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surfaces sliortly red liaiiy, the rest of tlie leaf sprinkled 

 with short hairs ; nerves almost invisible above, five pairs, 

 in-arching 0.5 cm. from the edge, 5.5 cm. to 9.5 cm. long, 

 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, petiole, 2 cm. long. Peduncle axillary, 1 

 cm. long pubescent bearing three flowers on pubescent 

 pedicles 1 cm. long. Calyx small, pubescent, lobes five, short 

 ovate. Cox'olla rotate, tube very short, glabrous, lobes 

 lanceolate acute 1.5 cm. across. Corona of five subcoriaceous 

 yellow shining scales, attached to the staininal tube spread- 

 ing, stellately rounded with acute tips, 0.2 cm. long. Stamens, 

 filaments connate in a distinct tube at the base over 0.1 cm. 

 long. Anther-appendages oblong ovate, obtuse, inflexed. 

 Pollen oblong ovoid erect sessile on the carrier, which is 

 nearly as long. Stigma large, rounded conic. 



A single specimen. 



The flowers appear to have been violet. The plant belongs to 

 the section Dregea but has much lai-ger flowei's tlian any 

 species from this region. I am indebted to Mr. N. E. Brown 

 for help in woi'king out tliis remarkable plant. 



75. DiscHiDiA coRDiFOLiA, Ki)i(j and Ganible. 

 Distr'ib. — Perak mountains. 



7Q. DiSCHIDIA PARVIFOI.IA, sp. nOV. 



Stem very slender. Leaves ovate acvite with a distinct small 

 cusp, base rounded, glabrous, fleshy. Nerves two pairs rising 

 from tlie base, 1.2 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, petiole 0.2 cm. 

 long. Peduncles, solitar}-, axillary, 0.1 cm. long or raceme 

 nearly sessile, racemes 0.1-0.22 long, short and thick. Bracts 

 minute, acute. Pedicels slender deflexed, 0.2 cm. long. 

 Calyx lobes thin, ovate obtuse, corolla campanulate 0.3 cm. 

 long, white, with five thickened acute triangular lobes, deep 

 pink, all entirely glabrous. Corona none. Staminal column 

 reaching to the throat, filaments straight, broad linear 

 oblong ; appendages thin, rounded oblong ; pollinia oblong 

 obtuse, or thin, flat, caudicles cuneate at the base, above 

 dilate triangular, retuse, with two unequal points. Carrier 

 very small, linear oblong, ovary conic cylindric. Follicle 

 narrow lanceolate acuminate light brown, 4 cm. long, 

 0.2 cm. thick at the base. Seed 0.4 cm. long, oblong, 

 brown, hairs from apex numerous, very fine, white, 1 cm. 

 long. 



The leaves are very small though biggei- than those of 

 D. nummuJaria, but much less fleshy. I can see no corona at 

 all in the flowei- unless some obscure keels on the back of 

 the stamens represent it. It much resembles a plant, of 

 which, however, I have seen no flowers, collected by Beccari 

 on Mt. Singalang, Sumatra. 



