cm. gesneracejE . 
Didissandra .] 
505 
glabrous above, paler beneath, nerves covered with red hairs, 
4 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide. Flowers solitary on slender 
hairy peduncles. Bracts ovate broad, glabrous, *25 in. long. 
Sepals broad lanceolate blunt, glabrous, *5 in. long, white. Corolla 
white, pencilled violet, 1-25 to 1*5 in. long, tube thick, lobes broad. 
* Capsule 1 *5 to 2 in. long, glabrous. Hab. Dense forests. Perak, 
Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). Pahang, Telom district, Cameron's 
Plateau (Ridley). 
(13) D. quercifolia Ridl, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiii. 504; 
Jonrn. ^ 4 s. Soc. Beng., l.c. 743. 
Stem woody, 6 in. long or less. Leaves lanceolate or oblanceo- 
late runcinate, base narrowed, dark green, glabrous above, glaucous 
with the nerves brown-hairy beneath, 4 to 8 in. long, 1 to 2 in. 
wide; petioles 1 in. long or less. Flowers 1 or 2 on peduncles 
sparsely hairy, -6 in. long. Bracts broad lanceolate obtuse, green, 
glabrous. Corolla lemon-yellow, dilate cylindric, base narrow. 
Capsule 3 in. long. Hab. Banks in dense forest; very local. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills at 2400 to 3000 ft. altitude (all collectors); 
Bukit Rengas (Fox). 
(14) D. glabrescens Ridl. in Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, 
p. 24; Journ. . 4 s. Soc. Beng., l.c. 744. 
Stem woody, 3 to 4 in. long. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate to 
oblanceolate, coarsely serrate, glabrous except the red-hairy nerves 
beneath, 4 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2 5 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long, hairy. 
Flowers solitary on hairy peduncles 4 to 5 in. long. Bracts lanceo¬ 
late, oblong -125 to '25 in. long. Sepals linear-lanceolate blunt 
hairy, *25 to -5 in. long. Corolla mauve (Wray), deep blue 
(Kunstler), 1*5 in. long, tube gradually dilate upwards, lobes 
pubescent. Capsule 1*5 to 2*5 in. long, slender purple. Hab. Perak, 
Kinta, Gunong Megua (Kunstler); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
(15) D. castanesefolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 86, p. 302. 
Stem 3 in. tall. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, base narrowed 
minutely, unequally cordate at base, edge coarsely serrate, mem¬ 
branous glabrous above; nerves 15 pairs with midrib coarsely 
hairy beneath; 5-5 to 7 in. long, 175 to 2 in. wide; petioles 175 
to 2 in. long, coarsely hairy. Peduncles 4 in. long, coarsely hairy. 
Flowers in a terminal cyme of 3, Bracts linear-oblong, *12 in. 
long. Sepals lanceolate acuminate blunt, *3 in. long, *i in. wide. 
Corolla 75 in. long, sparsely short hairy, limb *4 in. wide (when 
dry). Hab. Pahang, Kwala Teku (Seimund), On rocks. 
(16) D. filicina Ridl. in Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 27; 
Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng., l.c. 744. 
Stems 6 in. tall or more, woody. Leaves lanceolate or oblan¬ 
ceolate, deeply lobed with large ovate acute lobes about 13 on 
each side, glabrous except nerves, red-hairy beneath, 3 to 5 in. 
long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles ’5 in. long, red-hairy. Peduncles 
1-5 to 3 in. long, hairy, bracts ’i in. long, ovate. Flower solitary. 
