SINGAPORE ; Lobb.—DrsTRIB. Java, Sumatra. . 
A shrub; branchlets 4-angled ; innovations rufous silky. Leaves 7 by 3} in., 
acute, base narrowed, closely serrate; nerves beneath fulvous-villous. Peduncles 
scarcely 4 in.; bracts 1 in., united into a spathaceous involucre, deciduous. Calyx 
1 in., lobed about half-way down, rufous-hairy. Corolla-tube 1 in., straight, fulvous- 
silky without, dirty yellow. Ovary and style hairy. Berry $ in., elongate ellipsoid, 
beaked by the style-base, tessellated externally (in the dried state). 
3. C. decurrens, De Vriese Pl. Ind. Bat. Reinw. 14; leaves opposite 
subequal subsessile obovate-lanceolate glabrous above, peduncles very short, 
flowers involucrate capitate. C. frutescens, Wall. Cat. 807 partly, not of 
Jack. 
Penang; Wallich.—DrsTRIB. Malaya to Borneo. in dui 
Hardly specifically separable from C. pilosa. The leaves, even in t eir, young 
stage, are glabrous on the upper surface, and have the lateral nerves more oblique 
the midrib, 
4. C. bicolor, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 27 ; leaves opposite (one 
usually ;ireduced to a rudiment) long-petioled elliptic, peduncles short 
deflexed, flowers capitate, calyx deciduous. DC. Prodr. ix. 281. 
MALACCA; Maingay.—DISTRIB. Sumatra. — . 
An undershrub ; eu: short, simple, stout; innovations closely fulvous-villous. 
Leaves 8 by 5 in., base obtuse, rounded or shortly cordate, coriaceous, mature falvous- 
silky beneath or ultimately glabrate except on the nerves; petiole 4 in. c Peduneles 
1-2 in.; bracts $ in. united into a spathaceous involucre, deciduous. [ K uri in., 
rufous-hairy ; lobes 2 in., lanceolate. Corolla 1% in., fulvous-silky wit rout, pa e 
yellow purple-spotted within (Maingay). Anthers broadly oblong, minutely pi ose R 
both ends. Disc annular. Ovary and style glabrous. Berry 3 in., narrow M ovoid- 
Cylindric.— C, Blumeana of the Javan botanists, figured (as C. pendula, » ume) m 
Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 736, is common in Java, and perhaps does not specifically differ; i 
has white flowers, and the leaves more glabrous beneath. 
jj 769 ; i ften reduced 
5. C. humilis, Blume Bijd. p. 769 ; leaves opposite (one o 
to a rudiment) long-petioled elliptic acute, peduncles hardly any, heads 
involucrate, calyx tubular deciduous. DC. Prodr. 9, p. 281. 
Sr 3 Pri Ic. Ined. Kew).—DisTRIB. Java. . 
Scarcely differs from ecd T leaves are often rhomboid or crenate at the 
base, the peduncles very short not decurved. 
