346 CVI. GESNERACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) [Didymocarpus. 
softly hairy above glabrate beneath, calyx divided one-third the way down 
lobes obtuse, capsule nearly 1 in. sessile. Wall. Cat. 784, chiefly; DC. 
Prodr. ix. 267; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 63, not of Royle. D. 
aromatica, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 141, fig. 4-7, only; Olarke Comm. & Cyrt. 
Beng. t. 59, as to the fruiting plant only; not of others. D. plicata, Don 
Prodr. 199. Henckelia macrophylla & plicata, Spreng. Syst., cure post. 
13, 14. 
NEPAL; Wallich. 
Leaves all radical, 3-6 in. diam., crenate-serrate; petiole 2-5 in., hairy at the 
base. Scapes 4 in., early glabrate; bracts + in., ovate. Calyx i in., funnel-shaped. 
Corolla 4-3in., deep purple. Ovary covered with minute sessile glands. Capsule 
narrowed at its base for ,!; in. only.—In ripe fruit the scape is glabrous, the two young 
leaves at its base are densely villous. 
4. D. cinerea, Don Prodr. 122; stem short or 0, leaves ovate-cordate 
áshy-pubescent above, calyx divided a third of the way down lobes ovate, 
capsule 14 in. pedicelled. D. obtusa, Wall. Cat. 786; DC. Prodr. 1x. 267; 
Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 61. Henckelia cinerea, Spreng. Syst., cure 
post. 14.—Didymocarpus sp. n. 19, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
NEPAL, Wallich; near River Tambur, J. D. H. oop 
Stein none, or 14 in., ashy-pubescent. Leaves radical or opposite, 2-33 in. diam., 
obtuse, crenate, glabrate beneath, nerves pubescent; petiole 4-8 in. Peduncles 4-2 in. 
shorter (cymes included) than the leaves, pubescent, later hardly glabrate; bracts 3 in, 
ovate, ashy-pubescent on both surfaces. Calyx X in., subcampanulate, sparsely 
pubescent ; teeth obtuse or mucronulate. Corolla nearly 1 in., purple paler down- 
wards, sparsely villous or glabrous. 
9. D. Andersoni, Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 62; stem short 
2-4-leaved, leaves ovate-cordate hairy above and on the nerves beneath, 
flowers capitellate subincluded within purple connate bracts, calyx-lobes very 
short obtuse, capsule 1 in. sessile. 
SIKKIM ; alt. 7-9000 ft., J. D. H. Kursiong, alt. 4500 ft., Anderson, &c. 
Stem 4-1} in., patently villous, at flower-time leafless at the base, with 2 large an 
usually 2 small leaves at its apex. Leaves opposite 6 by 4 in., coarsely crenate- 
serrate; petiole 1-13 in. Peduncles 3-7 in., villous; bracts } in., obovate and with 
the whole cyme dark purple-red ; pedicels very short, concealed by the bracts. Calyx 
3-4 in., funnel-shaped, glabrous, divided scarcely } the way down. Corolla more 
than 1 in., fine rose-purple, tube very narrow, mouth lin. diam. Ovary glabrous. 
Capsule very acute. 
6. D. aurantiaca, Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 60; stem short 
2-4-leaved, leaves ovate villous above, flowers pedicelled orange-red, calyx 
divided nearly half-way down, capsule 12 in. pedicelled. 
NEPAL ; Wallich. SIKKIM, alt. 2-4000 ft., Herb. Griffith, Anderson, &c. 
Stem 3-23 in., villous. Leaves opposite, 3-6 in. acute or obtuse, usually cordate, 
serrate, beneath glabrous with villous nerves; petiole 3-24 in. Peduncles 4 1n» 
hairy, ultimately scarcely glabrous; bracts 4 in., ovate, scarcely connate ; pedice 
often lin. Calyx } in., campanulate, more or less purple, glandular-viscid ot nearly 
glabrous. Corolla 1} in., long funnel-shaped. Ovary glabrous. Capsule-stalk } in, 
inear. 
7. D. oblonga, Wall. in Don Prodr.193 ; stem often 4-leaved at the 
apex, leaves oblong or elliptic coarsely crenate pilose, petioles patently villous, 
cyme glabrous, calyx divided one-third way down lobes rounded, capsule 
$ in. subsessile. Wall, Pl. As. Rar. ii. 34, t. 140; DC. Prodr. ix. 266; 
