Didymocarpus.] cvr. GESNERAcEH. (C. B. Clarke.) 353 
Peduncles 24 in., thinly hairy; bracts jj in., oblong; pedicels 4 in. Sepals 4 in., 
oblong. Corolla $ in. ; tube widely campanulate, limb very oblique. Ovary deusely 
pilose; style nearly glabrous. 
Sect. 6. Orthoboea (Benth. in Gen. Pi. ii. 1092). Stemless, or 
(D. repens) creeping. Leaves alternate or crowded. Peduncles long, many- 
or few-fld.; bracts small, narrow. Sepals linear or narrowly oblong. 
Corolla-tube cylindric or ventricose, not linear. Ovary sessile; style about 
as long as the ovary; disc 0. Capsule linear or sublanceolate, sessile, erect 
or scarcely oblique at the base; follicular, ultimately sometimes 2-valved.— 
Species of S. Deccan and Ceylon. 
32. D. Rottleriana, Wall. Cat. 778; leaves oblong or elliptic, 
. base attenuate deeply crenate white-villous on both surfaces, corolla 4 in., 
capsule 3 in. densely villous when young. Br. in. Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 119. 
Ninenrri and Kure Mrs.; Heyne, &c. . 
Leaves 3} by 14 in., obtuse, mature herbaceous softly strigose above pilose between 
the nerves beneath ; petiole $ in., broad, entire. Peduncles 4 in., many-fld. Sepals 
To in., narrowly oblong, villous. Corolla purple with yellow marks; tube short, 
mouth very oblique. Ovary very hairy; style glabrous. Capsule very acute. 
Van. Wightii ; leaves less deeply crenate thick rugose tomentose, even when old 
sometimes densely white woolly, capsule less than $ in. D. Rottleriana, Wight Ic. 
t. 1348; A. DC. Prodr.ix. 268. Rottlera incana, Vahl Enum. i. 88. Henckelia 
incana, Spreng. Syst. i. 38.—Shevagherry Hills, near Courtallum ; Wight. 
33. D. tomentosa, Wight Ic. t. 1349, and TU. t. 159 bis, fig. 1 (stigma 
incorrect); leaves elliptic attenuate at the base crenate tomentose, corolla 4 
in., capsule % in. sparsely villous. 
Hirrs in S. Mapras; Courtallum, Jamalay, Bolamputty, Wight. . . 
Leaves 3 by 2 in., obtuse, white-villous above, cinnamoneous or ferruginous villous 
or lanate beneath even when mature.  Corolla-tube nearly jin. curved. Style thick, 
glabrous ; stigma large, glabrous. —In other respects resembling D. Rottleriana and 
a variety perhaps of it (Thwaites Enum. 207). . . 
Var. lanuginosa; petioleO or very broad, leaves spathulate-orbicular cinnamoneous 
tomentose beneath, peduncles long, cymes large.—Courtallum ; Wight. 
34. D. lyrata, Wight Ic. t. 1350; leaves lyrate, terminal lobe ovate 
incise-crenate or sublobulate thinly herbaceous villous on both surfaces, 
corolla scarcely 3 in., capsule 3-3 in. sparsely villous. 
Deccan Pen LA; Courtallum, Wight. . . . oo 
Leaves attaining 8 in; petiole nearly % in., incise-pinnatifid ; limb 2-3 in. diam., 
base rounded. Peduncles 4-6 in., villous. Flowers and eapsules nearly as in D. 
Rottleriana.—Closely allied to D. Rottleriana, rather than to D. tomentosa, which 
has larger flowers and capsules. 
35. D. Humboldtiana, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 477; 
leaves broadly elliptic, base usually rounded or cordate shallowly. crenate 
thickly tomentose ultimately silky, sepals yz in. pilose, corolla 3 in. Bot. 
Mag. t. 4757. , 
; mmon, Gardner, &c. 
Leanne's by 13.4 Qn. obtuse, sometimes orbieular, base rarely shortly attenuato ; 
petiole 3-2 in.  Peduncles 2-4 in., pubescent, many-fld., or sometimes su racemose 
few-fld. Corolla pale purple, puberulous without. Filaments of the sieri es me ns 
nearly as long as of the fertile. Ovary pilose ; style glabrous. Capsu $ in., ofte 
oblique at the base. 
Var. primule@folia, 
spathulate-elliptic, cymes subracemose slender, corolla scare 
VOL. IV. 
i t D. primulifolia, D. Don); leaves 
Thwaites Enum. 207 (no p rola sterile Alaments 
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