THE GESNERACEtE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 17 



PI. des Serres ser. 1, t. 246, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2,271 

 Clarke I.e. 44. 



Singapore, Sungei Tengeh (Ridley 2710) Kranji (2706) ; 

 Johor, Batu Pahat (Ridley), Gunong Pulai (King), Jambu 

 Larang (Fielding); Malacca (Maingay), Mt. Ophir, Ayer 

 Panas (Ridley 1572); Selangor, Pahang Track; Pahang, 

 Pekan (Ridley), Kuantan (Durnford); Perak, Larut 

 Hills to 5000 feet alt. (Curtis); (Scortechini 36 a 330 b,) 

 Gunong Batu Putih ; Sungei Ryah (Scortechini 39); 

 Caulfields Hill (Scortechini 352) (Wray873); Penang, 

 Government Hill (Curtis); Kedah, Gunong Jerai, (Ridley 

 5513); Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Curtis 2503). 



Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo and Java. 



Common in mangrove swamps and forests. The leaves 

 vary a good deal, those of mountain forms being fleshier 

 smaller and more ovate than those of lower levels. 



10. jE. radicans, Jack, Trans. Linn. Soc. 14, p. 43 : Calc. Journ. 

 Nat. Hist. 4, p. 62. 



Epiphytic or rupestrial, stems creeping and rooting at 

 the nodes, hairy, several feet long. Leaves ovate obtuse, 

 base broad, shortly petioled hairy i-1^ inch long, ^-J 

 inch wide. Flowers axillary 1-2 together, pedicel J inch 

 long. Calyx tubular hairy deep red, lobes obtuse or 

 subacute f inch long. Corolla thick curved and hairy red, 

 lobes subacute glabrescent within. Stamens hardly ex- 

 sert, filaments glabrous. Capsule pubescent cylindric 

 acuminate slender 10 inches long. 



Spreng. Syst. 2,838; R. Br. Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. p. 

 115 ; Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, vol. 13, p. 160 ; De Vriese PI. Ind. 

 Bat. Review p. 10 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. B?,fc. 2,720 ; Clarke I.e. 

 p. 41. 



Trichosporum radicans, Nees, Flora 1825, p. 144, Bl. 

 Bijdr. p. 764. 



Singapore, Bukit Timah (Ridley 2704), Kranji; Pahang, 

 Tahan river (Ridley); Malacca, (Griffith, Cuming 2387) ; 

 Sungei Rambai (Derry t205), Sungei Buluh ; Sungei Ujong 



R. A. Soc, No. 43, 1905. 



