Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 765 



Leaves ovate : — 



Corolla 1*5 in. long, azure blue ; stems 1 ft. high or more . . 2. C. caliginosa. 



Corolla "75 in. long, violet with darker streaks ; stems 



under 1 ft. high . . . . . . . . 3. C. viola. 



Leaves lanceolate ; corolla blue, rarely white . . . . 4. C. sericea. 



Bracts connate ; leaves ovate ; corolla blue or violet : — 



Corolla-tube -5 in. long . . . . . . . . o. C. rupestris. 



Corolla-tube 1 in. long . . . . . . . . 6. C Glasgovii. 



Doubtful Species. 

 7. C. moUii^siina. 



1. Chieita elata, Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 518 (1895). 

 A taU rough herb, 2 ft. high. Stem angled, branched. Leaves 3 to 6 in. 

 long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide, ovate, inequilateral, acute, toothed ; with 

 elevated nerves, hispid ; petioles slender, lin. long. Cymes lateral, axil- 

 lary, 3 in. long, hispid. Ca?^.z;-lobes lanceolate acuminate, hairy, -125 in. 

 long. Corolla funnel-shaped, hairy, 1 in. long, claret colour ; lobes 

 short, rounded, subequal, -5 in. across. Stamens 2 ; filaments slender ; 

 anthers oblong ; staminodes short, with abortive anthers. Ovary short, 

 pubescent; stigma peltate, sub-bilobed. Capsule straight, cylindric. 

 Eidley in Joum. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. 43, 57. 



Peeak : Lariit HiUs, Wray 2985 ; Curtis 2038 ; Eidley 2911. 



2. Chieita caliginosa, Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. V. i. 122 (1883). 

 A soft herb, 1 ft. or more tall, often branched. Leaves opposite ; ovate 

 acuminate, base broad or cuneate, very inequilateral ; margins entire 

 or slightly toothed ; 2-5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide ; closely pubescent ; 

 petiole -5 in. long. Floicers several, axillary ; pedicels -5 to 1 in. long, 

 pubescent. Calyx-lohe^ lanceolate acuminate, hairy, 5 in. long. 

 Corolla 1-5 in. long, azure blue ; tube narrow at the base, broadly 

 infundibuliform at the apex, pubescent ; lobes large, rounded, "75 in. 

 across the lips. Stamens 2 ; anthers globose, covered with long hairs 

 at base. Style slender, pubescent ; stigma bilobed, lobes hnear. Capsule 

 3 in. long, slender, cylindric, ciu-ved. Clarke in Hook, f . Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 

 360 ; Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 516, and in Journ. Str. Br. 

 E. As. Soc. No. 43, 58. 



Peeak : Kuala Dipang, Curtis 3109 ; Batu Km-an, Scortechini 1582 

 Selangoe : Kuala Lumpur caves, Beccari; Curtis 2359. 



3. Chieita viola, Eidley in Jom^n. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 516 (1895). 

 A herb, 2 to 10 in. tall, pubescent. Leaves ovate acute, crenate or ser- 

 rate or entire, very unequal, 2 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide ; petiole 

 •125 in. long. Cymes short, few-flowered ; flowers smaU ; pedicels "5 in. 

 long. Calyx-lohes lanceolate, acute, hispid, nearly -125 in. long. 

 Corolla -75 in. long, violet ; tube narrow at the base, thin, dilated. 



