CHI. GESNE RACEME. 
525 
Chirita.] 
•5 in. long, dilate above, limb bilabiate, *4 in. wide. Capsule very 
narrow cylindric acuminate, 1-5 in. long. Hab. Pahang, Kota 
Tongkat, Benta-Kwantan road (Evans). 
This resembles C. viola, but is hairy with longer sepals and long-tubed 
corolla. 
(4) C. viola Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiii. 516; Journ. Roy. 
As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 59; Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng., l.c. 765. 
A weak herb 2 to 10 in. tall, pubescent. Leaves ovate acute, 
crenate serrate or entire, flaccid, base cuneate, 2 to 6 in. long, 
i*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles *12 to 1-75 in. long. Cymes axillary, 
few-flowered with slender branches; pedicels -5 in. long, more or 
less. Sepals lanceolate-acute, hairy. Corolla *75 in. long, tube 
narrow at base, trumpet-shaped, lower lip longer, midlobe longest, 
violet with darker streaks and a patch of yellow glandular hairs 
in throat. Stamens exsert. Capsule 1-5 in. long, pubescent. 
Hab. On rocks in forest, Pahang, Kwala Tekam (Seimund). Kedah, 
Gunong Geriang. Setul. Kelantan, Gunong near Kota Bharu 
(Ridley). Lankawi (Curtis). 
This is often quite a small plant but grows also to over 1 ft. tall with a 
rather thick stem. 
(5) C. sericea Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 59; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 766. 
Herb 3 to 12 in. tall, simple or branched, silky-woolly. Leaves 
opposite and alternate, lanceolate acuminate entire, base cuneate, 
densely shortly silky, 2 to 4 in. long, *5 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles 
•2 in. long. Flowers 1- to 3-fascicled axillary; pedicels -5 in. long, 
silky. Bracts none. Sepals narrow lanceolate ,silky, *25 in. long. 
Corolla 1 in. long, pale blue (rarely white) hairy, lobes broad unequal. 
Capsule cylindric, silky hairy, 1-5 in. long. Hab. Limestone rocks, 
Perak, Ipoh (all collectors). 
var. Scortechinii Ridl. Capsule shorter and thicker, *5 in. long, 
•125 in. through, splitting longitudinally in 2 valves. Corolla- 
tube straight, lobes of lower lip broad. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
(6) C. uniflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 34. 
Stems several, rather woody slender, 15 in. tall. Leaves in 
pairs or above in whorls of 3, lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate, 
base narrow, hairy, 2 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. 
Flower solitary terminal on a slender hairy pedicel. Sepals linear 
acuminate hairy, -i in. long. Corolla-tube shorter, limb -5 in. 
across, upper lobes short, lower longer, midlobe broad round, white 
with 3 violet streaks on a yellow patch on the lower lip. Hab. 
Selangor, Sempang Mines, Semangkok (Ridley). 
(7) C. rupestris Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 59; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 766; Bot. Mag. t. 8333. 
A glabrescent herb, 4 to over 12 in. tall, simple or branched. 
Leaves opposite and alternate, thin ovate blunt, base broad 
