776 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



fusiform-cylindric, when ripe spirally twisted. Seeds minute.- — Disteeb. 

 Species about 22 in India, Siam, China, and Malaya. 



Corolla limb 1'5 in. across, blue ; se)3als pubescent . . . . 1. J5. paniculata. 



Corolla limb less than 1 in. across : — 

 Calyx-lobes more or less pubescent : — 

 Stems 1 ft. or more in height : — 

 Corolla blue : — 

 Leaves white beneath .. .. .. .. 2. B. verticillata. 



Leaves yellowish-brown beneath . . . . ., 3. B. ccerulescens. 



Corolla white . . . . . . .. 8. B. suffruticosa. 



Stems under 6 in. in height : — 

 Leaves arachnoid above ; corolla rose-pink . . . . 5. J5. lanata. 



Leaves glabrous above . . . . . . . . 6. B. acxitifolia. 



Calyx-lobes glabrous : — 

 Leaves arachnoid above ; corolla white with pink mouth . . A. B. elegans. 

 Leaves glabrous above : — 



Corolla pale lilac . . . . . . .. 1. B. divaricata. 



Corolla white . . . . . . . . 9. B. parviflora. 



Doubtful Species. 

 10. B. patens. 11. B. glabra. 12. B. ferruginea. 



1. BcEA PANICULATA, Eidley in Joum. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 519 (1895). 

 Stem-h&.SQ woody, 4 in. or more long, -5 in. thick ; above a rosette of 

 leaves ; upper part of stem 1 ft. or more long, stout, deeply grooved, 

 white-arachnoid ; branches numerous, whorled, erect, 6 in. long, 

 covered with brown wool. Leaves crowded in a rosette at the top of 

 the woody portion of the stem, lanceolate acuminate, narrowed for a 

 long distance at the base ; 6 in. long, 1 in. wide; above grey arachnoid, 

 beneath greyish-white with cinnamon-coloured raised nerves. Floivers 

 numerous ; pedicels "5 in. long ; bracts 4 or 5 at each whorl of branches, 

 leafy. Galyx-lohe?, short, lanceolate, pubescent, -125 in. long. Corolla- 

 tube very short ; limb 1*5 in. wide, blue ; lobes large, rounded, unequal. 

 Filaments short and thick, -25 in. long. Style curved, as long as 

 stamens. Capszile '75 in. long, thick. Ridley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. 

 Soc. No. 43, 72 



Selangoe : limestone rocks, Kuala Lumpur, Kelsall and Ridley 

 1970, 1976 and 8226. Peeak: Sungei Siput, Curtis 3105; Kuala 

 Dipang, King's Collector 8271 ; Batu Kuran, Scortechini 1611. A 

 superb plant growing in the cracks of limestone rocks. 



2. BcEAVEETiciLLATA, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 519 (1895). 

 Stem-ha,se woody, 3 in. or more long, nearly -25 in. in diameter; above 

 herbaceous, 1*5 ft. tall, 4-angled, white-arachnoid with branches whorled, 

 each whorl 3 in. or less apart. Leaves whorled, lanceolate acuminate, 

 narrowed at the base into a petiole ; 4 in. long, -75 in. wdde or more ; 



