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XCII. ASCLEPIADACE^E. 
[Dischidia. 
ones on the longer branches. Racemes shortly peduncled, short, 
about *5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate blunt, pink pubescent. 
Corolla *24 in. long, bluntly prominently 5-angled, as long as broad 
with small erect blunt teeth, deep blue black, the ridges and lobes 
scarlet, mouth inside hairy. Corona 0. A ring of membrane 
below the mouth with deflexed bifid lobes. Staminal column 
conic; filaments red; anther-wings red, edged white; appendages 
acuminate. Follicle 1 to 1-75 in. long. Hab. Common on trees 
in the mountains. Easily recognised by its angled scarlet and blue- 
black flowers. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Robinson); Kluang 
Terbang (Barnes). Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall); Menuang 
Gasing (Kloss). Perak, Maxwell’s Hill (Schlechter); Gunong 
Kerbau (Robinson); Bujong Malacca (Scortechini). 
(2) D. depressa Clarke, in King and Gamble, l.c. 582. 
Slender, wiry creeper. Leaves fleshy, sessile orbicular, flattened 
or convex slightly bullate, 1 to 1-25 in. long and rather wider. 
Calyx-lobes glabrous, round. Corolla urceolate, white, *075 in. 
long with a 5-lobed corolline corona, throat closed with white 
hairs, lobes hairy inside. No staminal corona. Hab. Malacca 
(Maingay). Rare. Only known from Maingay’s poor specimen. 
(3) D. longepedunculata Ridl. Jonrn, Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 
61, p. 32. 
Leaves oblong convex, hairy, light brown, purple beneath, 
1-5 in. long, -5 in. wide. Peduncles -i in. through, 3-5 to 4 in. 
long, hairy. Raceme ’i in. long. Bracts hairy. Pedicels short 
and thick. Calyx-lobes ovate, hairy pink. Corolla campanulate 
not narrowed above, cream yellow, glabrous, lobes short, ovate 
triangular pink, half as long as the tube; tube glabrous inside 
with 5 strong ribs. No corona. Pollinia pyriform; caudicles 
broad, flat. Follicles one, 2*5 in. long, coriaceous, -25 in. wide 
when open. Seeds flat, lanceolate pustular. Hab. On a low tree 
at 3000 ft. altitude. Rare. Selangor, Sempang Mines, Semangkok 
Pass (Ridley). 
(4) D. collyris Wall. Cat. 4207; King, l.c. 583. D. albiflora 
Griff. Notulce, iv. 47. 
Creeping on trees, slender. Leaves convex orbicular, buff 
yellow, fleshy coriaceous above, purple beneath, edges appressed 
to trunk covering the roots and generally containing an ants’-nest, 
1-5 in. or more long. Peduncles short, stout; rachis short. Calyx- 
lobes ovate. Corolla urceolate, tube globose, mouth contracted, 
white, lobes lilac, glabrous. Corona-processes thin, linear. Hab. 
On roadside and seashore trees on the trunk and branches fully 
exposed to sun, Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Bukit Timah. Johor. 
Lama; Panchur; Sedenak. Malacca, Tebong (Griffith). Kelantan, 
Chaning (Ridley). 
(5) D. coccinea Griff. Notulce, iv. 45; King, l.c. 584. 
Slender creeper on trees. Leaves oblong-orbicular, crowded, 
