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hairy. Capsule 6 in. long; base narrowed, sterile. Eidley in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXXII. 502, and Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. 43, 15. 



Peeak : Larut Hills, at 4500 ft., Ridley ; at Gunong Ijuk, Scortechini 

 1187. Pahang : Kluang Terbang and Gunong Benom, Barnes. — 

 DisTEiB. Burma. 



8. ^SCHYNANTHUS Ehododendeon, Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXII. 500 (1895). An erect epiphytic shrub, 1 to 2 ft. high; stems 

 stout, woody. Leaves opposite, in distant pairs, fleshy-coriaceous ; 

 ovate, acuminate ; 2 in. long, 1-5 in. wide ; nerves inconspicuous ; keel 

 prominent. Floivers several together, axillary and terminal ; pedicels 

 about -5 in. long. Calyx tubular, deep purple, 1 in. long ; lobes short, 

 acute, glabrous. Corolla 3 in. long ; tube thick, dilated above, glabrous ; 

 lobes oblong, rounded, -5 in. long, pubescent, deep red with 3 black 

 streaks on the lower lobes. Stamens very shortly exsert, little longer 

 than the corolla, pubescent. Capsule cylindric, rather stout, 4 in. long ; 

 base narrowed into a gynophore. Seeds with a single hair at each end, 

 brown, scabrid. Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. 43, 15. 



Peeak : Larut Hills at 2500 to 6000 ft. elevation, Bidley ; Curtis 1311 ; 

 Scortechini 58, 388; Plus Eiver, Scortechini 468; King's Collector 2SS2. 



9. ^schynanthus longicalyx, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 16 (1905). Stems woody, over 1 ft. long. Leaves thick, fleshy, 

 glabrous ; ovate, acuminate ; 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1'5 in. broad ; midrib 

 prominent; nerves obscure, i^/oifers large, terminal ; pedicels "5 in. long. 

 Calyx elongate, tubular, glabrous, red, 1-25 in. long, with 5 long thin 

 lanceolate acute lobes "5 in. long. Corolla red with dark blotches in 

 the mouth, 3 in. long, glabrous without ; mouth pubescent ; lobes 

 rounded. Stamens nearly as long as corolla, pubescent. Style stout, 

 pubescent ; stigma capitate. 



Peeak : Scortechini 36 ; at Gunong Batu Putih, Wray 1636. 

 Selangoe: Semangko Pass, A. M. Bum-Murdoch. 



10. ^scHYNANTHUs LoBBiANA, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4260 (1846). A 

 climbing epiphyte, with slender stems rooting along tree-trunks. 

 Leaves in pairs, coriaceous, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, glabrous ; 1*5 

 to 2 in. long, -25 to '75 in. broad ; petioles short. Flowers in axillary 

 and terminal fascicles 3 to 5 together ; pedicels slender, -75 in. long or 

 less. Calyx tubular, 1 in. long, dark purple, thickly pubescent ; lobes 

 very short. Corolla-iuhe 2 in. long, thick, curved; lobes deep red, 

 thickly pubescent, broad, rounded. Stamens barely exserted. Capsule 

 13 in. long, cylindric on a gynophore. Seed very small, oblong, pustular, 

 with a hyaline mass at the hilum, and a single long white hair at each 

 end. M. des Serres Ser. 1, t. 246 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 721 ; Clarke in 



