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4. Dischidia (Conchophyllum) albiflorum. Gr. Pl. CCCCX. 
A. Fig. 8. 
Habitus et foliatio Dischidez,  Collibus foliisque przser- 
tim subtus punctis albis, folii paginze inferioris perforatis. 
The larger most conchiform leaves are purple underneath. 
Caulib. repentibus in arbor, ad articulos radicantibus. 
Umbellz lateraliter inter petiolares abbreviate apice cla- 
vatze, trilobze perennantes, bracteis minutis predite. 
Floribus breviter pedicellatis, albis, tubo corolla subglo- 
boso, fauce constricta, lamina oblonga, connivens, 4 the 
length of the tube, intus carnosa rugosa, fauce nuda 
nec villosa, nee annulata. Corona foliola omnium tenuis- 
sime, unguibus quite flat, laciniis planissimis simplicissimis, 
unguem superantibus apice dilatatis, 
Anth. in conum connivent. membranaceum marginat. Cau- 
dicule clavatz, longe. Pollinia oblongia, zquantia glandula 
minima. 
Has. Malacca at Tabong and Verupha. 
The species are difficult of discrimination, the distinguish. 
ing marks of this are its conchiform leaves, its white flowers, 
the rather elongated limb, the simple faux, and the simple 
foliola of the corona, which in all others have carinate or 
perhaps conduplicate lacineze, whereas here they are plain, 
and in the shape of the pollinia; in this too they are longer 
than in the others, and their dilated toothed ends are curved 
outward. 
Blume’s Leptostemma can searcely be adopted with pro- 
priety. 
5. Dischidia Rafflesiana. 
Foliosa ascidifera, longe scandens, ascidia grouped in 
large irregular often pendulous bunches, filled. with ants, 
lange irregular and variously angular on the surface, often fal- 
ciform ; orifice transverse, narrow, lucid, otherwise yellow 
green. 
Lamina iuflexed simple, with a recurved margin, inside 
