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H. N. Ridley: Botany oj ^unong Tahcui. 167
not reniform— there are no rudiments of the second pair
visible), make the plant very distinct, and these two species
may well form a distinct section, if not a genus.]
*I34. [DiDYMOCARFUS FLAVOBRUNNEA, Var. MONTANA.
Stem woody, 10 inches tall or less, closely covered with
short dense hairs. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, base narrowed
and decurrent on the petiole, margin dentate, herbaceous,
sprinkled with hairs above, densely velvety hairy beneath,
nerves 10 pairs, 6 inches long, 2 inches wide; petiole velvety, |
inch long. Scape 6 to 10 inches long, velvety, haiiy. Flowers
6 or 7, crowded at the tip. Bracts lanceolate-acuminate, long,
hairy. Pedicels ^ inch long, hairy. Calyx-lobes lanceolateacuminate,
hairy. Corolla half an inch long; tube cylindric,
dilated a little at the top, maroon-red; lobes rounded, ^ inch
long, yellow with broad maroon streaks. Capsule linear,
acuminate, glabrous, an inch long.
Wray's Camp, at 3,300 feet.
This differs from typical D. fiavobrnnnea, Ridl., of the
lower part of the Tahan, in its greater size, more softly woolly
leaves, and in the different colouring of the corolla, which
is barred with broad bands of red-brown instead of a few
streaks.]
135.
[DiDYMOCARPUS GRANDIFLORA, n Sp,
Stem elongate, a foot long, olive-green, woody, pubescent
in the young part. Leaves opposite, in pairs three-quarters of
an inch apart, oblanceolate, obovate or lanceolate, 1-2 inches
long, obtuse or shortly cuspidate, base cuneate, glabrescent,
with a few scattered pale hairs on the upper surface, beneath
paler ; nerves elevated, 3-4 pairs ; petiole half an inch long,
hairy. Pedicel ^ inch long, purple, glandular, hairy, axillary
from one of the lower leaves. Bracts lanceolate-acuminate.
Sepals lanceolate-acuminate, both glandular, hairy, green.
Corolla 2 inches long; tube glandular-pubescent, narrowed at
the base, then dilate, trumpet-shaped ; lobes broad, rounded,
all purple; limb over an inch across, irregular,' distinctly
bilobed; median lobe of the lower lip larger than the sidelobes;
a yellow, oblong, two-horned patch on the centre of the
mouth of the tube, the rest violet-purple. Stamens 2, white
filaments long, slender, rising from the lower part of the tube
to the mouth ; anthers connivent. Style slender. Stigma
circular.
In forest by the stream below Wray's Camp, Tahan.
Rare. I could only find one flowering plant. In habit this
certainly suggests a Chirita near C. elata, but the character of
this genus, the bifid stigma, is wanting.]
136. Parabcea leucocodon, n. sp.
Stem rather stout, woody, simple or often branched, 8
inches to over a foot tall; bark corky white; young parts
hairy. Leaves numerous, at the tips of the branches, oblanceolate,
narrowed at the base,' subacute at the tip, 5J inches
long, 2 inches wide, thick, rather fleshy, dull dark green above.