350 OVI. GESNERACE®. (C. B. Clarke.) [Didymocarpus. 
Corolla glabrous, tube cylindric violet, limb slightly oblique white; lobes i in. diam., 
obtuse. Stamens 2 fertile; anthers oblong-peltate, cohering. Ovary minutely hairy, 
pedicelled elongate ; style hardly any, stigma large circular. Capsule not seen. 
Sect. 3. Didymanthus. Caulescent, sometimes but shortly. 
Leaves distant, upper (at least) opposite. Peduncles long; cyme-branches 
often elongate, subracemose with 2-nate pedicels. Calyx sub-5-partite. 
Corolla small or middle-sized ; tube narrow or broad at the base. Dise 0 
or shortly cylindric. Capsule 2-valved, rarely at first follicular.—Species of 
the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands. 
19. D. mollis, Wall. Cat. 790; leaves elliptic crenate narrowed at 
both ends hairy above, peduncles long, cyme lax viscous-pubescent, capsule 
nearly % in. sessile. DC. Prodr. ix. 266. 
BURMA; Mts. near Prome, Wallich. CnurrTAGONG ; at Seetakoond, J. D. H. § 
T. T. 
Stem 8 in., villous, near the base hirsute with fulvous deflexed hair. Leaves 
opposite, or the 4 uppermost subverticillate, 4 by 14 in., acute, membranous, glabrate, 
beneath hairy on the nerves; nerves 9-11 pair; petiole 4 in., or of the uppermost 
leaves 0. Peduncles subterminal, often 4, 3 in., 12-fld. ; pedicels 4 in. Sepals fy in» 
linear. Dise shortly cylindric. Capsule symmetrically 2-valved glabrous. Corolla 
not seen. 
20. D. paucinerva, Clarke; leaves elliptic or obovate obtuse crenu- 
late hairy above, peduncles subterminal long, cyme 2-8-fld. lax nearly 
glabrous, capsule rather more than $ in. subsessile. 
TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3853). , 
Stem 6 in., slender, simple, sparingly pilose except near the base. Leaves opposite 
(or the lower alternate), 2 by 1 in., closely shortly strigose above, glabrous whiter 
beneath; nerves 5-6 pair, puberulous; petiole 4-1 in. Peduncles 2 in., slender ; 
pedicels 4-4 in. Dise shortly cylindric. Capsule 2-valved, glabrous. Corolla not 
seen.—Appears closely allied to D. mollis. 
_21. D. cordata, Wall. Cat. 781; leaves cordate deeply crenate fulvous 
villous on both surfaces, peduncles long, cymes lax subracemose, pedicels 
distant often in pairs, corolla wide campanulate base gibbous. DC. Prodr. 
1X. . 
PENANG; Wallich, Maingay, n. 1224. . 
Stem 20 in., fulvous-villous. Leaves (at least the upper) opposite, 6 by 4 in., 
shortly acuminate, base rounded; petiole 14 in.  Peduncles 8 in.; cymes often 
6 in., glandular-hairy; bracts small, ovate, caducous; pedicels j in. Sepals 
]751m., lanceolate, nearly glabrous. Corolla-tube X in. long and broad, glabrous ; 
lobes 4 in. diam., round. Filaments short; anthers large, 4 cohering. Disc 0. 
Ovary glabrous, sessile; style glabrous, stigma small. Capsule % in., slender, sessile, 
2-valved, or sometimes (in Wallich’s examples) subfollicular (at least at first). 
22. D. barbinerva, Clarke; leaves narrowly obovate minutely crenate 
glabrous, midrib beneath hirsute, peduncles long, cyme dense glabrate, 
bracts round, sepals elliptic. 
ATTRAN (near Moulmein). 
Stem upwards, with the petioles, rufous-villous. Leaves (at least the upper) 
opposite, 6 by 13 in., suddenly narrowed at the base; nerves 11 pair; petiole 3-1 in. 
Peduncles 5 in. nearly glabrous; cyme 1-14 in. diam., many-fld.; bracts 3-4 in 
diam.; pedicels short, in fruit sometimes Zin. Sepals } in., obtuse. Corolla i m. 
widely campanulate (badly preserved, seems nearly as of D. cordata). Stamens 2 
fertile; anthers 2-celled ; cells ovate, divaricate, scarcely confluent. Ovary glabrous, 
