230 98. GESNERACEJE. 
ad 34 poll. longa, utrinque attenuata, sed vix acuta, crebre crenato- 
serrata, hispidula, venis primariis lateralibus paucis crassis atque 
costa crassa subtus elevatis ferrugineo-setulosis. Scapi graciles, 
folia vix superantes, puberuli, diehotome ramosi, circiter 6-flori, 
bracteis brevibus lineari-oblongis instructi. Flores pallide roseo- 
lilaeini (Ford), circiter 9 lineas longi, suberecti, breviter pedi- 
cellati ; calyx puberulus, equaliter aite 5-fidus, fere 5-partitus, 
segmentis crassis lineari-oblongis obtusis circiter 3 lineas longis; 
corollæ puberule tubus angustus, fere cylindricus; corolle limbus 
ampliatus, valde inequaliter bilabiatus, labio superiore brevissimo 
bilobato, lobis rotundatis, labio inferiore elongato trilobato, lobis 
rotundatis intermedio longiore; stamina 2, inclusa vel brevissime 
exserta ; ovarium glabrum, stylo crasso puberulo stamina æquanti. 
Capsula ignota. 
Kwanetune: North river, cultivated specimens from the 
Hongkong botanic garden (Ford!) Herb. Kew. 
This is so distinct in habit that if the capsule should afford any 
distinctive character it might form a genus, as genera are con- 
stituted in this order. 
/ 4. Didymocarpus rotundifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba acaulis, perennis? Folia distincte petiolata, crassa, ut 
videtur subcarnosa, longe villosa (pilis multicellulatis), orbicularia 
vel rotundato-cordata, 1-2 poll. diametro, integra, undulata, vel 
interdum obscure crenata, basi interdum subtruncata interdum 
leviter obliqua, venis primariis paucis subtus distinctis; petiolus 
crassus, lamina brevior. Scapi plures, 1-6-flori, graciles, usque 
ad 9 poll. alti, glanduloso-pilosi, bracteis parvis linearibus. Flores 
ut videtur purpurei vel cerulei longe graciliterque pedicellati, 
circiter pollicares nutantes; calyx pilosulus, fere æqualiter 5- 
partitus, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis 3-4 lineas longis; 
corolla a basi gradatim dilatata ventricosa declinata inzqualiter 
bilabiata, lobis fere equilatis rotundatis ; stamina 2 antica ascen- 
dentia, leviter exserta, filamentis medio semel tortis supra medium 
glanduloso-pilosulis, infra medium insigniter dilatatum ; ovarium 
dense hirsutum, stylo stamina æquanti. Capsula (matura non 
visa) linearia, acuta, sesquipollicaris, puberula. 
Kwanetune: North river (Ford, 106!). Herb. Kew. 
This might, perhaps, with equal consistency be placed in 
Chirita. 
ouw 
