44 THE GESNERACE^E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



but which from description may be a form of the very 

 variable D. reptans, and the locality of which is doubtful. 



23. D pulchel/a, n.sp. 



Stems slender 3-6 inches long purple covered with 

 appressed hairs. Leaves opposite elliptic obtuse 1-2 

 inches long dark green above with a central white stripe, 

 dotted with short hairs beneath purple, sprinkled with 

 hairs, the nerves and edges hairy, petiole ^~§ inch long 

 hairy. Peduncles axillary 1 inch long slender hairy. 

 Bract linear very small. Pedicel ^ inch long slender 

 hairy. Calyx lobes narrowed linear |- inch hairy. Corolla 

 white, with yellow in the mouth, nearly 1 inch long, tube 

 cylindric hardly dilate sparingly hairy lobes oblong 

 rounded. Stamens 2 fertile, filaments filiform straight, 

 anthers oblong. Ovary slender cylindric pubescent, with 

 style | inch long. Capsule narrow cylindric upcurved 

 1-^- inch long pubescent. 



Pahang, Kwala Lipis (Machado, H.B.S. 11629). 



Endemic. 



2Jf. D. crocea, n.sp. 



Stems creeping a foot or more long succulent pubes- 

 cent. Leaves opposite but unequal ovate obtuse 1-3 

 inches long J- 1 inch wide softly hairy green with white 

 veins, nerves beneath elevated. Petiole ^ inch long or 

 much shorter. Peduncles sub-terminal 1 inch long 1 

 flowered softly hairy. Bracts 2 short linear. Sepals 

 linear pubescent^- inch Ion ^. Corolla 2 inches long, bi- 

 labiate pubescent orange-yellow, tube narrowed at the 

 base dilate gibbous above, lobes rounded darker orange, 

 lower lip longer than upper. Stamens 2 filaments sinuate, 

 anthers with 2 processes each on the back. Staminodes 

 filiform hooked. Style slender. Stigma capitate. Cap- 

 sule rather thick curved upwards 1^ inch long pubescent. 



Perak, G-unong Keledang on banks (Ridley 9776) 

 (Curtis 3301), Sungkei (King's Coll. 3014). 



Endemic, local on banks. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



