74 THE GESNERACE.E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA- 



sessile 8 inches long- by 2 inches wide covered with a 

 tomemtum, nerves inconspicuous. Panicles axillary and 

 terminal in threes, about 3 inches long, peduncles woolly. 

 Sepals lanceolate woolly 5. Corolla ^ inch across blue, 

 lobes rounded. Stamens filaments short anthers large 

 semiovoid thick style. Capsule pendulous cylindric 1 

 inch long J inch through. 



Borneo, Sarawak, Braang (Dr. Haviland 641), Bau 

 (Ridley 11724) on limestone rocks. 

 Endemic. 



4. B. elegans, Ridl., Jouru. Linn. Soc, XXXII, p. 522. 



Stem about 6 inches long woody decumbent £ inch 

 thick arachnoid. Leaves whorled in threes ^-3 inches 

 apart, lanceolate acute narrowed to the base 1-2^ inches 

 long \-\ inch wide above grey arachnoid beneath cinna- 

 mon arachnoid. Peduncles from the upper axils slender 

 glabrous 6 inches long. Cyme terminal 3 inches long 

 with few slender branches. Calyx very short lobes 

 lanceolate glabrous. Corolla half an inch across, with 

 broad rounded lobes white pink in the mouth, anthers 

 oblong. Style rather short. Stigma clubbed. Capsule 

 1 inch long glabrous linear acuminate. 



Kedah, Gunong Jerai on granite precipices (Ridley). 



Endemic. The only species I have met with not 

 growing on limestone rocks. 



5. B. lanata, Ridl., I.e. 520. 



Stem short stout woody 2 inches long, curved with 

 white wool. Leaves crowded lanceolate acuminate 

 narrowed into,a petiole arachnoid above densely woolly 

 beneath 3 inches long f inch wide, petiole woolly 3 

 inches long winged to base. Panicles few branched 

 axillary dense an inch to 5 inches long. Calyx as long 

 as the corolla tube, lobes lanceolate woolly outside. 

 Corolla thin ^-| inch across glabrous rose-pink, lobes 

 rounded anthers subglobose. Style thick. Capsule £ 

 inch long thick glabrous. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



