90 THE GESNERACE^ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



Allied to C. oblongifolia, Hook, fil., and C. sujruticosa, 

 Ridl., but the leaves are much narrower than those of the 

 latter, and thinner with conspicuous nerves, than those 

 of the former. 



£ C.pilosa, Bl. Bijdr. p. 770. 



Shrub with stout 4-angled hollow stems as much as -J 

 inch through, 3 feet tall upper parts pubescent. Leaves 

 opposite obovate narrowed into a winged petiole, margins 

 serrate above more or less covered with pale hairs from 

 a swollen base, in old leaves often glabrescent, beneath 

 covered with red hairs on the nerves, nerves prominent 

 10-12 pairs 8-18 inches long 3-4 inches wide. Bracts 

 ovate or lanceolate acuminate hairy 1 inch long. Cymes 

 small nearly sessile axillary. Calyx tubular hairy -£ inch 

 long bifid. Corolla white with one inch long silky hairy, 

 tube infundibuliform stout, upper lobes oblong obtuse, 

 lower two connate shortly bifid obtuse punctate above. 

 Stamens little longer than the tube filament glabrous 

 abortive, stamens short. Fruit ovoid conic acute brown 

 reticulate-tessellate -£-f inch long. 



Don. Gen. Syst. 4, p. 661, De C. Prodr. 9, p. 282, Miq. 

 PI. Ind. Bat. 2, p. 742, Clarke, Mon. Phan. 231, C. demr- 

 rens, De Vriese, PI. Ind. Bat. Reinwdt. p. 14, Miq. I.e. p. 

 746, Clarke I.e. 233. 



Johor, Gunong Panti (Ridley), Bukit Tanah Abang 

 (Kelsall); Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tanga (Napier), Bukit 

 Sulu (Cantley); Selangor, Bukit Kutu (Ridley 7574), 

 Bukit Hitam, Pahang Track 8560 and 8554) ; Perak, 

 Larut Hills (Ridley 2915) (Curtis 2897) (Scortechini 354 

 and 270a). Kjng's Coll. 5588); Penang (Wallich 807), 

 Penara Bukit. On banks in forests. 



Distrib. Tenasserim to New Guinea. 



Native name " Poko Gugunjah Bukit." In rocky woods 

 up to about 2000 feet altitude I am unable to separate 

 specifically the forms, described respectively under the 

 names of C.pilosa, Bl., and C. decurrens, De Vr., at least 

 as far as applies to the variety Wallichii of the latter. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



