46 THE GESNERACE^E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



27. B. platypus, Clarke, Mon. Phan. 94. 



Stem woody below pubescent, leafy above 4-22 inches 

 long. Leaves sessile, oblanceolate alternate 8-13 inches 

 long- 3 inches wide margins serrate, above sprinkled with 

 multicellular hairs from a swollen base, beneath glabrous 

 except for the elevated nerves and reticulations, densely 

 appressed hairy. Peduncles numerous axillary 1 inch 

 long slender hairy. Bracts 2 short lanceolate hairy. 

 Pedicel one flowered ^ inch long hairy. Sepals ovate 

 obtuse hairy -^ inch long. Corolla from a narrow base 

 dilated forwards l^inch long, sparingly hairy, white with 

 a yellow mouth, lobes broad rounded. Stamens 2 fila- 

 ments filiform long, anthers reniform, with a process of 

 the connective projecting beyond them. Style long 

 slender. Stigma wide discoid. Capsule cylindric 1^ inch 

 long pubescent. 



Singapore, Bukit Timah, Selitar (Ridley); Johor, Ulu 

 Batu Pahat (Kelsall), Gunong Pulai (Ridley 3729); 

 Malacca (Griffith 3825) (Cuming 2359), Ayer Panas 

 (Derry III) ; Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi (Ridley 

 10097), Bukit Temiang (Cantley); Selangor, Klang (Bec- 

 cari), Kuala Lumpur (Ridley); Perak, Gunong Batu Putih 

 (Wray 934), Goping (King's Coll. 832). 



Distrib. Sumatra. 



The commonest species in the Peninsula in damp spots 

 in woods in the low country. 



Malay Names : — " Poko Julong Rimbah," " Poko 

 Sarnbuyen." 



D. Kompsobaea, Clarke, Mon. Phan. 92 t. X. 



Stem woody 4-5 inches tall. Leaves crowded at the 

 top oblanceolate acute narrowed towards the base 9 

 inches long 2 inches wide, margins coarsely crenate-den- 

 tate, above glabrous when adult with a few multicellular 

 hairs when young, beneath minutely pubescent nerves 

 and reticulations elevated, midrib and main nerves with 

 long brownish appressed hairs. Peduncles 1 flowered 4 



Jour. Straits Branch 



