Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 17S 



long ; lobes short, rounded. Stamens 2 ; filaments short and thick ; 

 anthers large, elliptic. Style thick, cui"ved upwards, longer than the 

 corolla ; stigma very small, capitate. Capsule spreading, 1 in. long, 

 terete, terminated by rather a long style, glabrous. Didymocarpus 

 pyroUflora, Eidley in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, III. 330. 

 Pahang : Tahan river woods, Ridley 2164. 



6. Paeabcea capitata, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. 43, 

 67 (1905). Stemless or with a stout rootstock. Leaves in a rosette, 

 orbicular, base rounded, subpeltate ; 6 in. long, 5 in. wide ; bright 

 green, glabrous above, ochre-yellow beneath ; tomentose ; nerves raised, 

 reticulate ; petiole stout, 2 in. long. Peduncle slender, 8 in. tall ; 

 flowers numerous in an umbel on the top, with 2 broad, blunt, oblong 

 bracts, "25 in. long, below. Pedicels -5 in. long. Calyx campanulate ; 

 lobes Hnear, oblong, obtuse, '3 in. long, green, hairy. Corolla -5 in. 

 across ; lobes subequal, rounded, white. Filaments very short, straight ; 

 anthers reniform. Style caxyedwp, longer than corolla, white. Capsule 

 spreading, Unear, straight, beaked, 1'5 in. long. 



Peeak : Bujong Malacca, Curtis 3215 ; Kamuning, Machado. On 

 limestone rocks. 



Vae. ohloncjiflora, Eidley. Leaves oblong, narrowed at the base. 



Peeae : Kuala Dipang and Sungei Siput, Curtis 3107 ; Tambun 

 Eidley 9832 ; Batu Kuran, Scortechini 1581 ; Goping, King's Collector 

 456, 4325. 



7. Paeabcea feeeuginea, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 68 (1905). Stemless or nearly so. Leaves in a rosette, ovate 

 cordate, obtuse, crenulate ; above covered vnth scattered hairs, below 

 tomentose with longer hairs, paler ; nerves elevated ; 3 in. long, 2-5 in. 

 wide ; petiole 1'5 to 2 in. long. Peduncles 3 in. long, ferruginous- 

 tomentose ; cyme compact, scorpioid, ferruginous-hispid. Calyx-lohes 

 as long as the corolla, green, ferruginous-hispid, lanceolate. Corolla- 

 tube very short ; Hmb explanate, not bilabiate ; lobes broad, obovate, 

 obtuse, subequal and similar, white or tinted with rose. Stamens 2, 

 short ; filaments broad, spathulate, thick ; apex 3-toothed ; anthers 

 conic, connate by the tips. Ovary conic ; stigma rounded, entire, 

 discoid. 



Kedah : Lankawi, on damp rocks, Curtis 2566. 



8. Paeabcea eegulaeis, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. x\s. Soc. 

 No. 43, 68(1905). S^ew woody, 1-5 in. long, ieat'es crowded at the top, 

 very unequal, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, base cuneate inequilateral; mar- 

 gins crenulate ; dark green, glabrous above, purple, minutely tomentose 

 beneath, with elevated nerves ; 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide ; petiole 1-5 in. 

 long, tomentose. Peduncles slender, pubescent, 1 in. long; branches 



