THE GESNERACE^E OF THERMAL AY PEMNSULA. 50 



long 1^-3 inches wide, petiole £ inch long. Cymes shors 

 few -flowered. Flowers small pedicels ^ inch long. Sepalt 

 lanceolate acute hispid nearly £ inch long. Corolla J 

 inch long violet, tube narrow at the base thin dilate 

 trumpet -shaped, upper lobes short rounded, lower ones 

 ovate obtuse longer, median one longest elliptic, all violet 

 with darker streaks a patch of yellow glandular hairs in 

 the mouth. Stamens 2 exsert, anthers yellow ovoid with 

 a thickened connective, ciliate at the base, with a black 

 spot on each anther, filaments attached to the mouth of 

 the tube. Ovary pubescent. Stigma obliquely bifid, 

 lobes linear obtuse. Capsule terete acute 1^ inch long 

 minutely pubescent. 



Lanka wi Islands (Curtis 2570). 



Distrib. S. Siam, on limestone rocks. 



4, Ck. sericea, n.sp. 



Herb 3-6 inches tall simple or branched woolly. Leaves 

 alternate, lanceolate acute or acuminate base unequal 

 cuneate 2-3 inches long J inch wide, margins entire, both 

 sides densely covered with short silky hairs. Petiole ^ 

 inch to 1 iuch long. Flowers 1-2 axillary pedicels £ inch 

 or less silky hairy, ebracteolate. Sepals narrow linear 

 acuminate densely silky hairy. Corolla blue rarely white, 

 tube half as long again as sepals, lobes broader unequal 

 oblong all hairy. Style slender glabrous. Stigma bilobed 

 lobes elliptic. Capsule cylindric 1-J inch long, silky 

 hairy. 



Perak, Ipoh, limestone rocks (Curtis 3131). 



Var. Scortechinii. 



Capsule shorter \ inch long, and thicker £ inch through 

 splitting longitudinally into 2 valves. Corolla tube 

 straight, lobes of lower lip broad. 



Perak, (Scortechini 1126 and 1026). 



Endemic. 



5. Gh. rupestris, n.sp. 



A herb about 4-10 inches tall, stent simple or branched 

 glabrescent. Leaves opposite or alternate thin ovate 



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



