THE GESNERACE^C OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 49 



Perak, Ulu Bubong 4-600 feet alt. (King's Coll. 10587). 



Endemic. Near D, crinita but very different in ap- 

 pearance, much taller with narrower leaves and soft silky 

 grey pubescence. The flowers are also smaller. 



83. D. crinita, Jack, Mai. Misc. 1, 11, p. 1 ; Linn. Trans. V, 



14, p. 33, t. 3, f.2 ; Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. 4, p. 53, t. 



15, fig. 2. 



Stem woody pubescent 6 inches tall. Leaves narrow 

 lanceolate acute, narrowed to the base shortly and close- 

 ly serrate 6 inches long 1 inch wide dark green above 

 sometimes with a white longitudinal bar covered closely 

 with short velvety hair, beneath purple with longer hair 

 especially on the nerves. Peduncles about 1 inch long 

 villous, pedicels \ inch. Bracts linear all villous. Sepals 

 narrow lanceolate acute villous ^ inch long. Corolla 

 white or usually pale blue lj-inch long pubescent tube 

 narrowed at the base dilated forwards lobes large round- 

 ed subequal. Stamens filaments filiform curved anthers 

 oblong with short lateral processes. Style and ovary 

 cylindric pubescent. Stigma discoid. Capsule slender 

 cylindric 2-3 inches pubescent. 



Spreng. Syst 2, p. 837, R. Br. Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. p. 

 118; Ann.Sc. Nat. 2, Vol. 13, p. 164; Hook, Bot. Mag. t. 

 4554; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2, 724; Clarke, Monogr. I.e. 93. 



Pahang, Raub Track (Machado, H.B.S. 11575), Tahan 

 Woods (Ridley 2169), Sungei Ujong, Bukit Sulu (Cant- 

 ley) ; Selangor, Ginting Bidai (Ridley 7577); Perak, 

 Larut Hills (Scortechini 294 and Ridley 2907) (King's 

 Collection 2157), Tapa (Curtis 3781); Penang, West 

 Hill (Curtis 410, Deschamps) ; Kerjah, Gunong Terai 

 (Ridley), Tomoh (Machado); Kelantan, Kwala Lebir (Dr. 

 Gimlette). 



Var. Curtisii. 



Leaves oblanceolate acute serrrate deep green with a 

 silvery central bar, covered with long multicellular hairs 

 from a swollen base on both sides very dense and longer 



R, A. Soc, No. 43, 1905. 



