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Bcea.] 
slender, 6 in. long or less. Panicle umbellate; branches very 
slender, lax, 3 in. long and wide. Flowers numerous, small, white. 
Sepals lanceolate, glabrous. Corolla -15 in. across, white. Capsule 
very slender, cylindric, *25 in. long. Hab. Limestone rocks, Perak, 
hot springs near Ipoh and Sungei Siput (Curtis); Kinta (Kunstler). 
(11) B, minutiflora Ridl. 
Stem 3 to 4 in. tall, densely softly white-hairy. Leaves thin 
membranous ovate or ovate-lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base 
decurrent, edges coarsely serrate, sparsely hairy with long soft 
hairs on both sides; nerves and edges densely hairy, 5 in. long, 
4 in. wide; petioles 1*5 in. long, densely soft hairy. Panicles lax 
spreading. Peduncles 3 in. long, hairy. Cyme branches numerous, 
very slender, about 1 in. long. Pedicels longer than flower. Calyx 
and lobes linear-lanceolate as long as corolla-tube. Corolla white, 
•08 in. long, tube very short, limb unequally bilobed. Stamens 2, 
anthers large ellipsoid. Style longer than corolla. Ovary ovoid. 
Capsule -15 in. long, acute, spirally twisted. Hab. Pahang, Gunong 
Senyum (Evans). 
10 . DICHILOBCEA, Stapf. 
Tomentose half shrubby herbs with opposite leaves and axillary 
and terminal cymes. Calyx 2-lipped, upper lip entire, lower lip 
of 2 linear lobes. Corolla widely campanulate, oblique, lobes 
rounded, short, sub-equal. Stamens 2 from base of corolla; fila¬ 
ments filiform, short. Ovary lanceolate; style curved. Capsule 
spirally twisted, narrowed upwards. Species 2, 1 Burmese. 
(1) D. speciosa Stapf. Kew Bulletin, 1913, p. 356. Phyllobcea 
speciosa Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 522; Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 
l.c. 780. 
A white tomentose shrub 1 to 2 ft. tall. Leaves in distant pairs 
lanceolate acuminate narrowed to base, above glabrous, beneath 
white arachnoid, 6 in. long, 1 in. across; petioles 1 in. long. 
Panicles axillary and terminal up to 4 in. long, with leafy bracts. 
Flowers fairly numerous. Calyx white’woolly, lobes ovate-lanceo¬ 
late. Corolla 1 in. across, blue. Capsule 1 in. long, lanceolate 
thick. Hab. Lankawi, Pulau Tanjong Siri and other small islands 
(Curtis). 
11 . BCEICA, Clarke. 
Herbs or half shrubby plants with the habit of Bcea, but with 
4 stamens in a circle, and an untwisted capsule. Corolla-lobes 
sub-equal, lilac, white or blue; tube very short. Stamens 4, 
filaments very short. Style curved longer. Capsule linear- 
cylindric. Species 4 or 5, Burma and Malay Peninsula. 
Stemless with leaves in a rosette. 
Leaves obovate, serrate; scapes few-flowered; 
flowers lilac. (1) B. brachyandra 
Leaves ovate crenulate; scapes 1-flowered, pale 
blue.(2) B. nutans 
