Parabcea.] cm. gesnehaCe^. 53 ^ 
white. Capsule -5 in. long. Hab. Pahang, damp banks of streams 
on Gunong Tahan at 5000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(10) P. grandifolia Ridl. Didymocarpus grandifolia Ridl. 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 318. 
Stemless with thick woody root. Leaves oblanceolate acute 
decurrent on petiole, crenulate, glabrous except pubescent nerves 
beneath, 17 pairs; 9 in. long, 3-5 in. wide. Peduncles stout, 
8 to 9 in. long, pubescent, with few short 1 in. long branches. 
Sepals *25 in. long, lanceolate acuminate hairy. Flowers unknown. 
Capsule glabrous, 3 in. long. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 3300 
ft. altitude (Robinson). Very rare. 
This, of which the flowers are quite unknown, is probably from its habit 
a Parabcea. 
(11) P. capitata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 67; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c . 773. 
Stemless on a stout rhizome. Leaves orbicular, base round, 
sub-peltate, dentate glabrous above, ochre yellow tomentose be¬ 
neath ; nerves and reticulations raised, 6 in. long, 5 in. wide; 
petioles 2 to 3 in. long. Peduncles 8 in. tall; flowers numerous 
umbelled at top with 2 broad bracts below, -25 in. long; pedicels 
•25 in. long. Sepals oblong blunt, pubescent green. Corolla 
•5 in. across, lobes sub-equal round, white. Style longer than 
corolla. Capsule linear beaked, 1*5 in. long. Hab. Limestone 
rocks, Selangor, Kamuning. Perak, Bujong Malacca (Curtis); 
Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). 
var. oblongifolia Ridl. (oblongiflora by misprint in Journ. /Is. 
Soc. Beng., l.c. 773). Leaves oblong or oblanceolate narrowed 
gradually to base beneath and on peduncle. Hab. Perak, Kwala 
Dipang; Sungei Siput (Curtis); Tambun; Batu Kurau (Scor- 
techini); Goping (Kunstler). 
(12) P. ferruginea Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 68; 
Journ. v 4 s. Soc. Beng., l.c. 773. 
Nearly stemless. Leaves in a rosette, ovate-cordate blunt 
crenulate, above sparsely hairy, beneath tomentose, hairs longer, 
nerves elevate; 3 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1*5 to 2 in. long. 
Peduncles 3 in. long, ferruginous tomentose; cyme compact, 
scorpioid, red-hispid. Sepals as long as corolla, green red-hispid 
lanceolate. Corolla not 2-lipped, tube short, limb expanded white 
or tinted rose. Filaments thick, spathulate. Hab. Lankawi, 
Damp rocks (Curtis). 
(13) P. regularis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 68; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 773. 
Stem woody, 1-5 in. long. Leaves crowded at top, very un¬ 
equal, oblong-lanceolate, blunt base cuneate inequilateral, crenu¬ 
late, green glabrous above, purple minutely tomentose beneath, 
nerves elevate; 3 in- long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles 1-5 in. long. 
