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1. Paeabcea coedata, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. K. As. Soc. No. 43, 

 64 (1905). A tall herb, 2 ft. high ; stem pubescent. Leaves opposite, 

 ovate acuminate, inaequilateral at base, dentate, sparingly hispid above 

 and beneath ; nerves 10 pairs, hairy beneath ; 6 to 7 in. long, 4 in. wide ; 

 petiole 1 in. long. Peduncles stout, 6 to 8 in. long, pubescent, bearing 

 a spreading panicle 4 to 6 in. long ; bracts in pairs at the base of each 

 bifurcation, ovate, glabrous, "125 in. long ; pedicels slender, -5 in. long, 

 glabrous. Caly x-\ohe^ lanceolate, free to base, glabrous, -5 in. long. 

 Corolla campanulate, '5 in. long, v^^iite tinted violet ; lobes short, equal, 

 rounded, with 2 rows of glands on each. Stamens 2 ; filaments short ; 

 anthers subglobose, large ; staminodes minute. Ovary slender, glabrous. 

 Capsule sausage-shaped, 4-angled, 1-5 in. long, glabrous, rather thick, 

 spUtting on two sides. Seeds minute, deep red, oblong. Didymocarpus 

 cordata, Jack ; E. Br. Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. 119 ; Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, XIII. 

 164 ; WaU. Cat. 781 ; DC. Prodr. IX. 265 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 726 ; 

 Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. V. 84, t. 9, and in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 

 350 ; Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 514. 



Penang : WalUch 781 ; Maingay (K.D.) 1224 ; W. Fox ; Curtis 452. 

 Peeak: Larut HiUs, Scortechini 296, 400; Eidley 2913, 10682; 

 King's Collector 2227, 2331, 6378. Common on rocks at 2000 to 6000 

 ft. alt. 



Vae. debilis, Eidley. Ehizome fleshy; stem 6 in. tall, pubescent. 

 Leaves thin, ovate oblique ; base obtuse ; apex acute or subacute ; 

 margin crenate dentate ; sparingly hispid, 1-5 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. 

 long. Panicle 4 to 6 in. long, glabrous, weak, few-branched ; branches 

 short and thin ; bracts ovate ; flowers smaller. 



Kedah : Gunong Jerai, Eidley. 



Vae. ophirensis, Eidley. 



Tall and weak. Leaves thin, lanceolate, subacute or acute, narrowed 

 at the base ; 6 in. long, 2 in. wide. Panicle weak, glabrous ; bracts 

 lanceolate ; flowers smaller, white. Capsule smaller, curved, -4 in. long. 



Malacca : Mount Ophir, on a big cliff in the forest below Padang 

 Batu, Eidley 3183. 



2. Paeabcea campanulata, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 65 (1905). Stem slender, herbaceous, 1 ft. tall, shortly hairy. 

 Leaves opposite, in distant pairs, elliptic acute, entire or obscurely 

 crenulate ; above glabrous except the edge fringed with multicellular 

 hairs ; beneath glabrous except the midrib and elevated nerves about 

 12 pairs; scurfily hairy; 2-5 to 3'5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petiole 

 scurfy-hairy -125 to -375 in. long. Peduncles subterminal, 1*5 in. long, 

 1-flowered, rufous-hairy ; bracts 2, alternate, linear, minute ; pedicel 



■'5 in. Calyx-lohes. linear, hairy, '125 in. long. Corolla campanulate, "5 



