370 cvL GESNERACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) \M(mophyll(iBa. 



capitate; placentae deeply inflexed, then recurved bearing the ovnles. 

 Capsule membranous, included, irregularly brfeaking up ; placentae left in 

 the centre. Seeds ellipsoid, smootii, striated, reticulated. — Species 5, 

 Malayan. 



1)1. Sorsfieldil, Sr. in Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. p. 121; leaf nearly glabrous, 

 racemes lax, corolla-tube longer than the calyx. DC. Prodr. ix. 274. 



Malayan Penin sttia ; Elang in Selangore, Beccan. — Disteib. Java, Sumatra. 



Stem 4 in. Leaf 6-8 in. diam., membranons. Peduncles 2-5, 1—4 in., nearly 

 glabrous ; racemes simple or divided, 4—4 in. ; pedicels J-^ in., lower often distant, 

 piiired or fascicled. Seyafe-^ in., glabrous, slightly enlarged in fruit. CoroUa \\ti. 

 Anthers ovate, 2-ceIled ; celU soon confluent at the apex ; filaments scabrid-glandular 

 at the apex, not toothed. Style subpersistent, exserted from the calyx in young 

 fruit. 



XXI. CVSTANDRODKOSA, Zoll. 



TTndershrnbs, thinly pubescent. Leaves opposite, subequal or (in non- 

 Indian species) aometimes unequal, elliptic or oblong, acuminate at both 

 ends, seiTate. Racemes axillary, small, 1- or few-fld., or elongate many-fld. ; 

 pedicels 1-braoteate a,t base, 2-bracteolate near the middle; bracts and 

 bracteoles smaU, linear. Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, 5-toothed; in fruit 

 enlarged, membranous, subtruncate. Corolla large, v^hite, sometimes 

 ■with yellow lines in the throat within, glabrous; tube nearly straight; 

 lobes 6, subequal, round, patent. Stamens 4, perfect, included, filaments 

 linear; anther- cells 2, oblong, divergent at base. Disc obscure. Ovary 

 l-ceUed (2-ceIled near the base) ; placentse nearly meeting in its axis, not 

 there bearing ovules, then recurved ovulif erous ; style elongate, stigma of 

 two semicircular plates. Capsule included in the inflated calyx, ellipsoid, 

 papery, irregularly breaking up or locuhcidai ; placentae early free forming 

 a 4-pointed column covered by seeds on all sides. Seeds subglobose, testa 

 strongly reticulated by subquadrate cells. — Species 8, Malayan. 



1. C. decurrens, Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. Arch. i. 68; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate base much deeurrent, racemes many-fld., ealyx glabrous, capsule 

 irregularly breaking up. Loxonia ? decurrens, Blume JBijd. 776; DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 277. Bnsea decurrens, Mig. PL Ind. Bat. ii. 733. Cyrtandra 

 acuminata, JSurz in Trimen. Joum. Bot. 1875, 329, not of Wall. 



NiooBAE; jr«r«. — DiSTKiB. Java. 



A nearly glabrous undershrub, 3-6 ft. high ; stem little-divided, leafy at the top. 

 Leaves 6 in., serrate nearly from the base ; nerves 17-20 pair ; petiole hardly any by 

 reason of the much decurrent leaf-base. Racemes abbrev"i«ted, few-fld., or attaining 

 3i in., 20-fld., pendulous ; pedicels § in,; bracteoles ^ in., linear, glabrous. Calyx 

 J in., coroUoid, white or tinged orange ; in fruit f-1 in., reticulate. Corolla IJ in. 

 Capsule i by J in., ellipsoid. — Zollinger's specimen agrees with Kurz's Nicobar 

 plant ; but his description perhaps includes C acuminata as well as C. decurrens. 



2. C. acuminata, BentA. in Gen. PL ii. 1020; leaves elliptic acumi- 

 nate, peduncles 1-fld. shorter than the petioles, capsule loculicidal 2-valved. 

 Cyrtandra? acuminata, TFalL Cos*. 1808 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 2?l5, name only; 

 not of Kurz. Busea subsessilis, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 734. 



Penang; Wallich, Forter. Singapoee ; Maingay, ioii.— Distrib. Sumatra. 



An undershrub, 3 ft. high. Leaves 4-6 in., serrate nearly from the base, mature 

 sparsely pubescent ; nerves 10 pair; petiole | in. Peduncles pubescent; bracteoles 

 ^ in., linear. Calyx ^ in., 5-ribbed, minutely pubescent; in fruit | in., reticulate. 

 Corolla IJ in. Capsule J by J in., dehiscing from the apex so as to split the style- 

 base. 



