THE GESNERACE.E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 91 



The main distinction seems to be in the amount of hairi- 

 ness of the leaves, in which point the plant seems very 

 variable. The plant distributed as from " Singapore 

 Lobb" was doubtless from Penang, as it has never since 

 been seen in Singapore and is hardly likely to have occur- 

 red here, as it is a hill plant. 



5, C. lanceolata, Ridl., Journ. Linn. Soc, XXXII, 527. 



Stern about a foot tall, the base bare, quadrangular, 

 upper part pubescent. Leaves oblanceolate acute, nar- 

 rowed at the base crenulate almost entirely glabrous 12 

 inches long 4 inches wide, petiole. Cymes at the base of 

 the stem below the leaves yery shortly peduncled lax 

 many -flowered, pedicels f inch long hispid. Bracts 

 lanceolate small hispid. Calyx 1^ inch long tubular 

 hispid, lobes 3 linear acuminate. Corolla !•£ inch long 

 dilate abo^e pubescent, white throat yellow, anthers long 

 narrowed above. Style 1 inch long pubescent. Stigma 

 bilobed lobes oblong linear. 



Johor, Gunong Panti (RidleyJ. Endemic, rare. 



6. C. pendula, Bl., Bijdr. p. 768. 



Stem one or two feet tall. Leaves alternate ovate cor- 

 date or lanceolate entire or crenate dark green and gla- 

 brous above, often barred with white and covered with 

 reddish tomentum beneath, 8 inches long 4-6 inches wide, 

 petiole 3-6 inches long, opposite leaf in each internode 

 reduced to a subulate process. Capitulum of 20 flowers on 

 peduncles 4 inches long decurved appressed hairy. Bracts 

 lanceolate acuminate hairy. Flowers shortly pedicelled. 

 Calyx tube half an inch long, thin shortly bifid. Corolla 

 tube 1-^ inch long, base narrow curbed ventricose upwards, 

 cream-colored or pale yellow, hairy upper lip of two 

 rounded lobes, lower of three broader oblong rounded 

 ones, all creamy white or pale yeliow with purple spots 

 in the mouth and tube. Stamens 2 glabrous, filaments 

 purplish sinuate, anthers oblong connivent. Style stout 

 white, stigma transversely oblong. Fruit sausage shaped 

 ■£ inch long. 



B A. Soc. No. 43, 1905' 



