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6. CYRTANDRA INCOMPTA. 
C. hirsuta, foliis elliptico-ovatis serratis, floribus capitatis hirsu- 
tis, involucro diphyllo. 
Langkabang. Malay. 
Native of Sumatra. 
Herbaceous, erect, shaggy with brown hair. Leaves alternate 
from the abortion of the opposite leaf, of which there is 
sometimes a rudiment observable, long-petioled, elliptic- 
ovate, acute, serrated, villous; six inches long.  Petioles 
about three inches long, densely villous with brown hair. 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the petioles, bear- 
ing a small compact head of sessile flowers, the whole 
densely woolly. Jnvolucre of two ovate, acute leaflets. 
Calyx tubular, covered with brown wool, quinquefid. Co- 
rolla villous without, infundibuliform ; limb five-parted, 
nearly equal. Stamina two, conniving, joined by their 
anthers. Anthers with erect parallel lobes. Ovary em- 
braced by a nectarial ring. Style one. Berry as in the 
genus. Seeds foveolate. | l Sect 
This plant is remarkable for the shagginess of all its parts. 
7. CYRTANDRA AUREA. 
C. foliis oppositis subrotundo-ovatis acuminatis serratis sericeo- 
pilosis, capitulis densis subsessilibus. 
At the foot of Gunong Bunko, interior of Bencoolen. 
A large strong erect species; stem thick, four-sided, with rounded 
angles, pilose with appressed hairs. Leaves opposite, both 
perfect, long-petioled, subrotund-ovate, very large, acu- 
minate, serrate, sericeously pilose, particularly on the 
under surface. Heads axillary, sub-sessile, densely many- 
flowered. 
