370 cvi. GESNERACEJS. (C. B. Clarke.) [Monophyllcea. 



capitate; placentae deeply inflexed, then recurved bearing the ovules. 

 Capsule membranous, included, irregularly breaking up ; placentae left in 

 the centre. Seeds ellipsoid, smooth, striated, reticulated. Species 5, 

 Malayan. 



IK. Horsfieldii, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. p. 121; leaf nearly glabrous, 

 racemes lax, corolla-tube longer than the calyx. DC. Prodr. ix. 274. 



MALAYAN PENINSULA ; Klang in Selangore, Seccari. DISTEIB. 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 | in., lower often distant, 

 paired or fascicled. Sepals -^ in., glabrous, slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla $ in. 

 Anthers ovate, 2-eelled; cells soon confluent at the apex; filaments scabrid-glandular 

 at the apex, not toothed. Style subpersistent, exserted from the calyx in young 

 fruit. 



XXI. CYRTANDROIVXCEA, Zoll. 



Undershrubs, thinly pubescent. Leaves opposite, subequal or (in non- 

 Indian species) sometimes unequal, elliptic or oblong, acuminate at both 

 ends, serrate. Racemes 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. Disc obscure. Ovary 

 1-celled (2-celled near the base) ; placentae nearly meeting in its axis, not 

 there bearing ovules, then recurved ovuliferous ; style elongate, stigma of 

 two semicircular plates. Capsule included in the inflated calyx, ellipsoid, 

 papery, irregularly breaking up or loculicidal ; placentae 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 Bijd. 776 ; DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 277. Busea decurrens, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 733. Cyrtandra 

 acuminata, Kurz in Trimen. Journ. Bot. 1875, 329, not of Wall. 



NICOBAR; Kurz. DISTRIB. Java. 



A nearly glabrous uudevshrub, 3-6 ft. high ; stem little-divided, leafy at the top. 

 Leaves 6 in., serrate nearly from the base ; nerves 17-20 pair; petiole hardly any by 

 reason of the much decurrent leaf-bsise. Racemes abbreviated, few-fld., or attaining 

 3^ in., 20-fld., pendulous; pedicels in.; bracteoles ^ in., linear, glabrous. Calyx 

 \ in., corolloid, white or tinged orange; in fruit f-1 in., reticulate. Corolla \\ in. 

 Capsule \ 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. PI. ii. 1020; leaves elliptic acumi- 

 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, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 734. 



PENANG; Wallich, Porter. SINGAPORE; Maingay, ioJi. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



An undershrub, 3 ft. high. Leaves 4-6 in., serrate nearly from the base, mature 

 sparsely pubescent ; nerves 10 pair ; petiole f in. Peduncles pubescent ; bracteoles 

 in., linear. Calyx ^ in., 5-ribbed, minutely pubescent ; in fruit f in., reticulate. 

 Corolla 1| in. Capsule ^ by ^ in., dehiscing from the apex so as to split the style- 

 base. 



