222 lxxxi. Ericaceae. [ Pernetlyopsis. 
(3) P. breviflora Ridl. Diplycosia breviflora Ridl. Journ. 
F.M.S. Mus. vi. 158. 
Epiphyte; young parts red-hairy. Leaves obovate, edges 
crenulate with red hairs, rugose above, dotted with hairs beneath; 
nerves 2 pairs very indistinct, 1 in. long and wide; petioles ’12 in. 
long, hairy. Flowers in axillary pairs. Pedicels rufous-hairy, 
*12 in. long. Calyx dark green, lobes ovate acuminate, hairy, 
•12 in. long. Corolla sub-globose, green. Pistil glabrous. Hab. 
Mountains on tree-branches at 4500 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong 
Tahan (Ridley). 
6. CLETHRA, Linn. 
Pubescent shrubs or trees. Leaves serrate (or entire). Flowers 
small white, in panicled terminal racemes. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 
5 obovate cuneate, round, usually toothed, deciduous. Stamens 10; 
anthers dorsifixed obovate, no processes, dehiscing by elongate 
pores at tip. Pollen globose simple. Disc none. Ovary globose 
3-angled, 3-locular, hairy; style cylindric or simple, 3-trifid. 
Capsule sub-globose, 3-valved, loculicidal. Seeds 3-angled winged. 
Species 25, North America, Madeira, Japan and Malaya. 
(1) C. canescens Bl. Bijdr. 863. 
Tree or large shrub. Leaves lanceolate acute, base narrow, 
serrate or entire, n-nerved, adult glabrous, young pubescent or 
hairy beneath and midrib above, 4 in. long, 1*25 in. across; petioles 
•2 in. long, pubescent. Racemes numerous, panicled, 4 in. long, 
tomentose. Flowers numerous, short-pedicelled, tomentose, *i in. 
long. Hab. Open places on mountains at 5500 ft. altitude, very 
rare. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (one plant) (Ridley). Distrib. 
Borneo, Java, Celebes. 
Order LXXXIL MONOTROPE^. 
- Leafless, fleshy, white parasites, herbaceous, simple or branched. 
Flowers solitary on stems or branches. Sepals scale-like, 2 to 6. 
Stamens 6 to 12. Ovary superior, globose or fusiform, 1- to 
6-eelled; style cylindric. Fruit capsular or baccate. Genera 9, 
forests of northern hemisphere. 
1 . CHEILOTHECA, Hook. fil. 
White or coloured, branched. Sepals 3 to 5, narrow oblong. 
Petals 3, blunt. Stamens 6; anthers linear, opening by marginal 
slits or pores. Ovary fusiform, i-celled. Stigma globose, conic; 
placentas 6. Fruit baccate. Species 2, Indo-Malaya. 
(1) C. malayana Scort. Hook . fil. Ic. PI. xvi. t. 1564; Prain in 
King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixxiv. 2, p. 81. (Fig. 93, p. 223.) 
Simple or 2- to 3-forked, 6 to 9 in. tall; scales ovate-oblong 
increasing upwards, purple or white. Flowers terminal, 1 in. 
