5x6 CHI. gesneraceas. [. Didymocarpus . 
Capsule i in. long, scabrld. Hab. Forests, Selangor, Bukit Kutu; 
Ranching. Penang Hill (Wallich and all collectors). 
var. monticola Ridl., l.c. 755. More slender. Leaves narrow 
lanceolate acute, base long-narrowed rufous-hairy. Hab . In dense 
damp forests, Selangor, Semangkok Pass; Ginting Bidai. Negri 
Sembilan, Bukit Tumiang and Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Bindings, 
near Lumut. Perak, Thaiping Hills (all collectors); Goping 
(Kunstler); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). Distrib. Sumatra. 
var. violascens Ridl., l.c. 755. Stems ascending for 1 ft. Leaves 
nearly glabrous above, but densely hairy on edge and midrib, and 
more hairy beneath; nerves elevate. Flowers purplish white on 
very short pedicels. Hab. Selangor, Rawang and Dusun Tua 
(Ridley). 
var. modesta, D. modesta Ridl. Journ. Roy. ,4 s. Soc. S. Br. 82, 
p. 186 ( not of Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 53). 
Stem ascending, 1 ft. long, densely hairy. Leaves hairy on 
both sides, elliptic, base narrowed, 3 in. long, 1 in. wide. Pedicels 
*2 in. long or less. Corolla white, tube cylindric, ’25 in. long; 
lobes short, round, sub-equal pubescent. Hab. Selangor, Ulu 
Gombak; Rantau Panjang (Kloss). 
I first separated this variety as a species on account chiefly of the nearly 
regular corolla limb, and inadvertently gave it the same name as another 
species. I think, however, it is really a variety only of reptans. 
(30) D. marginata Clarke, DC. Mon. Phan. v. 96. D. ophirensis 
Ridl. Journ. Roy. ds. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 43; Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng., 
l-c. 755 - 
Stem pubescent creeping, over 1 ft. long. Leaves somewhat 
elliptic obtuse, base shortly narrowed, dark green; midrib and 
nerves whitish, 1 to 3 in. long, *5 to 1 in. wide, sparsely hairy above, 
more densely beneath. Peduncles sub-terminal, 1 in. long, hairy. 
Sepals linear, densely hairy. Corolla 75 in. long, dilated upwards 
hairy, purple and white. Capsule cylindric, hairy, 1 in. long. 
Hab. Malacca, lower part of Mt. Ophir below Padang Batu (Lobb, 
Ridley). Rare on rocks. 
(31) D. pulchella Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 44; 
Journ. , 4 s. Soc. Beng., l.c. 755. 
Stem slender, 3 to 6 in. long, purple, appressed hairy. Leaves 
elliptic blunt, 1 to 2 in. long, dark green above with central white 
stripe, sparsely hairy, beneath purple, sparsely hairy, nerves and 
edges more so; petioles *25 to *5 in. long. Peduncles 1 in. long; 
pedicels *5 in. long. Sepals linear, all hairy. Corolla white, mouth 
yellow, 1 in. long, tube cylindric hardly dilate, sparsely hairy. Cap¬ 
sule 1*5 in. long, pubescent. Hab. Pahang, Kwala Lipis (Machado). 
(32) D. crocea Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 44; 
Journ. , 4 s. Soc. Beng., l.c. 756. 
Stems succulent creeping pubescent, 1 ft. long or more. Leaves 
