504 cur. gesnerace^e. [Didissandra. 
(8) D. flammea Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 503; Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng., l.c. 742. 
Stem 2 in. long, pubescent. Leaves oblong blunt, glabrous 
except nerves beneath, grey green, 4 in, long, 1-25 in. wide; 
petioles pubescent. Flowers few on a stout purple pubescent 
peduncle, 3 in. long. Sepals narrow lanceolate acuminate, green 
with purple hairs. Corolla-tube narrow at base, abruptly dilate 
hairy, orange with darker red round lobes. Capsule short, 1-5 in. 
long, purple. Hob. Legeh (Machado). Very rare. 
(9) D. violacea Ridl. Journ. Roy. yls. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 23; 
Journ. yls. Soc. Beng., l.c. 742. 
- Stem woody, 6 in. tall. Leaves oblanceolate sub-falcate 
acuminate, base narrowed, edges sinuate, glabrous, nerves beneath 
red-hairy; 4 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide. Peduncles numerous, 
2 to 3 in. long, red-hairy, i-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 
•5 in. long or less. Sepals linear-lanceolate, glabrous, '25 to -5 in. 
long. Corolla violet, 1 to 1*5 in. long; tube rather narrow dilate 
upwards, pubescent, lower lip longer than upper one. Capsule 
1‘5 in. long, rather thick. Hob. Mountains at 6700 ft. altitude, 
rare. Perak, summit of Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
(10) D. atropurpurea Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 504; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 742. 
Stem woody, 2 in. long. Leaves lanceolate or obovate, base 
narrowed, obscurely crenulate, glabrous above, hairy on nerves 
beneath, 4 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles 1 to 1-5 in. long. Flowers 
sub-sessile in pairs on glabrous purple peduncles 3 to 5 in. long. 
Bracts 2, ovate, ‘25 to -5 in. long, purple. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 
•25 to -35 in. long, glabrous. Corolla deep purple, base narrowed, 
widely dilate above, 2 in. long, -5 in. across. Capsule thick, 2 in. 
long. Hob. Perak, Hermitage Hill; Gunong Inas (Scortechini). 
( 11 ) D. petiolata Ridl. 
Stem woody. Leaves elliptic, very shortly acuminate blunt, 
base truncate, edge crenulate serrate, above glabrous, beneath 
whitish, sparsely brown hairy with long hairs on the nerves, 3*5 in. 
long, 2 in. wide; petioles 2 in. long, rather slender, long-hairy. 
Peduncles hairy, 6 in. or more long. Flowers distinct, 2 or 3. 
Sepals green, broad lanceolate acuminate, -25 in. long, hairy. 
Corojla 1*25 in. long, base shortly narrowed, sparsely pubescent, 
tube wide, dilate upwards; limb 1 in. across; lobes rounded. 
Hob. Perak, Gunong Inas (Yapp). 
This is near D. violacea and D. latisepala, but the sepals are broader 
lanceolate than in the first, and hairy. Some leaves are sparsely hairy above. 
(12) D. Wrayi Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 24; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., l.c. 743. 
Stem 3 to 4 in. tall or taller, woody. Leaves lanceolate oblique 
acuminate, narrowed into the petiole at the base, closely dentate. 
