Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 753 



Peeak: Larut Hills, 3000 to 5000 ft., Wraij ■ Curtis 2039, 2991; 

 Bidley 2908 ; King's Collector 1817. 



A species closely allied to D. malayana, and difficult to distinguish from it iu dried 

 specimens except from the much smaller flowers. 



17. DiDYMOCAEPus FLAVOBEUNNEA, Eidley in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 

 2, III. 329 (1893). Stem slender, seldom branched, densely pubescent, 

 3 to 4 in. tall. Leaves alternate; ovate lanceolate, acute ; base unequal 

 narrowed ; margins serrate ; 7 in. long, 3 in. wide ; nerves and midrib 

 beneath covered with shining brown hairs, above sparingly pubescent. 

 Peduncles 8 in. long, stiff, hispid, branched shortly dichotomously above ; 

 branches short, crowded ; flowers numerous, small ; bracts lanceolate, 

 acuminate, '25 in. long, hispid ; pedicels short. Calyx-lohes linear, 

 narrow, pubescent. Corolla 1 in. long; tube cylindric, gradually dilated 

 towards the lips ; lobes unequal, rounded, short ; tube brownish outside ; 

 limb yellow with an orange spot in the mouth and some red streaks. 

 Stamens 2, with filiform filaments. Ovary elliptic. Capsule 1 in. long, 

 narrowed gradually from the base, splitting above nearly to the apex, 

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



Pahang : Tahan River woods, Bidley 2163. 



The fruits crowded at the top of the peduncle radiating in all directions give this 

 species the appearance of a Parahcea. 



18. DiDYMOCAEPUs LONGiPES, Clarke in DC. Monog. Phan. V. i. 86 

 (1883). Stem woody, 2 in. long, hairy at the top. Leaves oblanceolate, 

 narrowed to the base ; obscurely serrate ; glabrous and deep green above, 

 hairy on the midrib and purple beneath ; 8 in. long, 2-25 in. broad. 

 Flowers few, racemose (occasionally panicled), pendent on peduncles 

 9 to 18 in. long, rather stout, purple. Calyx-lohe^ linear, acuminate, 

 pubescent, purple, "125 in. long. Corolla 1*5 in. long, pale yellow, 

 pubescent ; tube straight, little dilated upwards ; upper two lobes short, 

 rounded ; lower longer, oblong. Stamens 2 ; filaments short, thick, 

 adnate to the tube near the mouth ; anthers reniform, connate, just 

 included, with 2 short appressed horn-like processes to the connective. 

 Ovary elongate, conic, passing into the terete style; stigma discoid. 

 Dish cylindric. Capsule 1-25 in. long, rather thick, splitting along the 

 upper edge. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 351 ; Ridley in Joum. 

 Linn. Soc. XXXII. 509, and in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 43, 40. 



Malacca : Mount Ophir, Griffith (K.D.) 3854 ; Cuming 2385 ; Main- 

 gay (K.D.) 2723; Bidley 3179. 



19. DiDYMOCAEPUs iN^QUALis, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 

 506 (1883). Stem woody, 5 in. or more tall, '125 in. thick, brown- 



