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CIII. GESNERACE^. 
\Chirita. 
CHIRITA, Buch-Ham. 
Herbs (or shrublets). Leaves opposite or whorled or alternate, 
lanceolate or ovate. Peduncles axillary, i- or few-flowered. 
Bracts small or o, or connate in a cup. Sepals narrow. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, 2-lipped, purple blue or white. Stamens 2, filaments 
filiform, anthers round connivent often hairy. Ovary cylindric; 
style long. Stigma ovate or oblong, usually bifid. Capsule long 
cylindric. Species about 30, India, China, Malaya. 
Tall rough herb. Corolla hairy, claret colour 
Slender weak herbs; corolla blue or white. 
Bracts very small or o. 
Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate. 
Corolla 1-5 in. long, azure blue 
Corolla 1 in. long, pale violet, plant hairy , 
Corolla *75 in. long, dark violet. Plant sub- 
glabrous ....... 
Leaves lanceolate densely silky; flowers axillary . 
Leaves oblanceolate sparse hairy; flower r, 
terminal ....... 
Bracts large connate in a cup. 
Corolla-tube -5 in. long ..... 
Corolla-tube 1 in. long ..... 
(1) C. elata 
(2) C. caliginosa 
(3) C. parvula 
(4} C. viola 
(5) C. sericea 
( 6 ) C. uniflora 
(7) C. rupestris 
( 8 ) C. Glasgovii 
(1) C. elata Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 518; Journ. As. 
Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 57; Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lx. 765. 
A rough herb 2 ft. tall; stem 4-angled, branched. Leaves 
ovate acute, toothed inequilateral, shortly rough hairy, 3 to 6 in. 
long, i*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles slender, 1 in. long. Cymes axillary, 
3 in. long, hairy. Sepals lanceolate hairy. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
hairy, 1 in. long, claret colour. Stigma bilobed. Capsule straight, 
cylindric. Hab. Mountain forests, local; Perak, Thaiping Hills 
(all collectors). 
(2) C. caliginosa Clarke, Mon. Phan. v. 122; Ridl. Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng., lx. 765. 
A soft pubescent herb 1 ft. or more tall, often branched. Leaves 
opposite, ovate acuminate, base broad or cuneate, edges sub¬ 
entire pubescent, 2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1*5 in. 
long. Flowers 2 or more fascicled; peduncles 1 in. long, hairy. 
Bracts very small. Sepals lanceolate acuminate, -5 in. long, hairy. 
Corolla 1-5 in. long, azure blue, tube narrow at base, funnel-shaped 
at top; limb -75 in. across. Capsule slender, 3 in. long. Hab. 
Limestone rocks, Selangor, Batu Caves (all collectors). Perak, Kwala 
Dipang (Curtis); Batu Kurau (Scortechini); Lenggong (Ridley). 
(3) C. parvula Ridl. 
Small herb, 6 in. tall, sparsely short hairy all over. Leaves 
thin membranous, entire ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, base decurrent, 
3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Flowers solitary or 
paired axillary; pedicels 1 in. long. Calyx -4 in. long, lobes narrow 
lanceolate acuminate, hairy. Corolla light violet, tube cylindric, 
