36 THE GESNERACEiE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



Perak, Larut Hills 4-6000 feet elevation, (Curtis 2037, 

 1312) Ridley, King's Coll. Abundant on banks. 



Var? Selangorensis. 



Leaves shorter glabrous above. Sepals longer. Fruit 

 3 inches long softly velvety. 



Selangor, Gunong Semangko (Curtis 3752). 



This may be specifically distinct but the specimens 

 are out of flower. 



10. D. hirta, n.sp. 



Stem herbaceous branched about a foot tall, thickly 

 covered with rather long reddish multicellular hairs. 

 Leaves opposite ovate or ovate lanceolate subacute ser- 

 rulate narrowed at the base 3 inches long 1-1^ inches 

 wide, above rather densely hairy, with multicel- 

 lular hairs, edge hairy, beneath keel and veins covered 

 with close long pale hairs, petiole ^ inch long hairy. 

 Peduncles subterminal 2 J inch long very hairy, red. 

 Bract very small linear, Flowers solitary on the 

 peduncles. Sepals linear narrow hairy £ inch long. 

 Corolla absent. Capsule 2 inches long cylindric closely 

 but very shortly hairy. Pistil cylindric. Style long 

 pubescent. Stigma discoid. 



Selangor, above the Gap, Semangko Pass (Curtis). 



Near D. hispidula but much more hairy. I have seen 

 no corollas. 



Endemic. 



11. D. viscida, n.sp. 



Stems slender 6 inches or more tall shortly roughly 

 hairy, Leaves opposite lanceolate or ovate lanceolate 

 thin acuminate, base inequilateral, 3-4 inches long 1-1 J 

 inch wide above sparingly scabrid hairy, beneath hairy 

 on the nerves about 6 pairs, petiole half an inch long 

 roughly hairy. Peduncle subterminal 2 inches long vis- 

 cid hairy, cyme branches 1 inch long. Calyx lobes very 

 short lanceolate viscid hairy. Corolla little over \ inch 



Jour, Straits Branch 



