5. 



B. 



lanata 



6. 



B. 



acutijolia 



7. 



B. 



divaricata 



8. 



B. 



sufruticosa 



9. 



B. 



parviflora 



72 THE GESNERACE^ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



Leaves yellow brown beneath 3. B. caerulcsccns 



Stem short white woolly about 6 



inches, Peduncle as long 4. B. elegans 



Stems short woolly 



Peduncles shorter than leaves 



Stems short woody, leaves crowded 



at the not top woolly 



Peduncles no longer than leaves 



Peduncle tall slender widely 



branched, Stems woody branched 



Peduncles shorter than the leaves I 



Peduncles tall slender, branches 

 umbellate 



1. B. paniculata, Ridl., Journ. Linn. Soc, XXXII, 519. 



Stem base woody 4 inches or more long i inch thick, 

 above a rosette of leaves, upper part of stem l-?feet long 

 stout deeply grooved, white arachnoid, branches numerous 

 whorled erect G inches long covered with brown wool. 

 Leaves crowded in a rosette at the top of the woody 

 portion of the stem lanceolate acuminate narrowed for a 

 long distance at the base 6 inches long 1 inch wide above 

 grey arachnoid, beneath greyish white with cinnamon 

 colored raised nerves. Bracts 4 or 5 at each whorl of 

 branches leafy. Flowers numerous pedicels -J inch long. 

 Sepals short lanceolate pubescent £ inch long. Corolla 

 tube very short limb l£ inch wide blue, lobes large round- 

 ed unequal., Filaments short and thick £ inch long. 

 Style curved as long. Capsule J inch long thick. 



Selangor, limestone rocks, Kuala Lumpur (Kelsall and 

 Ridley 1970, 1976 and 8226) ; Perak, Sungei Siput 

 (Curtis 3105), Kuala Dipang (King's Coll. 8271), Batu 

 Kurau (Scortechini 1611). 



Endemic. A superb plant growing in the cracks of 

 limestone rocks. 



J our, Straits Branch 



