THE GESNERACEvE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 33 



pubescent above glabrous hairy. Pedicels ^-1 inch long 

 terete glabrous. Bracts cordate ovate acute nearly 

 amplexicaul polished green with red edges. Sepals train- 

 gular spreading stiff green, edges red. Corolla lemon 

 yellow pendulous, tube an inch long funnel shaped, base 

 narrowed, mouth dilate \ inch across, upper lobes broad 

 rounded recurved, lower ones larger. Stamens 2, filament 

 short sinuate, pubescent, anthers subtriangular. Ovary 

 and style \ inch long pubescent. Stigma peltate. Disc 

 cylindric. Capsule an inch long angled glabrous. 



Kedah, Gunong Jerai at 2,000 feet alt. (Ridley 5518 ). 

 Endemic. 



4- D. purpurea, Ridl., Journ. Linn. Soc, XXXII, 508. 



Stem herbaceous 12-18 inches tall. Leaves ovate 

 crenulate acute insequi lateral velvety 4 inches long 2 

 inches wide petiole ^ to ^ inch long. Peduncle erect 

 subierminal glabrous 3 inches tall. Panicle erect 4 inches 

 long with slender branches. Bracts small ovate. Calyx 

 lobes spreading oblong glabrous short. Corolla tubular 

 with a tube narrowed at the base, dilated upwards, purple, 

 lobes rounded, lower ones longer. Stamens 2 filaments 

 filiform included. Staminodes filiform. Ovary cylindric. 

 Stigma broad discoid. Capsule -^ inch long glabrous 

 cylindric stipitate. 



Lanka wi, Gunong Chinchan, 1000-1500 feet alt. ( Curtis 

 2567 ). 

 Endemic. 



§ 2. Didymanthus. 



5. D. parvi flora, n. sp. * 



A small erect herb about 1 foot tall or less much 

 branched. Stem slender covered with appressed hairs. 

 Leaves opposite equal lanceolate acute 1 inch long ^ 

 inch wide, above glabrous puncticulate, beneath yellow 

 pustular with short translucent hairs longer and mul- 

 ticellular along the edge keel and nerves, nerves 5 pairs, 



R. A. Soc, No. 43, 1905. 



