760 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



with a silvery central bar, covered with long multicellular hairs from a 

 swollen base on both sides, very dense and longer on the back at the 

 base and on the buds. Scapes 3 in. long, hairy, slender. Calyx-loheQ 

 oblong, hair}^ blunt. Corolla 2 in. long, blue ; tube hairy, swollen 

 upwards ; lobes unequal, 1 in. across the limb. Stigma broad, heart- 

 shaped. 



Selangoe: near the Gap, Curtis. 



Var. elongata, Eidley. Stem tall and somewhat branched. 

 Leaves scattered, narrow and small ; 3 in. long, -5 in. wide, hairy. 

 Flowers small, pale blue, 1 in. long, on slender pedicels 3 in. long or 

 less, from the lower as well as from the upper axils. 



Peeak: Tapah, Curtis 3781. 



34. Didymocarpus fasciata, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 50 (1905), Stem woody, 6 to 8 in. tall, with soft hair in the 

 upper parts. Leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, nar- 

 rowed to base; 4 to 8 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; margins serrulate crenulate; 

 above deep velvety malachite green, with a broad central white bar 

 covered with short scattered hairs ; back, edges, and petiole with longer 

 pale silky hairs. Peduncles slender, short, 1-5 in. long, hairy; bract 

 very small, linear. Calyx-lohes narrow, lanceolate, very small. Corolla 

 1-5 in. long, cylindric, trumpet-shaped ; white limb edged violet. Cap- 

 sule very slender, 2 in. long or less, glabrous. 



Kedah : Gunong Jerai, Bidley. Pahang : Tahan Eiver, in rocky 

 woods, Bidley 2169. — Disteib. Lingga, Batu Gajah (Hullett). 



35. DiDYMOCAEPus VENUSTA, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 51 (1905). Stem erect, woody, 12 to 18 in. tall. Leaves oblong 

 lanceolate, subacute, crenulate-serrate, narrowed into the petiole, winged 

 to the base ; 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide ; nerves elevated on both 

 surfaces, 22 pairs ; glabrous above, nerves and midrib ferruginous hairy 

 beneath. Peduncles axillary, 1 or 2 in an axil, 7 in. long, hairy; .flowers 

 terminal, 2, large, white ; bracts 2, oblong cuspidate, glabrous, -3 to 

 •4 in. long ; pedicels hairy, lower one -25, upper one -5 in. long. Calyx- 

 lobes free to base, linear acuminate, pubescent, -5 in. long. Corolla 

 pubescent ; tube enlarged upwards, infundibuliform, 1-5 in. long, pure 

 white with a brown spot on the lower lobes ; upper lobes shorter than 

 lower, rounded ; lower lip -5 in. long, lobes oblong. Stamens included, 

 2 ; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong ; staminodes filiform, hooked. 

 Ovary narrow, cylindric, with style '5 in. long ; all pubescent ; stigma 

 large, cordate. Capsule terete, acuminate, splitting along the upper 

 edge, glabrous, 2 to 2-5 in. long. 



Peeak : Bujong Malacca, Bidley. Selangoe : Gunong Semangko, 

 Curtis 3751. 



