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I have been unable to .get this in flower in the penin- 

 sula, but the Lingga plant seems identical and has a 

 flower. It is allied to a Bornean plant occurring on 

 Mount. Matang which it much resembles. 



35. D. venusta, n. sp. 



Stem erect woody 12-18 inches tall, Leaves oblong 

 lanceolate subacute crenulate serrate narrowed into the 

 petiole winged to the base 4-6 inches long 1-2 inches 

 wide, nerves elevated on both surfaces, 22 pairs glab- 

 rous above, nerves and midrib ferruginous hairy beneath. 

 Peduncles axillary 1 or 2 in an axil 7 inches long hairy. 

 Flowers terminal 2 large white. Bracts 2 oblong cuspi- 

 date glabrous f inch long. Pedicels hairy, lower one ± 

 upper one -J inch long. Calyx lobes free to base linear 

 acuminate pubescent \ inch long. Corolla pubescent, 

 tube enlarged upwards infundibuliform l-£ inch long 

 pure white with a brown spot on the lower lobes, lobes 

 upper shorter than lower, rounded, lower lip -£ inch long 

 lobes oblong. Stamens included 2 filaments filiform, 

 anthers oblong. Staminodes filiform hooked. Ovary 

 narrow cylindric with style \ inch long, all pubescent. 

 Stigma large cordate. Capsule terete acuminate split- 

 ting along the upper edge glabrous 2-2^ inches long. 



Perak, Bujong Malacca (Ridley). 



Selangor, Gunong Semangko (Curtis 3751). 



Endemic. This beautiful plant hardly belongs to this 

 group. It much more closely resembles a Didissandra 

 of the speeiosce section but has 2 stamens only. 



§ 5. Salieinae. 



36. D. densifolia, n.sp. 



Stem woody 3 inches tall. Leaves numerous crowd- 

 ed alternate, lanceolate acuminate narrowed to the base 

 rather thick in texture entire, nearly glabrous when 

 adult except for a few hairs on the midrib 1^-5 inches 

 long ^-j inch wide. Peduncles hairy slender 3 inches 



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



