534 an. gesnerace^e. [i Codonobcea. 
(3) C. lilacina Ridl. Didymocarpus lilacina Ridl. Trans . 
Linn. Soc. iii. 330; Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 764. 
Stems 12 to 15 in, long, brown-pubescent. Leaves distant 
alternate, lanceolate crenate-dentate pubescent, 4 in. long, 1 in. 
wide; petioles 1 in. long. Pedicels adnate to petioles up to leaf 
blade, slender, *25 in. long; branches short, slender. Sepals 
lanceolate hispid. Corolla campanulate pubescent, rosy violet, 
•1 in. long, lobes oblong rounded. Capsule -65 in. long, rather 
thick. Hab. Pahang, banks of Tahan River, local (Ridley). 
Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp). 
9. B(EA, Commers. 
Shrublets or herbaceous plants generally very woolly with 
felted wool on the under-side of leaves. Leaves opposite or rosulate, 
lanceolate or oblanceolate. Flowers panicled in a terminal or 
axillary panicle. Calyx-tube short or 0, lobes linear or broad. 
Corolla-tube very short, limb explanate, more or less 2-lipped, 
blue, white or rose. Stamens 2, filaments very short and thick; 
anthers broad oblong connivent, yellow. Style longer than corolla. 
Capsule cylindric or fusiform, spirally twisted. Species about 20, 
Burma, China, New Guinea, Solomon isles and Malay peninsula. 
Leaves crowded at the base on a stout root-stock ; 
above them a tall panicled stem. 
Flowers 1*5 in. across, bright blue 
Flowers pale blue, '25 in. across; panicle wide 
spreading ....... 
Flowers pink; panicle short, whole plant very 
woolly ...... 
Stems 2 ft. or more tall; leaves above opposite; 
flowers blue, -5 to -75 in. wide. 
Leaves thinly white tomentose beneath 
Leaves brownish woolly beneath 
Stems 6 in. below the leaves, slender woody, much- 
branched ; corolla white 
Stems simple or nearly so. 
Calyx pubescent. 
Leaves large oblanceolate, cinnamon beneath . 
Leaves narrow lanceolate, white beneath 
Calyx glabrous; leaves arachnoid above; flowers 
■5 in. across ...... 
Calyx glabrous; leaves glabrous above; flowers 
under -2 in. wide . . . . . (10) B. parviflora 
Calyx glabrous; leaves soft, white hairy on edge 
and nerves; flowers’i5 in. wide . . . (n) B. minutiflora 
(1) B. paniculata Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 519 ; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 776. 
Rootstock woody, 4 in. long, *5 in. thick. Stem 1 ft. or more 
tall, stout, grooved, white arachnoid with many whorled branches. 
Leaves in a rosette at base, lanceolate acuminate, long narrowed 
( 1 ) B. paniculata 
(2) B. divaricata 
( 3 ) B. lanata 
(4) B. verticillata 
(5) B. cscrulescens 
(6) B. suffruticosa 
(7) B. acutifolia 
(8) B. lancilolia 
(9) B. elegans 
