THE GESNEKACE7E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 71 



anthers reniform triangular. Style much longer than 

 stamens bent, ovary cylindric. Stigma wider discoid. 

 Capsule (unripe) cylindric acuminate straight. 



Perak, Bujong Malacca (Curtis 3214). 

 Endemic. 



13. P. obovata, n.sp. 



Stem short. Leaves crowded at the top thin obovate 

 blunt base cuneate 3 inches long 1^ inch wide thinly ara- 

 chnoid on both surfaces, beneath yellowish, petiole \ 

 inch long. Peduncle slender 3-6 inches long glabrous, 

 branches few terminal. Bracts narrowly oblong obtuse. 

 Sepals oblong obtuse glabrous. Corolla ^ inch across 

 lower lip longer than upper one lobes oblong rounded. 

 Stamens 2, anthers reniform, filaments short and thick. 

 Style short and thick. Stigma capitate. 



Lanka wi, G-unong Chinchang (Curtis). 



One specimen only seen. 



8. Boea, Comers. 



Herbs orshrublets with a woody stem. Leaves opposite or 

 whorled, generally on the back. Peduncles axillary usually 

 elongate, laxly or compactly cymose or panicled. Bracts small. 

 Flowers large or small blue or white. Calyx of 5 narrow 

 sepals. Corolla widely campanulate with a short tube usually 

 distinctly billobed, lobes ovate obtuse. 



Stamens 2 perfect with short curved thick filaments, 

 anthers ovoid coherent, cells ovoid. Disc absent ovary sessile. 

 Style as long glabrous above. Stigma smal capitate. Capsule 

 slender cylindric or fusiform cylindric, 'when ripe spirally 

 twisted. Seeds minute. 



Species about 22. India, Siam, China and Malaya. Stems 

 tall leafy, leaves woolly. 



Flowers 1^ inch across 1. B. paniculata 



Flowers under an inch across 



Leaves white beneath 2. B. verticillata 



R. A, Soc, No. 4,3, 1905. 



