THE GESNERACE^E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 65 



Penang (Wallich 781) (W. Fox) (Curtis 452) (Maingay 

 1224); Perak, Larut Hills) (Scortechini 296 and 400a) 

 (Ridley 2913 and 10682) (King's Coll. 2227, 2331 and 



6378). 



Common on rocks, alt. 2-6000 feet. 



Native name <; Bunga Chimba." Endemic. 



Var. debilis, Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e. 514. Rhizome 

 fleshy, stem 6 inches tall pubescent. Leaves thin ovate 

 oblique, base obtuse, apex acute or subacute, margin cre- 

 nate dentate, sparingly hispid 1^-4 inches long 1-2 inches 

 long. Panicle 4-6 inches long glabrous weak, few 

 branched branches short and thin. Bracts ovate. Flowers 

 smaller. 



Kedah, Gunong Jerai (Ridley). 

 Var. ophirensis, Ridl., l.c.c. 



Tall and weak. Leaves thin lanceolate subacute or 

 acute narrowed at the base 6 inches long 2 inches wide. 

 Panicle weak glabrous. Bracts lanceolate. Flowers 

 smaller, white. Fruit smaller curved § inch long. 



Malacca, Mount Ophir. On a big cliff in the forest 

 below Padang Batu (Ridley 3183). 



2. P. campanulata, n.sp. 



Stem slender herbaceous a foot tall shortly hairy. 

 Leaves opposite in distant pairs elliptic acute entire or 

 obscurely crenulate, above glabrous except the edge 

 fringed with multicellular hairs beneath, glabrous except 

 the midrib and elevated nerves about 12 pairs scurfily 

 hairy 2^-3^ inches long 1^ inch wide, petiole scurfy hairy 

 £-§ long. Peduncles subterminal l^inch long 1 flowered 

 refous hairy. Bracts 2 alternate linear minute. Pedicel 

 ■J inch. Sepals linear hairy J inch long. Corolla com- 

 panulate half an inch long apparently white, lobes broad 

 rounded. Stamens 2 very short anthers subglobose. 

 Style slender pubescent. Capsule (unripe) cylindric 

 velvety £ inch long including the style. 



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



