14 THE GESNERACE.E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



3. jE. speciosa, Hook fil. Bot. Mag. t. 4320. 



Shrubby with erect rather stout stems 12 inches 

 tall. Leaves fleshy lanceolate acute whorled 4 or 5 to a 

 whorl, edges smooth or undulate 3-6 inches long f-lf 

 inch wide petiole J-^ inch long. Flowers subterminal 

 clustered 10 or more together large and showy. Bracts 

 lanceolate linear hairy \ inch long. Pedicels slender \ 

 inch long. Calyx lobes linear free to base pubescent ^ 

 inch long. Corolla tube 3 inches long narrow cylindric at 

 base filled and curved at upper part, lobes rounded, all 

 pubescent. Stamens -J inch longer, filaments slender 

 slightly pubescent. Style stout pubescent. 



Paxt. Mag. 14, 199. Fl. des Serres Ser. 1 t. 267. Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 2718. Clarke lc p. 33. 



Perak, Bruseh near Bidor (W. G. Napier) ; Selangor 

 Bukit Hitam (Kelsall) ; Tomoh, (Machado). 

 Distrib. Java, Borneo. 



4. M. longifiora, De C. Prodr. IX. p. 262. 



Stem erect woody over a foot tall. Leaves in distant 

 pairs opposite ovate acuminate shortly narrowed to base, 

 fleshy 5 inches long by 2 inches wide, petiole ^ inch long. 

 Flowers several terminal in a cluster, pedicels \ inch 

 long hairy. Calyx lobes narrowly linear hair ^ inch long, 

 free nearly to the base. Corolla tube 3 inches long base 

 cylindric above dilated scarlet hairy lobes short rounded. 

 Stamens, filaments slender pubescent f inch longer than 

 corolla. Style rather stout. Capsule cylindric narrow 

 over 6 inches long. 



Hassk. Cat. Hfcrt. Bogor, Ed. 2.154; Hook. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4328. Vriese PI. Ind. Bat. Reinwdt. p. 9. Fl. des 

 Serres Ser. 1. t. 288. Paxt. Mag. 15, p. 25. Miq. Fl. Ind 

 Bat. 2 p. 717. Clarke lc p. 32. 



Lysionotus longifiora, Bl. Bijdr. p. 766. 

 Pahang, and trees along the Tahan River rare, 

 (Ridley 2167). 

 Distrib. Java. 



Jour, Straits Branch 



