XCII. ASCLEPIADACEiE. 
406 
[Dischidia. 
altitude (Curtis). Kedah Peak, Yan. Pulau Adang. Lankawi 
on rocks, Pulau Ujong Duri (Curtis). Distrib. India, Java, Borneo. 
(9) D. Gaudichaudii Dene. DC. Prodr. viii. 632. D. nummu- 
laria King, l.c. 587 (not of R. Brown). 
Stems very slender closely leafy. Leaves glaucous green, 
ellipsoid, very fleshy and thick (in exposed spots, stem and leaves 
yellow), -25 in. long, nearly as wide and as thick, narrowed at 
base. Umbels very small sub-sessile, 2- or 3-flowered, Calyx 
white or pink. Corolla urceolate, tube yellowish white, -075 in. 
long; throat villous inside, lobes narrow linear, pure white. Corona- 
scales anchor-shaped, translucent. Stamens ochreous. Follicle 
Fig. 109.—Dischidia hirsuta. 
linear-lanceolate, 1*25 in. long, base *25 in. across when expanded. 
Hab. A very abundant plant on trees in open country and very 
injurious to trees, Singapore to Penang, and Pulau Adang. Distrib. 
Malay islands, Tenasserim. 
In damp spots the leaves become thin and green, in exposed spots thick 
glaucous and lenticular. This plant has been confused by all authors with 
the totally distinct flat-leaved D. nummularia Br., of Australia. 
(10) D. hirsuta Dene. DC. Prodr. viii. 632; Hook. fit. Bot. 
Mag. t. 7853; King, l.c. 589. 
Slender creeper on trees, pubescent. Leaves coriaceous fleshy 
ovate acute, base round hairy, *5 to 75 in. long and about as wide; 
petioles short. Flowers 2 or 3 on short rachises at end of peduncles, 
•15 in. long. Corolla urceolate, *3 in. long, narrowed at mouth, 
deep red, lobes light pinkish red, hairy inside. Corona-scales 
rather large, top recurved, reniform. Follicles 3 in. long, linear- 
lanceolate. Hob. Common on orchard trees and in woods. Singa- 
