772 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



in. long, apparently white ; lobes broad, rounded. Stamens 2, very 

 short ; anthers subglobose. Style slender, pubescent. Capsule (unripe) 

 cyUndric, velvety, -75 in. long, including the style. 



Selangoe : above the Gap on the road to the Sempang mine, 

 3000 to 4000 ft., Curtis — a single specimen. 



A very distinct plant of a weedy habit, with solitary flowers of the type of 

 P. cordata. 



3. Paeabcea Scoetechinii, Ridley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 66 (1905). Stem herbaceous, glabrous. Leaves opposite ; ovate 

 acuminate ; base rounded, inaequilateral ; margins crenate ; quite glabrous ; 

 nerves 8 pairs ; 3 to 3*5 in. long, 1 to 2'5 in. wide ; petiole "5 in. long. 

 Peduncle slender, erect, subterminal, 3 in. long, glabrous ; branches 

 dichotomous, few, 1 in. long ; flowers solitary on the ends of the 

 branches. Calyx-lobes free almost to the base, oblong obtuse, '125 in. 

 long, glabrous, fleshy. Corolla campanulate, "5 in. long, glabrous ; 

 lobes rounded. Anthers broad, elliptic ; filaments very short. 



Peeak : Scortechini (no number or locality). 



A single incomplete specimen. The plant is allied to P. cordata, of which it has 

 quite the flowers, but is quite glabrous. 



4. Paeabcea c^eulea, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 43, 

 66 (1905). Stem woody, 3 to 4 in. long, -125 in. through. Leaves 

 crowded at the top, narrowly lanceolate, linear acuminate, narrowed 

 gradually to the base ; 4 to 5 in. long, "25 in. wide ; above dark green, 

 nearly glabrous ; midrib prominent, beneath pale cinnamon colour ; 

 nerves about 30 pairs joined at the tips. Peduncles slender, axillary, 

 4 in. long, pubescent, 1- to 2-flowered. Calyx-lohes linear, -125 in. long, 

 obtuse. Corolla campanulate, "5 in. long and nearly as wide at the 

 base, pubescent, base pale ; lobes deep blue, rounded. Stamens 2 ; 

 filaments very short, sigmoid ; anthers broad, rounded, oblong. Style 

 fairly stout ; stigma heart-shaped. Capsule very narrow, cylindric, 1 in. 

 long. 



Teingganu : Bundi, E. Bostado. The upper part of the stem among 

 the leaves is covered with silvery hairs. 



5. Paeabcea pyeolifloea, Ridley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 67 (1905). Stem woody, 3 in. tall or more, pubescent. Leaves 

 alternate, ovate or ovate lanceolate, acuminate at both ends ; 3 to 4 in. 

 long, 1-5 in. wide ; entire ; bright green, silky pubescent above, beneath 

 paler ; petiole over 1 in. long, pubescent. Peduncles several from the 

 upper axils, erect, 3 to 4 in. long, shortly hairy. Calyx-lohes lanceo- 

 late, short-pubescent. Corolla campanulate, funnel-shaped, white, -4 in. 



