536 cm. gesneraceas. [. Bcea . 
(6) B. suffruticosa Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 518; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 778. 
A branching shrub, 1 to 2 ft. tall; branches slender, spreading 
slightly arachnoid. Leaves paired, lanceolate, sub-acute, base 
narrowed, nearly glabrous above, brownish-tomentose beneath, 
3 in. long, -5 in. wide; petioles slender, -25 to '5 in. long. Panicles 
axillary, dense, 1 in. long; branches short, brownish-woolly. Sepals 
linear-lanceolate longer than corolla-tube. Corolla -25 to *35 in. 
across, white. Capsule thick short, fusiform, -25 in. long. Hob . 
On rocks. Lankawi, small islands north of Kwah (Curtis). 
(7) B. acufcifolia Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 519; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 778. 
Stem woody, yellowish-tomentose, 4 to 6 in. long with short 
•2 in. long internodes. Leaves opposite in upper part lanceolate 
acuminate acute narrowed to base and decurrent on petiole, above 
glabrous, beneath cinnamon-tomentose, 6 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. 
Peduncles axillary, slender, 3 in. long in flower, 6 in. in fruit, 
tomentose; branches few, short. Calyx tubular, teeth lanceolate 
acute, glabrous at length. Corolla small. Capsule cylindric acute, 75 
in. long. Iiab. Lankawi, Goa Chirita (Curtis); Pulau Ledi (Hanifl). 
(8) B. lancifolia Ridl. 
Stem slender woody. Leaves narrow lanceolate acute, base 
long-acuminate, above white arachnoid, beneath white woolly; 
nerves 10 pairs, elevate beneath; 2 to 3 in. long, -36 in. wide; 
petioles -5 in. long. Panicle 4 in. long; branches 75 in. long or 
less, many-flowered, all felted woolly; lower bracts leafy, upper 
linear, *25 in. long. Pedicels very short. Sepals linear-oblong 
woolly longer than corolla. Corolla-tube -25 in. long, limb -5 in. 
across. Stamen-filaments very short; anthers large oblong. 
Style longer than corolla. Hub. Lankawi, Terutau (Curtis). 
(9) B. elegans Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 522; Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng., l.c . 777. 
Stem woody, decumbent, 6 in. long, above 4-angled, white- 
tomentose. Leaves whorled in threes, lanceolate acute, narrowed 
to base sessile, grey tomentose above, white or cinnamon beneath, 
1 to 2-5 in. long, -25 to -5 in. wide. Peduncles from upper axils 
slender, glabrous, 6 to 12 in. long (in fruit) with few long slender 
spreading branches; cyme 3 in. long in flower, 5 in. long in fruit. 
Sepals lanceolate, glabrous. Corolla -5 in. across, lobes round, pink. 
Hob. On granite precipices, Kedah Peak at 3000 ft. altitude 
(Ridley). 
(10) B. parviflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 76; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 778. 
Stem 5 to 6 in. long, slender, simple or branched, reddish- 
tomentose. Leaves paired distant lanceolate acuminate, base 
narrowed, above glabrous, beneath rusty woolly, 4 in. long, 1 to 
1-25 in. wide; petioles rather stout, -5 in. long. Peduncles very 
