48 THE GESNKRACEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



broad 9 inches long, 4 inches wile, deep green velvety 

 pubescent above, glaucescent, pubescent beneath with 

 elevated nerves and nervules. Peduncles 3 inches long 

 pubescent. Bract ovate. Sepals linear acute ^ inch long 

 pubescent red. Corolla pubescent deep red, yellow in the 

 mouth, tube 2 inches long dilate upwards, lobes subequal 

 ovate obtuse. Stamens 2 filaments sinuous rather thick, 

 anthers semiovate. Style longer than the stamens pubes- 

 cent. Stigma rounded. 



Pahang, Tahan woods (Ridley) and Tringanu. 



Endemic in woods. 



SI. D. hirsuta, n. sp. 



Stem woody over a foot long, branched, densely hairy 

 above with long multicellular hairs. Leaves alternate 

 lanceolate acuminate narrowed to the base petioled or 

 hardly so crenate densely hairy on both surfaces, 6 inches 

 long 1| inch wide, petiole J inch long or less. Flowers 

 solitary on the peduncles in the lower and upper axils. 

 Peduncles very slender hairy 1 inch long. Sepals short 

 ovate lanceolate obtuse. Corolla narrow an inch and a 

 half long yellow pubescent. Capsule very narrow 

 cyclindric pubescent 3 inches long. 



Perak, Goping (King's Coll. 715), Larut Li Ills (King's 

 Coll. 2529). 



The Larut Hills plant is much less hairy than the one 

 from Goping but appears to be the same. The distant 

 leaves are unique in this section. 



82. D. bombycina, n. sp. 



Stem branphed woody 3 to 4 feet tall above closely 

 silky pubescent. Leaves lanceolate acuminate 4-6 inches 

 long 1 inch across narrowed to the base minutely crenu- 

 late densely silky pubescent, on both sides, nerves very 

 numerous and close. Pedicels short 1 inch long slender, 

 silky. Sepals ovate acute small silky. Corolla tube 1 

 inch long sparingly pubescent, white tinged with pink or 

 blue trumpet shaped. 



Jour. Straits Brauch, 



