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Ridley saya this beautiful plant hardly belongs to this group. It resembles 

 much 7nore closely a Didissandra, but has 2 stamens only. 



Sect. V. Salicin^. 



36. DiDYMOCARPUs DENSiFOLiA, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. 

 Soc. No. 43, 51 (1905). Stem woody, 3 in. tall. Leaves numerous, 

 crowded, alternate ; lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed to the base, rather 

 thick in texture, entire, nearly glabrous when adult except for a few 

 hairs on the midrib ; 1*5 to 5 in. long, -25 to -75 in. wide. Peduncles 

 hairy, slender, 3 in. long, with a few 1-fiowered short branches ; bracts 

 linear, oblong. Calyx-\ohe% linear oblong, pubescent. Corolla not seen. 

 Ovary cylindric, pubescent ; style pubescent ; stigma small, capitate. 

 Capsule cylindric, pubescent, 1 in. long, splitting nearly to the tip. 



JoHOEE : Gunong Janeng, Kelsall. 



87. DiDYMOCAEPus sALiciNA, Eidley in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, 

 III. 329 (1893). A small shrubby plant, 3 to 6 in. tall, simple or 

 branched, glabrous below, pubescent above. Leaves numerous, crowded 

 above, opposite ; narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, serrate ; 

 3 to 4 in. long, 1-5 in. wide ; pale green above, reddish beneath ; petiole 

 slender, 1-5 in. long or less. Peduncles numerous, crowded in the upper 

 axils, very slender, glabrous, red, 2 in. long ; branches few, divaricate, 

 pubescent ; flowers very small, -125 in. long, pink. Calyx-\ohes very 

 narrow, linear-pubescent. Corolla campanulate ; lobes ovate acute. 

 Stamens 2 ; filaments short, slender ; anthers reniform. Style longer 

 than the corolla, glabrous ; stigma small, capitate. Capsule cylindric, 

 acuminate, -75 in. long. Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 52. 



Pahang : Tahan Eiver, Bidley 2166. On stream-banks in woods. 



38. DiDYMOcAEPUs SEEEATiFOLiA, Eidley. Stem woody, 6 in. long 

 or less. Leaves numerous, lanceolate acute, narrowed at base, not 

 petioled ; strongly toothed ; teeth -125 in. long, acute ; nerves 40 pairs ; 

 8 in. long, 1 in. wide ; glabrous above, midrib with pale hairs 

 beneath. Scape slender, hairy, 3 in. long ; flowers 4 or 5, nearly sessile. 

 Calyx-loheB ovate, short hairy. Corolla trumpet-shaped, -75 in. long, 

 narrowed at base, dilated upwards ; lower lip longer than upper one ; 

 •25 in. wide, 3-lobed, side lobes rounded, median longer, oblong ; white 

 stained with purple outside, yellow in the mouth. Capsule very slender, 

 over 1 in. long, pubescent, pedicelled. D. serrata, Eidley in Journ. Str. 

 Br. E. As. Soc. No. 43, 52, not of E. Br. 



Perak : Larut Hills on rocks in dense forest, below the Tea Gardens, 

 at about 1000 ft. alt., Bidley 11922. 



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