532 Cm. Cesnerace^. [Paraboea. 
Peduncles slender pubescent, -i in. long. Cyme branches short, 
slender, *25 in. long, umbelled, brown-tomentose; flowers few, very 
small. Sepals lanceolate brown-tomentose, as long as corolla-tube. 
Corolla hardly -25 in. across, white, lobes oblong blunt, equal, not 2- 
lipped. Filaments thick sigmoid. Capsule *5 in. long, cylindric. 
Hab. Lankawi islands (Curtis). 
(14) P. polita Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 69; 
Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng., l.c. 774. 
Stemless. Leaves in a rosette, ovate blunt crenate, base round, 
deep green above, ochreous tomentose beneath, nerves and nervules 
elevate; 8 in. long, 4 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles 4 in. long. Peduncle 
over 1 ft. long, brown-ochreous furred. Cyme branches few um¬ 
bellate; pedicels’25 in. long. Sepals linear. Corolla sub-bilobed, 
•5 in. across, white, back tinted pink. Hab. Rocks, Hill forests. 
Perak, Bujong Malacca (Curtis). 
This is perhaps a hybrid between P. capitata and P. vulpina. 
(15) P, vulpina Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 69; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 774. 
Stem 2 in. long, thick, covered with red wool. Leaves elliptic 
rounded at each end, crenulate, above sprinkled with pale hairs, 
beneath densely rufous-hairy; nerves strongly elevate; 1-5 to 
3 in. long, 1 to 3 in. wide; petioles 1 to 3 in. long, dense red-woolly. 
Peduncles slender, 6 to 8 in. long, red. Cyme branches few, slender, 
1 to 3 in. long; bracts very small. Sepals linear, glabrous. Corolla 
white, -25 in. across, lobes rounded, sub-equal. Capsule cylindric, 
glabrous. Hab. Limestone rocks. Perak, Bujong Malacca; Ipoh 
Hot Springs (Curtis). 
(16) P. laxa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 70; Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng., l.c. 774. 
Stem very short woody, thickly brown-tomentose. Leaves 
obovate or oblong, sessile coarsely doubly crenate-serrate densely 
long white-silky above, brown silky-hairy villous beneath, 3 to 
7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide. Peduncles glabrous, slender, 5 to 6 in. 
long, terminated by a lax much-branched umbellate panicle 3 in. 
long and wide. Sepals very small, lanceolate. Corolla -125 in. 
across, white or rose-tinted, upper lobes broad, lower lip trifid, 
central lobe broadest. Capsule slender, cylindric, -5 in. long. 
Hab. Lankawi, very abundant on cliffs of small islands opposite 
Kwah (Curtis). 
(17) P. Curtisii Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 70; 
Journ. /Is. Soc. Br., l.c. 775. 
Stemless. Leaves oblong-elliptic blunt, crenate, 6 in. long, 
2-5 in. wide, above sprinkled with hairs; petioles red-hairy, 
1*5 in. long. Scapes 10 in. long, red-tomentose; branches 4 to 5, 
umbelled at top, 2 in. long; pedicels red-tomentose. Sepals linear 
hairy. Corolla *5 in. across, white; buds tinted pink; limb 
