762 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



39. DiDYMOCARPus PECTiNATA, Clarke in Herb. Kew., ex Oliver 

 in Ic. PL t. 2246 (1892). Small shrubby plant, 6 in. or more tall, 

 branched or simple. Leaves densely crowded at the top, glabrous, 

 deeply pectinate, 6 to 7 in. long ; lobes "i in. long, -125 in. wide at the 

 base, blunt. Peduncles from the upper axils several, pubescent, 2 in. 

 long. Calyx " dark blue. " Corolla white, tomentose, '3 in. long ; tube 

 cylindric, slightly inflated ; upper lobe obovate, rounded. Stamens 2 ; 

 filaments curved ; anthers oblong ; staminodes absent. Dish tubular. 

 Capsule -5 to -75 in. long, pale, glabrous, rather thick, curved. Eidley 

 in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. Soc. No. 43, 53. 



Peeak : on limestone rocks at 400 to 800 ft. alt.. King's Collector 

 10711. Selangor : Eawang, Bidley 7579 ; Kelsall 1981. 



Sect. VI. AcAULEs. 



40. DiDYMOCAEPus vioLACEA, Eidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 

 509 (1895). Bootstock short, erect ; stem 1 in. long, densely woolly. 

 Leaves numerous, very unequal, ovate to lanceolate, acute, narrowed 

 at the base, oblique, toothed ; densely softly hairy ; 2 to 8 in. long, 

 1-25 to 2-5 in. wide; sessile or petioled; petiole as much as 

 2 in. long. Panicles 2 to 5 in. long, lax ; branches slender, pubescent. 

 Calyx-lobes oblong, lanceolate, "125 in. long, glabrous. CoroUa-tuhe 

 trumpet-shaped, curved, -5 in. long, violet ; upper lobes short, recurved, 

 lower ones "25 in. longer. Stamens 2 ; filaments filiform. Ovary long, 

 terete ; style short ; stigma clubbed. Capsule glabrous, cylindric, 

 •75 in. long. 



Peeak : Hermitage Hill at 5000 ft. elevation, on rocks in the 

 stream, Bidley 2909. 



41. DiDYMOCAEPUS LAcuNOSA, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 7236 (1892). 

 Stemless. Leaves crowded, oblong or ovate, cordate, tomentose, 

 crenulate, 2 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. across ; above pubescent, 

 beneath rusty tomentose, especially on the elevated nerves ; petiole 2 to 

 4 in. long, rusty tomentose. Scapes 4 to 6 in. long, 2- to many-flowered, 

 simple or 3- or 4-branched at the top ; branches '5 in. long ; flowers 

 nodding. Corolla 1 in. long, deep violet blue ; tube narrow at the base, 

 gibbous, inflated upwards ; lobes short, rounded, subequal. Stamens 

 included, curved, swollen near the base, narrowed upwards ; anthers 

 elliptic, not horned ; staminodes filiform, one-third as long. Pistil 

 linear, pubescent, gradually narrowed into the style ; stigma very shortly 

 bifid. Capside 2 in. long, linear. Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. E. As. 

 Soc. No. 43, 54. 



Kedah : Lankawi island, at Terutau, on damp rocks, Curtis 1655. 



