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42. DiDYMOCAEPUs PEEDiTA, Eidley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 54 (1905). Stem creeping, woody, about 4 in. long. Leaves 

 elliptic obtuse, rounded, peltate ; margins crenulate ; 3 in. long, 1-5 in. 

 wide ; above scabrid and sprinkled over with hairs, beneath glabrous 

 except for the midrib and nerves, which are hairy with appressed hairs ; 

 margin with hairs on the crenulations ; petiole 1 to 2 in. long, hairy. 

 Peduncles slender, 4 in. long, subterminal, hairy. Galy x-lohes lanceo- 

 late, pubescent. Corolla not seen. Capsule '5 in. long, narrowed 

 suddenly into the style and only splitting as far as the base of the 

 style ; stigma subbilobed, large. 



Singapore : Selitar, very rare, Bidley. 



Eidley found two plants of this together in a small ravine near Selitar in 1889, 

 one in fruit. Since then the locality has been destroyed by cultivation, and the 

 plant has disappeared and is probably extinct. 



43. DiDTMOCAEPUB PUNCTicuLATA, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXXII. 510 (1895). Almost stemless. Leaves crowded, elliptic or 

 obcuneate or nearly oblanceolate, ingequilateral, base truncate; crenate, 

 puncticulate, hispid ; 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide or smaller ; nerves beneath 

 elevated, hairy. Peduncles subterminal, 3 in. long, slender, thickening 

 in fruit, hairy. Calyx-lohe^ lanceolate, acute, "06 in. long, hairy. 

 Corolla -25 in. long, hairy, violet ; tube short, broad campanulate ; lower 

 lip longer than the upper one ; lobes oblong obtuse. Stamens very 

 short ; filaments thick ; anthers large, conic, shield-shaped ; style 

 longer, pubescent. Capsule -5 in. long, thick, hispid. 



JoHOEE : Gunong Panti, Bidley. 



44. DiDYMOCAEPUs HETEEOPHYLLA, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 Ser. 2, III., 329 (1893). Stem short with a long woody root, woolly 

 above. Leaves crowded, very variable in size, obovate, oblique or 

 lanceolate, crenulate, obtuse ; 4 in. long, 1-5 in. wide or less ; above dark 

 green, purplish in the centre, glabrous, beneath reddish ; nerves raised, 

 covered with red wool on the back. Peduncles slender, hairy, 3 in. 

 long ; branches short and few ; flowers few, small. Calyx-lobes linear, 

 pubescent, '125 in. long. Corolla campanulate, -25 in. long, violet, 

 pubescent. Style longer, pubescent. Capsule cylindric, curved, 

 acuminate, 1 in. long, glabrous, splitting for nearly the whole length. 

 Ridley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. No. 43, 56. • 



Pahang : Tahan River, Bidley 2170. Johgee : Gunong Janeng, 

 Eelsall. 



45. DiDYMOCAEPUs PUMiLA, Ridley in Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. 

 No. 43, 56 (1905). Steyn slender, woody, 1 to 3 in. long. Leaves 

 crowded at the top, elliptic obovate, obtuse, narrowed at the base and 



