24 THE GESNERACEyE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



glabrous, stigma clubbed. Capsule 2 inches long, thick 

 narrowed at the tip. 



Perak, Hermitage Hill on rocks (Ridley), G-unong Inas 

 (Scortechini 1322). 



Endemic. Scortechini's poor specimen is this I think, he 

 says however flowers pale red. 



6. D. glabrescens, n.sp. Stem woody, leaves elliptic lanceolate 



or oblanceolate coarsely serrate 4 inches long 1 inch 

 wide, above glabrous, beneath dotted glabrous, except 

 the midribs and nerves red hairy, petiole 1 inch long hairy. 

 Peduncle slender 4-5 inches long hairy, with 1 or 2 

 lanceolate oblong bracts at the top J inch long. Flowers 

 solitary. Sepals linear lanceolate obtuse-hairy J inch 

 long. Corolla " mauve," " dark blue " 1^ inch long tube 

 gradually dilated upwards lobes rounded pubescent, 

 anthers subglobose. Style capitate broad. Capsule If inch 

 long cylindric slender. 



Perak, Summit of Gunong Batu Putih 6700 feet alt. 

 (Wray 384) (King's Coll. 8055), Kinta (King's Coll. 

 7191). 



Near D. atrocyanea but the leaves are nearly glabrous, 

 and narrower with a longer petiole and the peduncle 

 bracteate. 



Endemic. 



7. D. Wrat/i. Stem woody bare below, leaves alternate lanceo- 



late oblique acuminate dentate narrowed at the base into 

 the petiole 4-6 inches long, l|-2 inches wide nerves 16 

 pairs elevated on both surfaces, glabrous above whitish 

 beneath midrib and nerves below covered with coarse 

 reddish trichomes, petiole -J- inch long covered with 

 rough multicellular trichomes. Peduncles from the upper 

 axils slender one flowered 3-4 inches long covered at the 

 base with red multicellular hairs. Bracts 2 ovate broad 

 appressed to the calyx \ inch long glabrous, sepals 

 broadly lanceolate obtuse glabrous \ inch long white, 

 corolla \\ inch long white pencilled with violet, tube 



Jour, Straits Branch 



