752 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



glabrous except for a little pubescence on the stem and petioles. 

 Leaves opposite, subequal or one leaf larger than the other; elliptic or 

 ovate, apex subacute, base cuneate or rounded and oblique ; margins 

 entire; 1-5 to 3 in. long, 1 in. broad or less ; main nerves 7 pair, vdth mid- 

 rib pubescent ; petiole slender, pubescent, -25 in. long or less. Peduncles 

 from the upper axils 2-flowered, axillary-, 2 in. long, pubescent ; bracts 

 very small, linear ; pedicels -25 in. long, pubescent. Calyx-lohQ?, 

 narrowly lanceolate, '125 in. long. Corolla white (not seen). Capsule 

 linear, acuminate, I'O in. long, pubescent. 



JoHOPxE : at Gunong Panti, King's Collector 209. 



15. Dldymocaepus malatana, Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. II. 123, 

 fig. 21 (1896). Stem very short, up to 3 in. long. Leaves ovate obtuse 

 shortly petioled to lanceolate acute, long-petioled ; 7 in. long, 2-75 in. 

 broad ; main nerves 15 pairs, conspicuous, silky-hairy. Peduncles 

 stout, silky-hairj^, 3 to 4 in. long, scapose with 2 flowers at the top or 

 with 2 erect branches 3 in. long bearing 8 or 9 flowers each ; flowers 

 nodding. C'a/?/Jc-lobes hnear, obtuse, pubescent, long. Corolla 2 in. 

 long, bright yellow ; tube narrowed at the base, gibbous, inflated above, 

 hairy ; lobes rounded, subequal. Stamens 2 ; filaments included, curved, 

 glabrous ; anthers shield-shaped with 2 projecting horns on each ; stami- 

 nodes minute, tooth-like. Ovary conic, hairy ; style long, glandular- 

 pubescent ; stigma capitate. Disk cyHndric. Capsule cyhndric, 1 to 

 1-5 in. long. Bot. Mag. t. 7526 ; Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. 

 No. 13, 38. 



Perak: Bujong Malacca, Curtis 3300, Eidley 9778; Tanjong 

 Mahm, Baldwin ; Chabong, Scortechini 189 ; Ulu Bubong and Ulu 

 Kirling, King's Collector 8799?, 10197? Selangoe : Gunong 

 Semangko, Curtis 3300 ; Bukit Kutu, Eidley 7580 ; Ginting Bidai, Eidley 

 7581. UsuaUy at 1500 to 3000 ft. alt. 



16. DiDTMOCAEPus ALBOMAEGLN'ATA, Hemsloy in Journ. Bot. XXV. 

 201 (1887). Stem 6 to 12 in. tall, pubescent, red. Leaves elliptic or 

 ovate, obtuse, with a broad or cuneate base, dark green; edges and 

 nerves white, sparsely hairj^ above, silky beneath ; nerves about 10 pairs ; 

 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1'5 in. wide. Peduncles axillary and subterminal, 

 hair}', pink, 3 in. long, racemose or sparingly branched. Calyx-lohes 

 lanceolate, hairy. Corolla yellow ; tube narrow, pinkish white, dilated 

 upwards ; lobes subequal, rounded. Stamens 2 ; filaments thickened at 

 the base, curved ; anthers reniform with short processes ; staminodes 2, 

 filiform, hooked. Ovary cylindric, conic, pubescent ; style long ; stigma 

 wide, discoid. Capsule cylindric, acuminate, rather thick ; tip upcurved, 

 hairy, -75 in. long. Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 506, and in 

 Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. 43, 39. 



