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tall, with a few one flowered short branches. Bracts 

 linear oblong. Sepals linear oblong-, pubescent. Corolla 

 not seen. Ovary cylindric pubescent. Style pubescent. 

 Stigma small capitate. Capsule cylindric pubescent 1 

 inch long splitting nearly to the tip. 



Johor, Gunong Janeng (Kelsall) 



Endemic. 



37. D. salicina, Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. I.e. 329. 



A small shrubby plant 3 to 6 inches tall simple or 

 branched glabrous below pubescent above. Leaves 

 numerous crowded above opposite narrrowly lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous serrate, 3-4 inches long, J inch wide, 

 pale green above reddish beneath petiole slender -J inch 

 long or less, Peduncles numerous crowded in the upper 

 axils very slender glabrous red 2 inches long, branches 

 few divaricate pubescent. Flowers very small J inch 

 long pink. Sepals very narrow linear pubescent. Co- 

 rolla campanulate, lobes ovate acute. Stamens 2, fila- 

 ments short slender, anthers reniform. Style longer than 

 the corolla, glabrous. Stigma small capitate. Capsule 

 cylindric acuminate J inch long. 



Pahang, Tahan River (Ridley 2166). Endemic, stream 

 banks in woods. 



38. D. serrata, n.sp. 



Stem woody 6 inches or less long. Leaves numerous 

 lanceolate acute, strongly toothed, teeth ^ inch long 

 acute, velvety green above, pale beneath, nerves 40 

 pairs, 8 inches long 1 inch wide, narrowed at base not 

 petioled glabrous above, midrib with pale hairs beneath. 

 Scape slender hairy 3 inches long. Flowers 4 or 5 nearly 

 sessile. Sepals ovate short hairy. Corolla trumpet-shap- 

 ed | inch long narrowed at base dilated upwards lower 

 lip longer than upper one, ^ inch wide 3 lobed, side lobes 

 rounded median longer oblong, white stained with purple 

 outside, yellow in the mouth. Capsule very slender over 

 1 inch long pubescent pedicelled. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



