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Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Bracts free : — 



Leaves of a pair with one usually manifestly smaller than the 



other, sometimes entirely suppressed, or less frequently (C. pen- 



dula) reduced to a subulate process opposite the perfect leaf : — 



Leaves 12 in. long, their margins strongly toothed especially 



towards the apex, ail quite alternate from suppression of one 



of each pair; calyx 5-lobed; corolla -5 in. long .. .. 1. G. dispar. 



Leaves 7 to 9 in. long, their margins entire or occasionally 

 (C. pendula sometimes) crenate : — 

 Bracts ovate acute ; leaves with one of each pair usually 

 smaller than the other and sometimes (C. falcata often) 

 suppressed entirely ; leaf-margins always entire ; calyx 

 5-lobed: — 



Bracts 1 in. long ; leaves 7 to 9 in. long, main nerves 

 about 12 pairs, prominent, both leaves of each pair 

 always present and the two sometimes subequal ; corolla 

 over 1 in. long . . . . • • . . 2 C. sufruticosa. 



Bracts -5 in. long ; leaves 7 to 8 in. long ; main nerves 

 about 10 pairs, not prominent, one leaf of each pair always 

 smaller than the other and sometimes entirely suppressed ; 

 corolla unknown .. .. .. ..3. C. falcata. 



Bracts lanceolate-acuminate ; leaves 8 in. long, with one 

 of each pair reduced to a subulate process; margins entire 

 or sometimes crenate ; calyx 2-fid; corolla 1-5 in. long . . 6. C. pendula. 

 Leaves of a pair always subequal: — 



Margins of leaves serrate : calyx -5 in. long, 2-fid ; corolla 



1 in. long . . . . . . . . . . 4. C. pilosa. 



Margins of leaves crenate ; calyx 15 in. long, 3-fid ; corolla 



1'5 in. long . . . . . . . . . . 5. C lanceolata. 



Bracts connate in a large white cup ; leaves of a pair always 



subequal . . ■ • . • . • . . 1. C. cupulata. 



1. Cyetandra dispae, DC. Prodr. IX. 282 (1845). Shrub with a 

 stout, pale, reticulate, fistular stem ; obscurely 4-angled. Leaves alter- 

 nate, obovate oblanceolate, inaequilateral, petioled ; strongly toothed, es- 

 pecially at the apex; glabrous above, red-pubescent beneath ; 12 in. long, 

 4 in. wide ; petiole 1 in. long. Flowers small, very numerous, in axil- 

 lary cymes ; pedicels '25 in. long, hispid. Calyx persistent, cup-shaped, 

 with 5 lanceolate, acuminate, hairy lobes. Corolla white, -5 in. long ; 

 tube dilated upwards, hairy outside ; lobes short, obtuse, rounded. 

 Stamens shorter than the tube ; abortive ones very much reduced. 

 Pistil hairy. Berry -25 in. long, oblong, ellipsoid, hairy. Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. II. 742 ; Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. V. i. 203, t. 23, and in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 375 ; Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. 43, 

 88. C. frutescens, Wall. Cat. 807 imrtly, not of Jack. 



Penang : Government Hill, Curtis 1204 ; Wallich 807 ; (j)art) ; 



