88 THE GESNERACE^S OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



Species about 170. Malay Peninsula and islands to 

 Polynesia. 



Bracts free. Leaves alternate 1. C. dispar 



Leaves opposite one much reduced 



Margins entire 



Nerves conspicuous 2. C. suffruticosa 



Nerves obsolete 3. C. falcata 



Leaves opposite subequal 



Ovovate serrulate 4. C. pilosa 



Oblanceolate crenulate 5. C. lanceolata 



Ovate or lanceolate 6. C. pendula 



Bracts connate into a large white cup 7. C. cupulata 



1. C. dispar, De C, Prodr. 9, p. 282. 



Shrub with a stout pale reticulate stem fistulous, 

 obscurely 4 angled. Leaves aliernate obovate oblan- 

 ceolate, petioled strongly toothed especially at the apex 

 inaequi lateral glabrous above, red pubescent beneath 12 

 inches long 4 inches wide petiole an inch long. Flowers 

 small very numerous in axillary cymes, pedicels £ inch 

 hispid. Calyx persistent cup-shaped with 5 lanceolate 

 acuminate hairy lobes. Corolla white ^ inch long tube 

 dilated upwards hairy outside lobes short obtuse round- 

 ed. Stamens shorter than the tube, abortive ones very 

 much reduced. Pistil hairy. Fruit £ inch long oblong 

 ellipsoid hairy. 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2, p. 742 ; Clarke, Dec. Prodr. p. 

 203, Tab. XXIII. 



Penang, Government Hill (Curtis 1204) (Wallich 

 807) (partim) (Maingay 1232); Perak, Bujong Malacca 

 (Ridley 9703), Larut Hills (Ridley and Fox, Scortechini 

 367 and 1231, Wray 2196) (King's Coll. 2052, 5731 

 and 3891). 



Distrib. Sumatra. 



Jour. Straiti Branch 



