66 THE GESNERACF^E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



Selangor. Above' the Gap on the road to the Sem- 

 pang mine 3-4000 feet (Curtis), a single specimen. 



A very distinct plant of a weedy habit with solitary 

 flow ers of the type of P. cordifolia. 



S. P. Scortechinii, n.sp. 



Stem herbaceous glabrous. Leaves opposite ovate 

 acuminate, base rounded inaequilateral, margins crenate, 

 quite glabrous, nerves 8 pairs, 3-3^ inches long 1-2-^ 

 inches wide, petiole % inch long. Peduncle slender erect 

 subterminal 3 inches long glabrous, branches dichotomous 

 few 1 inch long. Flowers solitary on the ends of the 

 branches. Sepals free almost to the base oblong obtuse 

 £ inch long glabrous, fleshy. Corolla campanulate ^ inch 

 long glabrous lobes rounded. Anthers broad elliptic, 

 filaments very short. 



Perak, (Scortechini no number or locality). A single 

 incomplete specimen. The plant is allied to P. cordifolia 

 of which it has quite the flowers, but the whole thing 

 is quite glabrous. 



4- P> caerulea, n.sp. 



Stem woody 3-4 inches long £ inch through. Leaves 

 crowded at the top narrowly lanceolate linear acuminate 

 narrowed gradually to the base 4-5 inches long \ inch 

 wide above dark green nearly glabrous, midrib promi- 

 nent, beneath pale dark green nearly glabrous, midrib 

 prominent, beneath pale cinnamon color, nerves about 30 

 pairs joined at the tips. Peduncles slender axillary 4 inch- 

 es long pubescent 1-2 flowered. Sepals linear J inch 

 long obtuse<. Corolla campanulate \ inch long and 

 nearly as wide at the base pubescent, base pale, lobes 

 deep blue, lobes rounded. Stamens 2, filaments very 

 short sigmoid, anthers broad rounded oblong. Style 

 fairly stout. Stigma heart shaped. Capsule very nar- 

 row cylindric 1 inch long. 



Tringanu, Bundi ( E. Rostado). The upper part of 

 the stem among the leaves is covered with silvery hairs. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



