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igiS-] H. N. Ridley : Plants from Gunong Kerhau. 53
103. DiDYMOCARPUS MODESTA, Sp. IIOV.
Stem slender or moderately stout ; woody, unbranched,
14 cm. tall, appressed, hairy. Leaves opposite in equal pairs,
lanceolate, acuminate at both ends ; entire, thin, glabrous
except the edges and nerves beneath, which are hairy, nerves
4 pairs ascending, 7 cm. long, 2.2 cm. wide, petiole .5 mm.
long. Flowers solitary, axillary, usually in the uppermost axil,
peduncle 5.5 cm. long, hairy. Bracts narrow, setaceous,
hairy, short. Calyx-lobes setaceous, deep purple, 2 mm.
long. Corolla tube narrowed at the base, gradually dilated
upwards, curved, sparingly hairy, lobes oblong, rounded half
as long. Stamens 2, included filaments from near the base.
From 3,000 to 5,500 feet elevation, var. b, minor. Leaves 5.5
cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, peduncle 7 mm., much shorter than the
leaves. Corolla i cm. long. At 3,500 feet elevation.
Perhaps nearest to D. parviflora, Ridl., but unbranched,
with larger leaves and a curved corolla, which appears to be
white or yellowish.
104. Cyrtandra deciirrens, var. Wallichii. At 4,000 feet.
105. Cyrtandra pilosa, Bl. At 4,000 feet.
ACANTHACEAE.
106. JusTiciA Inconspicua s/). nov.
Weak branching, glabrous herb. Leaves alternate, thin,
ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, obtuse, base long, narrowed,
usually inaequilaterally, raphides short but very abundant on
both sides. 12.5 cm. long, 4.5 cm. wide or less, midrib scurfy
beneath, petiole i cm. long. Raceme terminal i cm. long, few
flowered, pedicel 2 mm. long. Bract narrow, lanceolate, acute
erect, appressed minutely mucronate with
elevated midrib, .5 mm. long, .1 mm. wide,
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corolla tube. Corolla 1.2 cm. long, tube thick, upper lobe
narrowed, lanceolate, obtuse, lower with three short, blunt
lobes, pubescent outside. Stamens 2, filaments stout 8 mm.
long. Anthers 2, cells unequal, the lower one with a long
conic point, as long as the cell. Style glabrous.
Alt. 3,600 to 4,000 feet. The flower appears to have been
yellow with purple veins on the palate. The bracts are more
or less tinted with purple. Allied to . J flaccida, Ridl. but with
a much shorter spike and bracts not as long as the flowers.
Labiatae.
107. Gomphostemma crinitum, Wall. At 4,000 feet.
Verbenaceae.
108. Vitex gamosepala, Griff'. At 4,500 feet.