XCII. ASCLEPIADACE^S. 
Dischidia.] 
407 
pore, Tanglin; Selitar; Kranji. Johor, Mt. Austin. Kwala 
Kahang (Kelsall); Gunong Pulai. Pahang, Pekan; Telom. 
Malacca, Mt. Ophir; Kesang Batu. Selangor, Batu Caves at top 
(Kelsall). Perak, Bujong Malacca; Waterfall, Thaiping (Wray). 
Dindings, Pangkor (Scortechini). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 
Distrib. Tenasserim, Java, Borneo. 
(11) D. albida Griff. Nolulce, iv. 46; King, l.c. 588. 
Slender creeper. Leaves flat fleshy, ovate acute, base round, 
slightly peltate, *5 to 75 in. long, -4 in. wide; petioles -i to -15 in. 
long. Umbels few-flowered; rachis short; peduncle -5 in. long. 
Calyx-lobes ovate acute. Corolla urceolate, *15 in. long, throat 
villous, white with pink lobes, triangular. Corona-lobes hammer¬ 
shaped, the two arms deflexed. Hob. Mountains, more rarely 
on lofty trees in low country. Singapore, forest at Bajau. Johor, 
Gunong Pulai (King). Malacca, Gunong Tunduk, Mt. Ophir 
(Griffith). Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Sempang Mines, 
Semangkok. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Scortechini); Bujong Malacca 
(Curtis); Ulu Batang Padang, Batu Putih (Wray). 
The description of Griffith's D. albida is suspiciously like that of Gaudi- 
chaudii and he says “ in arboribus Malacca vulgatum,” which D albidum 
is not, but the leaves of Gaudichaudii are not cordate ovate, as he describes 
his species. 
(12) D. rhodantha Ridl. Journ . Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 97. 
D rosea Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 31 {not of Schlechter). 
Stem slender. Leaf-pairs 1-5 in. apart. Leaves ovate blunt 
sub-cordate, fleshy, 75 in. long, -5 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. 
Peduncles stout, 75 in. long; pedicels -i in. long. Flowers rose 
pink, *25 in. long. Calyx-lobes lanceolate blunt. Corolla urceo¬ 
late gradually narrowed from a swollen base to a tube with acute 
ovate short lobes, mouth villous. Corona-scales large, claw 
linear, limb reniform three-lobed, central lobe small, sub-ovate, 
laterals incurved ovate. Anther-appendages short. Pollima sub- 
sessile on carrier. Follicle linear acuminate, 2^25 m. long, beed 
oblong, papillose. Hab. Selangor on a tree, Sempang Mines, 
Semangkok Pass (Ridley). , 
(13) D. singaporensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. nr. 01, 
P ^Slender creeper. Leaves orbicular-ovate, more rarely lanceo¬ 
late acute, base round, 75 in. long, -5 in. wide, lanceolate ones 
2 in long, 1 in. wide; nerves invisible; petioles -12 in. long; 
peduncle short; pedicels short hairy; calyx-lobes ovate hairy. 
Corolla dilate at base, narrowed upwards, *25 m. long, pubescent; 
lobes linear blunt, hairy at tip. Coronal scales refuse at top with re¬ 
curved linear arms. Hab. Singapore, Changi; Bukit Mandai (Ridley). 
(14) D. cordifolia King and Gamble, l.c. 590. 
Leaves fleshy coriaceous, ovate acuminate blunt, rounded or 
slightly cordate at base, 5- to 7-nerved from base, 1-5 to 2*5 in. 
