742 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



7. DiDissANDEA FLAMMEA, Eidley ill Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 503 

 (1895). Stem about 2 in. long, hardly woody, pubescent. Leaves 

 oblong, obtuse, glabrous ; upper surface shining ; margins and nerves 

 beneath hairy ; 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide ; petiole short, pubescent. 

 Flowers few, pendulous on an erect stout, purple, pubescent peduncle 3 

 in. long. Calyx-\6heB narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, green with purple 

 hairs, '5 in. long. Corolla orange red with darker red lobes ; tube nar- 

 row at base, abruptly dilated, ■ cylindric, hairy outside ; lobes short, 

 rounded, the lower ones a little longer. Stamens in 2 pairs ; filaments 

 slender, terete, hispid above, white ; anthers globose. Ovary white, 

 pubescent, straight ; stigma clavate. Dish annular. Capsule short, 

 cylindric, purple, 1'5 in. long. Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 22. 



Legbh : gold mines north of Tringganu, Machado. 



8. DiDissANDEA viOLACEA, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br.. E. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 23 (1905). Ste77i woody, about 6 in. high. Leaves tufted at 

 the top of the stem, thin, oblanceolate, subfalcate, narrowed at the base 

 into the petiole, acuminate at apex ; margins sinuate ; upper surface 

 glabrous ; midrib and petiole covered with red multicellular hairs ; 4 to 

 7 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad. Floiuer -peduncles numerous, erect, 2 to 

 3 in. long, sparingly red-hairy, 1-flowered ; bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 narrow, '25 to "5 in. long, closely appressed to the calyx. Calyx-lobes 

 linear-lanceolate, glabrous, -25 to -5 in. long. Corolla violet, 1 to 1-5 in. 

 long ; tube rather narrow, gradually dilated upwards, sparingly pubes- 

 cent ; lobes unequal, the lower lip the longer. Stamens in 2 pairs, 

 the longer pair scarcely one-fourth longer than the shorter. Ovary 

 glabrous, rather short ; stigma broad. Capsule 1*5 in. long, moderately 

 thick, splitting along the upper edge. 



Peeak: summit of Gunong Batu Patih, at 6700 ft., Wray 383; 

 Scortechini 389. 



This species comes near to D. Wrayi, but has smaller flowers. 



9. DIDISSANDEA ATEOPUEPUEEA, Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 

 504 (1895). Stem woody, 2 in. long. Leaves lanceolate or obovate, 

 narrowed at the base, the bases unequal ; margin obscurely crenate ; 

 upper surface glabrous, lower hairy on the raised nerves ; 4 in. long, 

 1-5 in. broad ; petiole 1 to 1*5 in. long. Flowers nearly sessile, in pairs 

 on erect, glabrous, purple peduncles 3 to 5 in. long ; bracts 2, ovate, 

 •25 to '5 in. long, -125 in. wide, purple. Calyx-lohes nearly free to the 

 base, lanceolate, acute, -25 to -35 in. long, glabrous. Corolla deep 

 purple, 2 in. long, -5 in. broad, narrowed at the base, widely dilated 



