778 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



lobes rounded. Anthers subglobose. Style thick. Capsule "5 in. long, 

 thick, glabrous. Ridley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 43, 74. 



Kedah : Langkawi, Dayong Bunting, on limestone rocks, Curtis 

 2569. 



6. Bgea acutifolia, Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 519 

 (1895). Stevi woody, 3 in. pr more long, -25 in. through; internodes 

 •5 in. long. Leaves crowded at the top, oblanceolate, acute, narrowed 

 to the base ; 6 in. long, 1-5 in. wide ; above glabrous dotted, beneath 

 cinnamon-arachnoid. Panicles axillary, 6 in. long ; peduncles arachnoid ; 

 branches short, slender. Caly x-\ohes 3, lanceolate, acute, 425 in. long, 

 arachnoid. Capsule cylindric, acute, glabrous, '75 in. long. Ridley in 

 Jom-n. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 43, 75. 



Kedah : Langkawi, Goa Chinta, Curtis 2791. 



7. BcEA DivAEicATA, Ridley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 43, 75 

 (1905). Stem about 4 in. tall, thick and woody. Leaves in a rosette 

 on the top, oblanceolate, crenulate, obtuse, narrowed into a winged 

 petiole ; nerves and nervules beneath elevated, 15 pairs ; above glabrous, 

 beneath covered with a thin brownish tomentum ; 7 in. long, 2-5 in. 

 wide. Peduncles rather stout, terete, smooth, 7 to 16 in. tall ; branches 

 umbellate, decompound, 1 ft. or more long ; pedicels of flowers '2 in. 

 long, covered with brown fur. Calyx-lohe^ lanceolate, acute, green, 

 glabrous, shorter than the corolla-tube. Corolla -25 in. across, pale 

 lilac ; tube short, dilated ; limb bilabiate, lobes rounded. Stamens : 

 anthers connate, rounded with acute bases ; filaments thick, sigmoid. 

 Style slender; stigma horseshoe-shaped. Capsule cylindric, strongly 

 twisted, 1 in. long. 



Kedah : Lankawi, Ayer Hangat, Curtis 3683. 



8. BcEA suFFEUTicosA, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Spc. XXXII. 518 

 (1895). A branching shrub, 1 to 2 ft. tall, with rather slender branches 

 •125 in. through, angled, slightly arachnoid. Leaves scattered, lanceo- 

 late, subacute, narrowed at the base ; 3 in. long, -5 in. wide ; above 

 nearly glabrous, punctate, beneath covered with brownish tomentum ; 

 nerves conspicuous ; petiole '25 to -5 in. long. Panicles axillary, dense, 

 1 in. long, with short branches brownish-woolly ; buds brown- woolly. 

 Calyx longer than the corolla-tube ; lobes linear, lanceolate, thick, 

 tomentose outside. Corolla -25 to -35 in. across, white ; lobes short, 

 oblong, rounded. Anthers oblong, obtuse. Capsule fusiform, very 

 thick, -25 in. long, tipped with the long style. Ridley in Journ. Str. Br. 

 B. As. Soc. No. 43, 76. 



Kedah: Langkawi, on a small island north of Kwah, Curtis 3682, 

 2565. 



9. B(EA PARViFLOEA, Ridley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 43, 



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