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XCIY. GENII AN ACE,®. 
[ Gentiana. 
ellipsoid or oblong separating into 2 carpels. Species 180, chiefly 
Old World mountains, a few in the Andes and Australasia. 
(1) G. malayana Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 316. 
One to 3 in. tall. Leaves fleshy lanceolate sessile acute, *25 to 
•5 in. long. Flowers terminal, solitary, *5 in. long. Calyx-lobes 
acuminate, longer than corolla. Corolla bright blue (occasionally 
white), lobes sub-spathulate, rounded. Ovary stalked; style 
short. Hab. High mountains in moss and on damp rocks, at 
5000 to 6000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Robinson, 
Ridley). 
4. MICRORPHIUM, Clarke. 
Erect, much-branched pubescent herb. Leaves alternate except 
a few distant pairs. Flowers numerous in unilateral-branched 
cymes, pedicelled. Calyx campanulate, 2-lipped; lobes 5. Corolla 
small, white; tube campanulate, lobes 5, contort in bud. Stamens 
5, exsert, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary i-celled; style linear. 
Capsule ovoid. Seeds ovoid. Species 1. 
(1) M. pubescens Clarke, Journ. ^4s. Soc. Beng. lxxiv. 88. 
One to two ft. tall, much-branched, grey pubescent; stem- 
leaves 2 in. long, 1 in. across, upper ones smaller, oblanceolate, 
tip rounded, base narrowed into petiole. Pedicels -25 in. long. 
Calyx *2 in. long. Corolla *25 in. across; lobes rounded. Capsule 
ovoid, *2 in. long. Hab. On rocks. Lankawi islands, Tanjong 
Sirih (Curtis); Dayong Bunting (Robinson). 
5. CRAWFURDIA, Wall. 
Glabrous climbers. Leaves opposite, 3-nerved, petioled. 
Flowers solitary, axillary, large. Calyx tubular; teeth linear, 
long 5 or 4. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped; lobes short. Stamens 
5 on corolla-tube. Ovary stalked, i-celled; placentas parietal; 
style linear; stigmas 2. Berry ellipsoid. Species about 12, 
Indo-Malaya, Manchuria. 
(1) C. Blumii G. Don, Syst. iv. 200; Clarke, l.c. 90. (Fig. 112, 
P- 435-) 
Slender climber 4 to 5 ft. long. Leaves ovate-lanceolate acute, 
base round or narrowed, 1*5 to 175 in. long, ’5 in. wide; petioles 
•35 in. long. Flowers sub-sessile. Calyx-lobes -5 in. long, narrow. 
Corolla 1-25 to 1-5 in. long, yellow with purple longitudinal lines. 
Fruit oblong ellipsoid, -6 in. long, purple, succulent. Hab. High 
mountains climbing on bushes, Pahang, Tahan mountain up to 
5500 or 6000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Kerbau 6600 ft. altitude 
(Robinson). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 
6. VILLARSIA, Vent. 
Floating herbs. Leaves long-petioled, ovate. Peduncles 
solitary, 1- to many-flowered. Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Corolla 
