THE GESNERACE^E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 41 



leaves. The flowers however are those of the malayana 

 group and the anthers have the short connective horn on 

 one side which seems almost peculiar to these. 



19 D. incequalis, Ridley, Journ. Linn. Soc, XXXII, p. 506. 



Stem woody 5 inches or more tall ^ inch thick brown- 

 pubescent. Leaves alternate distant lanceolate inaequila- 

 teral acute serrate narrowed to the base, velvety 

 above, pubescent beneath 5 inches long; lj inch wide or 

 smaller, petiole distinct pubescent J inch long. Pedun- 

 cles from the upper axils 1^ inch long pubescent. Flowers 

 crowded pedicellate. Bract linear nearly | inch long. 

 Calyx campanulate lobes not free to the base linear, ^ 

 inch long pubescent. Corolla blue 1 inch long tube 

 slender enlarged upwards, lobes short rounded. Fila- 

 ments long slender. Ovary elongate cylindric. Stigma 

 obconic. Capsule cylindric glabrous 1-Jinch long. 



Lanka wi, G-unong Chinchang (Curtis 2568). 



Endemic. A peculiar plant not very closely allied to 

 any other. 



20. D. alba, n.sp. 



Stem woody creeping ascending, hairy pubescent. 

 Leaves crowded towards the top lanceolate scute base 2 

 inches long £~J inch wide softly densely hairy on both 

 sides, petiole densely hairy -J inch long. Peduncles short 

 l inch or less long one-flowered densely hairy. Calyx 

 lobes free to base linear acuminate long hairy ^ inch long. 

 Corolla quite white J inch lon^ base cylindric gradually 

 dilated upwards hairy lobes short pounded, lobes short 

 subequal. stamens 2 filaments rather short filiform. 

 Staminodes 3 filiform clubbed shorter. Pistil pubescent. 

 Capsule J inch long curved acuminate splitting along 

 the upper surface glabrous. 



Perak, Bujong Malacca (Curtis 3299). 



Var. major. 



R. A. Soc, No. 44, 1905. 



