780 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



12. BcEA FEEEUGiNEA, Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 521 

 (1895). Stemless or with a short thick stem; roots large and thick. 

 Leaves many, congested, spreading, ovate, cordate, obtuse, crenulate ; 

 upper surface clothed with sparse hairs, lower green, paler, tomentose, 

 the raised nerves clothed with long hairs ; when dry somewhat black 

 above, ferruginous-tomentose beneath ; blade 3 in. long, 2-5 in. broad; 

 petiole 1*5 to 2 in. long. Peduncles 3 in. long, ferruginous-tomentose ; 

 cyme scorpioid, ferruginous-hispid. Calyx-\ohQ% linear-lanceolate, as 

 long as the corolla, green, ferruginous-hispid. Corolla '3 to "5 in. broad, 

 white or pink, spreading ; lobes broad, equal, obovate-obtuse ; tube 

 very short. Stamens 2, short ; filaments broad, spathulate, 3-toothed 

 at apex ; anthers yellow, conical, cuneate at the tips. Ovary conical, 

 attenuate in a short, curved, cylindric, narrowed style ; stigma rather 

 broader, flat, entire. 



Kedah : Langkawi Island, on damp rocks, Curtis 2566. 



Eidley remarks that, not having seen the fruit, he is uncertain as to the 

 genus. 



10. Phyllobcea, Benth. 



Herbs or half-shrubby plants. Leaves opposite, petioled. Cymes 

 pedunculate, many-flowered ; bracts large, conspicuous ; flowers large, 

 pink or blue. Calyx large, 2-lipped ; one lip 2-lobed, the other 3-lobed 

 or of 3 large connate sepals. Corolla broadly campanulate, 2-lipped, 3- to 

 5-lobed. Stamens 2, short ; anthers large, rounded. Capsule lanceolate, 

 at length twisted. — Disteib. Species 2, one Burmese, one Malayan. 



Phyllobcea speciosa, Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 522 

 (1895). A shrub, 1 or 2 ft. tall ; stems white-tomentose. Leaves in distant 

 pairs, lanceolate-acuminate, 6 in. long, 1-5 in. wide ; above glabrous, 

 beneath white-arachnoid ; petiole 1 in. long. Peduncle stout, lateral, 

 erect, nearly a foot tall ; flowers sessile, scattered ; bracts ovate, lanceo- 

 late, "5 in. long, white-arachnoid. Calyx of 3 sepals, connate, 

 ovate, oblong, woolly, "l in. long. Corolla 1 in. long, blue ; tube 

 broad ; lobes 3, two oblong-truncate, the third much broader. Stamens 

 short, not longer than the ovary. Style long, woolly. Capsule 1 in. 

 long, lanceolate, cylindric, acuminate, woolly. 



Kjedah : Langkawi, common on limestone rocks on the small islands, 

 Curtis 2564. 



11. BcEiCA, Clarke. 



. Herbs or half-shrubby plants with the habit of Boea. Leaves 



oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, more or less tomentose or hairy. Liflor- 



escence racemose or panicled, axillary ; flowers small, lilac or white. 



Calyx 5-fid. Corolla-tvihe very short ; lobes subequal, rounded. Sta- 



