662 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



linear, 4 to 7 in. long (5 on one stem) ; flowers all solitary ; bracts 

 minute, linear. Sepals hardly 'lb in. long, linear, pubescent. Corolla 

 •5 to -6 in. long, pubescent, blue. Stamens 2 ; filaments glabrous up- 

 wards ; anther-cells 2, oblong, parallel at equal height, minutely or 

 obscurely mucronate at base ; pollen ellipsoid, 20 ix long, obscurely 

 ribbed longitudinally. Ovary minutely pubescent ; style thinly hairy, 

 with one branch suppressed. Caps%de •? in. long, linear, glabrate, 

 20-seeded. 



Pahang : Bid ley. 



2. Gymnostachyum diversifolium, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Creeping. 

 Stems 1 to 4 in. Leaves up to 5 by 2-25 in., slightly pubescent beneath, 

 ovate ; tip triangular ; margin entire ; nerves 8 pairs ; base suddenly 

 narrowed, shortly decurrent on the petiole, or (on every plant) one leaf 

 truncate or cordate at base. Spikes linear, 2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 3 on 

 one stem ; flowers all solitary ; bracts minute or none. Calyx scarcely 

 •15 to '2 in. long. Corolla -75 in. long or rather more. Otherwise as 

 G. decurrens, Stapf. 



Kedah : Curtis 25S0. Peeak: alt. 400 to 600 ft.. King's Collector 

 8284, 936 ; Scortechini 1589. 



In every plant the leaves are decurrent on the petiole ; but there are one or two 

 upper leaves truncate or even cordate at base ; the same may be observed in several of 

 these small Gymnostachyums, This plant is nearly allied to G. decurrens, Stapf ; 

 the leaves are of thinner texture, with thinner nerves. 



3. Gymnostachyum fallens, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Ehizome 1*5 in. 

 long, woody, nodose. Stem -5 to 1 in. long. Leaves : blade 4 by 2-5 in., 

 broad-ovate ; tip subobtuse, nearly glabrous, shortly decurrent on the 

 petiole ; margin wavy-crenate ; upper surface densely punctate ; lower 

 surface pale green. Spike 3 to 4 in. long, on a 3 to 4 in. peduncle, 

 slightly branched, minutely pubescent ; flowers solitary. Calyx 

 •125 in. long. Corolla -5 in. long, white. Caj^sule rather more than 

 •5 in. long. 



Perak : alt. 300 to 500 ft.. King's Collector 8133. 



4. Gymnostachyum polyneueon, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Top of stem 

 leafy, 3 in. long (seen). Leaves spathulate; blade ovate, 5 by 2-25 in.; 

 tip triangular-obtuse, nearly glabrous ; primary nerves 10 pairs ; petioles 

 1-5 in. long. Panicle terminal, compound ; ultimate spikes 2 to 5 in. 

 long, linear ; flowers distant, solitary, subsessile. Sepals -125 in. long, 

 linear, nearly glabrous. Corolla -5 in. long; "lower lip deep violet, 

 upper white splashed with violet." Stamens 2 ; anther-cells 2, narrow 

 oblong, at equal height, not tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, 30 /* long, with 2 

 stopples and 2 longitudinal rows on either side of each stopple. Ovary 



