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subteniiinal ; pedicel -25 in. long, slender. Calyx sniuU, cupshaped, 

 green, -25 in. long, hairy, almost entire. Corolla dark red, -75 in. long; 

 tube stout ; lobes rather large, rounded, hairy. Stamens included ; 

 filaments glabrous. Capsule 8 in. long, narrow, terete. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 2. XIII. 160 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 343, and in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. V. i. 48 ; Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 502, and 

 in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 43, 18. ^. radicans, Wall. Cat. 798a 

 {non Jack). 



Peeak: Bujong Malacca, Curtis; Tapa, Wray 1417. Malacca: 

 Mount Ophir, Lobb, Maingay (K.D.) 1219. Johoee : Tanjong Kopang, 

 Biclley ; Ulu Batu Pahat, Kelsall. Singapore: Wallich 798 a; Bukit 

 Mandal, Chanchu Kang, Kranji, Biclley. — Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



13. iEscHYNANTHUs OBCONicA, Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. V. i. 

 50 (1883). Stems about a foot long or more, woody, glabrous. Leaves 

 in pairs, coriaceous, glabrous ; elliptic oblong or ovate, acuminate, 

 narrowed at base into the petiole ; 1-5 to 3 in. long, -75 to 1-25 in. broad ; 

 petiole -25 in. long. Flowers subterminal, a few in a cluster ; pedicels 

 •25 in. long, hairy. Calyx deep red, obconic, wide, hairy, -25 in. long ; 

 mouth entire. Corolla -5 in. long ; tube thick and short ; lobes rounded, 

 hairy, deep red with yellowish-white central bars. Stamens very shortly 

 exsert ; filaments jiearly glabrous. Capsule 8 in. long, cylindric. 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 343 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7336; Eidley in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 501, and in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 

 43, 18. 



Perak : Batu Kuran and Bujong Malacca, Curtis 2990, 3335 ; Larut 

 Hills, Biclley 2905 ; Blanja and Relan Tujor, Wray 149, 1772 ; Scortechini 

 28, 1861 ; Larut Peak at 2000 to 3000 ft., Kincfs Collector 2012, 2849, 

 10179. DiNDiNGs : Pangkore, Curtis 1338. Selangor : Klang, Beccari. — 

 Distrib. Borneo {Motley 687 fide Hook. f.). 



The following Sumatran species is herein described. 



jEschynanthus Foubesii, Ridley, nov. sp. An epiphytic shrub ; .sfews creeping; 

 branches slender, about a foot long. Leaves opposite, fleshy ; ovate-lanceolate, acute ; 

 2 to 2-5 in. long, -5 in. broad ; midrib elevated, other nerves inconspicuous; petiole 

 •2 in. long. Flowers subsolitary, axillary ; pedicels -2 in. long. Ca/!/a;-lobes free to the 

 base, extremely short, linear or acuminate, tips setiform, -2 in. long. Co?-o/Za -tube 

 nearly -75 in. long, slightly curved and dilated upwards, pubescent, scarlet. Style hairy. 



Sumatra: Mount Dempo, 5700 ft., Forbes 2268. Rather remarkable for its very 

 small calyx lobes. 



[^scHYNANTHUs FoEBESii, Ridley, nov. sp. Frutex epiphyticus ; caules reptantes, 

 ramis 30cm. longis gracilibus. Folia opposita, carnosa, ovato-lanceolata, acuta; 5-6 

 cm. longa, 10-15 mm. lata ; praeter costam elevatam nervis inconspicuis ; petioli 5 mm. 

 longi. Flores subsolitarii axillares ; pedicelli 5 mm. longi. Cahjcis lobi ad basin liberi, 

 brevissimi, lineares vel acuminati, 5 mm. longi, apicibus setiformibus. Corollce tubus 



