THE GESNERACE^E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 73 



2. B. verticillata, Ridl., Journ. Linn. Soc, XXXII, 519. 



Stem base woody 3 inches or more long nearly £ inch 

 in diameter, above herbaceous lj feet tall 4 angled white 

 arachnoid with branches whorled each whorl 3 inches or 

 less apart. Leaves whorled lanceolate acuminate narrow- 

 ed at the base into a petiole, 4 inches long f inch wide or 

 more, above grey arachnoid beneath white arachnoid with 

 raised nerves. Bracts leafy ^-^ inch long. Flowers 

 numerous blue. Sepals lanceolate subulate arachnoid £ 

 inch long. Corolla half an inch wide lobes rounded. 

 Stamens very short, anthers pear-shaped. Style much 

 longer straight. Capsule fusiform acuminate -£ inch long. 



Selangor, limestone rocks at Kuala Lumpur (Kelsall, 

 Ridley 1975, 8551). 



Endemic. 



8. B. caerulescens, n.sp. 



Whole plant over 2 feet tall, upper part of stem stout 

 grooved woolly. Leaves oblanceolate subobtuse narrow- 

 ed to the base above dark green densely pubescent, 

 beneath ochreous covered with felted wool, 6-8 inches 

 long 1^-2 inches wide, petiole winged to the base or not. 

 Panicle 2 feet or more long large, branches whorled 

 yellow-woolly. Bracts below leaflike above linear nar- 

 row yellow. Calyx lobes lanceolate woolly. Corolla 

 tube very short, limb f inch across pale blue upper lobe 

 shorter lobes rounded, lower lip unequally lobed longer, 

 central lobe longest. Stamens 2 anthers reniform conic, 

 large filaments short curved. Style bent on the cylindric 

 ovary pubescent. Stigma large discoid. Capsule thick 

 glabrous f inch long. , 



Perak, Sungei Siput (Curtis 3137), Kinta (King's Coll. 

 7175, 7062, 8276). 



Endemic. 



B. Havilandi, n.sp. 



Stem 18 inches tall 4 angled woolly. Leaves in whorls 

 of three about 4 inches apart oblong lanceolate obtuse 



B. A Soc, No. 43, 1905. 



