XCII. ASCLEPIADACE^. 
Dischidia.] 
409 
1 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long. Racemes 2, thick, ’5 in. long, 
divaricating from top of a peduncle -25 in. long. Bracts very 
numerous rounded, papery. Flower (apparently white) campanu- 
late, -15 in. long; pedicels shorter. Calyx-lobes ovate blunt. 
Corolla conic, swollen at base, globose, narrowed upwards, lobes 
ovate acute, deep cleft, glabrous within. Corona-scales with a tall 
slender pedicel, top wider, sub-ovate with 2 long curved arms 
nearly as long as the pedicel. Staminal column short, broad, 
blunt, conic. Anther wings fleshy, rather narrow. Pollinia oblong 
ellipsoid; carrier minute. Hab. Mountains. Rare. Kedah, 
Gunong Bintang (Kloss). 
(19) D. Scortechinii King and Gamble, l.c. 592. 
Very slender with distant leaves, pendulous and sparsely rooting 
internodes, 2 to 4 in. long. Leaves fleshy, ovate-lanceolate (very 
narrow lanceolate in type), acuminate, base rounded, 2 to 2-5 in. 
long, -5 in. (-3 to -4 in.) wide; petioles -15 to -i in. long; peduncle 
3 in. long; rachis short; pedicels *05 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate 
acute. Corolla urceolate, pubescent inside, -125 in. long, white 
lobes -i in. long, villous inside, scarlet. Corona-scales short, 
anchor-shaped. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Rare. 
(20) D. pubescens Ridl. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57 ; P- 7 1 * 
Stem pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, thin coriaceous acute, 
base round, hairy beneath and on edge with white hairs, 1*25 in. 
long -5 in. wide; petioles *12 in. long. Peduncles -12 in. long, 
stout; pedicels -i in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate hairy. Corolla 
gradually narrowed from a dilate base, lobes linear, glabrous, tube 
villous inside. Corona-scales spathulate with 2 long arms deflexed. 
Hab. Perak, Temengoh woods (Ridley). 
(21) D. tomentella Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. 6. Br. 59 > 
P X Long slender climber, softly tomentose. Leaves fleshy lan¬ 
ceolate acute, base round, sparsely white hairy, -5 in. long, *i6 in. 
wide- petioles *05 in. long. Peduncles -25 in. long; pedicels 
slender, -i in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate, blunt, green. Corolla 
•1 in. long, pink and white, tube ovoid, lobes acute; mouth hairy. 
Corona-scales lanceolate elongate. Hab. Woods in open country 
on limestone rocks. Perlis, Bukit Lagi (Ridley). 
(22) D. tubuliflora King and Gamble, l.c. 59 2 - 
Slender creeper wiry. Leaves fleshy drying thin, lanceolate 
or ovate acuminate, base round, -75 to 1-25 in. to 2 in. long, *3 to 
•6 in. wide; petioles pubescent, -x to -25 in. long. Peduncles 
*15 in. long or none; rachis up to -25 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate 
pubescent. Corolla tubular flask-shaped, narrowed gradually 
upwards to the linear hairy lobes, tube *3 to *4 in. long, lobes-i to 
•15 in. long. Corona scales narrow, stalked with a broad horse¬ 
shoe-shaped top. Staminal column long. Follicle slender, 2 in. 
long, *1 in. through. Seed minute linear. Hab. Mountains. 
