54a CHI. gesnerace^. [Rhynchotecum. 
leaves. Flowers numerous, small, white. Sepals free nearly to 
base. Corolla campanulate, 2-lipped; lobes sub-equal. Stamens 4, 
from near corolla base. Ovary round; style much longer. Berry 
small, globose, pulpy. Species about 9. India and Malaya. 
( 1 ) R. parviflorum Bl. Bijdr. 775; Ridl. Journ. As. Soc. 
Bang., l.c. 787. Isanthera parviflora Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 
331. 
About 3 ft. tall, red-hairy above. Leaves opposite, lanceolate 
acute, base cuneate, serrate, dark green, glabrous above, red- 
woolly beneath, 8 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Cymes 
on bare part of stem about 2 in. long, lax branched. Corolla little 
longer than calyx-lobes, *15 in. long, yellowish white. Fruit 
ovoid-globose, hairy. Hab. Hill woods. Pahang, Kwala Tahan. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills (all collectors). Kelantan, Kwala Aring 
(Yapp). Penang (Wallich); Pulau Betong and Penara Bukit 
(Curtis). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 
20 . CYRTANDROMCEA, Zoll. 
Shrubs usually with square stems. Leaves opposite, herbaceous, 
ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, serrate. Flowers 1 to many in a cyme, 
axillary or basal. Calyx tubular, shortly 5-toothed, enlarged in 
fruit, usually red. Corolla large, white, tubular; tube dilate at 
top, lobes round, sub-equal. Stamens 4 in 2 pairs; anthers small 
ovoid. Pistil longer. Capsule globose or oblong enclosed in 
calyx, splitting irregularly, membranous. Species 12, Malaya, and 
Andaman, and Burma. 
Flowers solitary in upper axils . . . . (1) C. acuminata 
Flowers in short cymes on the bare part of stem below 
the leaves. 
Big plants stout shrubby. 
Leaves ovate, base rounded, cordate . . . (2) C. megapliylla 
Leaves ovate lanceolate, base long narrowed . (3) C. grandis 
Slender creeping plant; cymes small . . . (4) C. repens 
(1) C. acuminata Benih. and Hook. Gen. Plan. ii. 1020; Ridl. 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 788. 
Shrubby, little branched, 3 to 4 ft. tall, pubescent above; 
stem below weak, pithy, pale coloured. Leaves thin lanceolate 
or ovate acuminate, narrowed and decurrent on petiole, serrate, 
nerves pubescent; 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 1 in. 
long. Flow'ers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves; peduncles 
hairy, -12 in. long. Calyx tubular, glabrous, *5 in. long, teeth 
acute small, red. Corolla nearly straight, 1 in. long, white. Capsule 
oblong, 4-sided, -25 in. long. Hab. In forests, usually in hilly 
regions. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley); Bukit Tangga. 
Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Menuang Gasing (Kloss). Perak, 
