Cyrtandromcea.] Cm. GesneraCe^. 543 
Thaiping Hills (all collectors); Ulu Selama (Yapp); Temengoh. 
Tom oh (Machado). Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). Penang (Por¬ 
ter); Penara Bukit (Curtis). Kelantan, Chaning. Distrib. 
Sumatra. 
(2) C. megaphylla Hemsl. Ic. PL 1555; Ridl, l.c. 788. 
A large spreading bush over 8 ft. tall. Leaves ovate acute, 
base round, often cordate serrate, pubescent, 6 to 10 in. long, 
3 in. wide; petioles 3 to 5 in. long. Cymes several flowered a little 
above the axils, hairy, about 1 in. long. Calyx pubescent, -5 in. 
long, red, teeth short. Corolla 2 in. long, funnel-shaped, white, 
yellow in mouth. Capsule oblong, globose, -5 in. long. Hab. 
Forests. Selangor, Ginting Peras; Weld's Hill. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills (Wray); Gunong Batu Putih (Kunstler); Gunong Berumbun 
near Telom. 
(3) C. grandis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br: 44, p. 87; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 789. 
A large shrub about 5 to 7 ft. tall with a stout woody base, 
over -5 in. through, above herbaceous glabrous. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate acuminate, base long-narrowed, denticulate, glabrous, 
12 in. long, 4 in. wide ; petioles 1*25 in. long. Cymes large, many- 
flowered, hardly peduncled, often 3 in. through, on the base of the 
stem, pubescent. Calyx pubescent, red, -5 in. long with short 
linear lobes. Corolla white, 1*25 in. long. Capsule globose, *5 in. 
long. Hab. Banks in forests. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Semang- 
kok Pass; Bukit Hitam; Sungei Buluh; Ulu Gombak. Negri 
Sembilan, Johol. Perak, Ulu Bubong and Gunong Batu Putih 
(Kunstler). Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp). 
(4) C. repens Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 74. 
Slender woody creeping plant ascending 1 ft. or more, tomentose 
pubescent. Leaves obovate, thin, serrate narrowed to base, 
pubescent-hairy, 2-5 to 3 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles slender, 
1-5 in. long. Cymes below the leaves, -75 in. long, compact, many- 
flowered; peduncles -25 in. long, all pubescent. Calyx tubular, 
•25 in. long with setaceous lobes, red. Corolla base narrow, dilate 
upwards, white, 1 in. long. Hab. Sandy river banks in forests, 
■very local. Perak, banks near river, Temengoh (Ridley). 
21 . CYRTANDRA, Forst. 
Shrubby usually terrestrial plants. Leaves opposite or alter¬ 
nate by suppression of one. Cymes axillary, many-flowered. 
Bracts small or large and connate in a cup. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, straight, white, usually 2-lipped. Stamens 2, 
adnate to corolla; anthers not connivent. Ovary ovoid or oblong. 
Style long; stigma bilobed. Fruit a brown fleshy cylindric beaked 
berry. Seeds minute. Species 200, abundant in Polynesia and 
westward to Sumatra, disappearing in Burma. 
