Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 769 



Malacca: Mount Ophir, Griffith (K.D.) 3836; Maingay (K.D.) 

 1220 ; Ridley 3184, and all collectors. On rocks in the stream. 

 " The Mount Ophir Violet." 



2. LoxocAEPus INCANA, E. Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 115, 120 

 (1810), and Ann. Nat. Sci. XIII. 2, 167. Stemless. Leaves ovate, 

 cordate, serrulate, subacute, silky-tomentose above and beneath ; 



1 to 3 in. long, -75 to 1-5 in. wide; petiole '75 to 1 in. long. Peduncles 



2 to 4 in. long, above dichotomously branched, viscid-hairy; flowers 

 few or numerous. Calyx-lohe^ lanceolate, pubescent, hairy, white 

 tinted green. Corolla-tMbe straight, thick ; upper lobes oblong, recurved, 

 lower lobes oblong, blue. Filaments straight. Pistil conic ; style 

 stout ; stigma capitate. Capside ovoid ; tip upcurved, hairy. Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. II. 737. L. alata, A. DC. Prodr. IX. 277. Didymocarxms 

 incana, Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. PI. II. 1022 ; Clarke in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. V. 98, and in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 352 ; Eidley in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXXII. 5121, and in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. 13, 62. 

 Loxonia ? alata, Wall. Cat. 809. 



Penang : Government Hill, Waterfall, Curtis 297 ; Maingay (K.D.) 

 1228 ; Wallich 809. Peeak : Hermitage HiU, Ridley ; Bujong Malacca, 

 Ridley 9782. Selangoe : Bukit Kutu, Ridley. 



3. LoxocAEPus c^EULEA, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. 43, 

 62 (1905). Stemless or nearly so. Leaves several ; ovate ; base cordate ; 

 serrate, ingequilateral ; 2 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 4 in. wide ; silky-hairy 

 above, tomentose beneath ; petiole 2 to 8 in. long, pubescent. Pedun- 

 cles 6 to 12 in. taU, viscid-hairy ; cymes compact or branched with 2 or 3 

 branches 2 in. long ; flowers numerous ; bracts lanceolate, narrow. 

 Calyx-lobe's, lanceolate, narrow, shorter than the tube. Corolla pubes- 

 cent, 2-hpped, "4 in. long and wide; tube short, broad, campanulate; 

 upper lobes oblong obtuse, lower ones truncate, median one longer, 

 blue with a violet mouth. Stamens exsert ; filaments suddenly thick- 

 ened in the middle, sigmoid ; anthers connate, deep violet. Style 

 slender. Capsule -4 to -5 in. long, lanceolate acute, horn-shaped, 

 upcmrved, viscid. Didymocarpus carulea, Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXII. 513. 



Peeak : Larut Hills, at 5000 ft. alt., Ridley ; King's Collector 6990 ; 

 Scortechini 1427 ; Gunong Bubu, Wray 3809. Selangoe : Bukit 

 Hitam, Eelsall. 



8. Paeabcea, Eidley. 



Herbaceous plants or with a shnibby stem. Leaves usually in a 

 rosette, tomentose or hairy. Floiuers small, white or pink, in simple or 

 panicled cymes; peduncle usually long. Calyx small. Corolla white 



