54 THE GENERACE.E OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



late acute oblique toothed, sessile or petioled densely soft- 

 ly hairy 2-8 inches long l.J to 2£ inch wide narrowed at the 

 base, petiole as much as 2 inches long. Panicles 2-5 inches 

 long lax, branches slender pubescent. Calyx lobes oblong 

 lanceolate J inch long glabrous. Corolla tube trumpet- 

 shaped curved £ inch long violet, upper lobes short 

 recurved lower ones \ inch longer. Stamens 2, filaments 

 filiform. Ovary long terete. Style short. Stigma clubbed. 

 Capsule glabrous cylindric } inch long. 



Perak, Hermitage Hill at 5000 feet elevation, on rocks 

 in the stream (Ridley 2909). 



Endemic. A very curious plant the affinities of which 

 are quite doubtful. 



P. D-. lacunosa, Hook, fil., Bot. Mag., 7236. 



Stemless. Leaves crowded oblong or ovate cordate 

 tomentose petioled crenulate 2-4 inches long 1^-3 inches 

 across above pubescent, beneath rusty tomentose especi- 

 ally on the elevated nerves, petiole 2-4 inches long rusty 

 tomentose. Scapes 4-6 inches long 2 to many flowered 

 simple or 3 or 4 branched at the top branches £ inch long. 

 Flowers nodding. Corolla an inch long deep violet blue, 

 tube narrow at the base gibbous inflated upwards, lobes 

 short rounded subequal. Stamens included curved swol- 

 len near the base narrowed upwards, anthers elliptic not 

 horned. Staminodes filiform ^ as long. Pistil linear 

 pubescent gradually narrowed into the style. Stigma 

 very shortly bifid. Capsule 2 inches long linear. 



Lankawi, Terutau on damp rocks (Curtis 1655). 



Endemic. « 



42. D. Perdita, n.sp. 



Stem creeping woody about 4 inches long. Leaves 

 elliptic obtuse rounded peltate margins crenulate 3 inches 

 long 1^ inch wide above scabrid and sprinkled over with 

 hairs, beneath glabrous except for the midrib and nerves 



Jour. Straits Branch 



