354 OVI. GESNERACEX. (C. B. Clarke) — [Didymocarpus. 
short, capsule slender. D. primulefolia, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 478 ; 
Bot. Mag. t. 516).—Ceylon ; in the Hantam range near Kandy, Gardner, Thwaites. 
—Petiole 3-2 in. Sepals y in., narrowly oblong, white-pilose, not tomentose. 
Var. recedens; leaves large, base attenuate, cymes compound.—Ceylon ; Walle- 
kelly Hill, alt. 2000 ft., Beckett—Leaves 6 by 4 in., thinly white-strigose above, 
rusty-pubescent on the nerves beneath, much thinner in texture than in the type; 
petiole scarcely à in. Peduncles up to 8 in. 
36. D. floccosa, Thwaites Enum. 207 ; leaves obovate crenulate tomen- 
tose above pale fulvous-floccose beneath, sepals à in. narrowly oblong floc- 
cose, corolla-tube ventricose. ` 
CEYLON ; alt. 2000 ft., Central Province, near Dolosbage, Thwaites. . 
Leaves 6 by 3} in., obtuse, attenuate at the base; petiole 2 in. Peduncles 6 in., 
floccose ; cyme 7-fld., densely floccose. Corolla } in., pale purple; mouth contracted. 
Capsule 1 in., linear, follicular.—Nearly allied to D. Humboldtiana. 
97. D. zeylanica, Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 119; leaves long- 
petioled cordate-ovate or round crenate or serrate densely strigose on bot 
surfaces, cymes few-fld., corolla-tube nearly 4 in. ovoid-cylindric lobes 4 m. 
DC. Prodr. ix. 266; Thwaites Enum. 207. D. longepetiolata, Gard. in 
Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 475. 
CEYLON, alt. 5-6000 ft.; near Adam's Peak, Walker, Thwaites. . 
Leaves 2-3} in. diam., subobtuse; petiole 4-5 in. Peduncles 2-4} in., hairy, 
3-9-fld. Sepals 3-} in., linear, pubescent with yellow hairs. Corolla white, tube 
dark-purple. Stigma oblique, orbicular. Capsule early glabrate. 
38. D. ovalifolia, Wight Ic. t. 1351, and TUZ. t. 142, fig. 6; leaves 
ovate crenate white-strigose on both surfaces, peduncles 3—5-fld., corolla 
broadly campanulate gibbous, base saccate, capsule 1 in. 
S. Deccan PENINSULA; Courtallum, Wight; S. Tinnevelly, alt. 5000 ft., 
Beddome. 
Leaves 3 by 1} in., obtuse, base rounded, shallowly crenate, above densely 
beneath chiefly on the nerves strigose; nerves 8-12 pair, parallel; petiole 1-4 m. 
Peduncles 3y in. Sepals 3 in. Corolla i-$ in., blue-yellow, nearly glabrous. 
Filaments short; anthers glabrous. Ovary pilose; style about as long as the ovary, 
nearly glabrous, stigma small subcapitate. Capsule linear, straight or somewhat 
oblique at the base. 
39. D. missionis, Wall. Cat. 6396; leaves ovate or elliptic entire 
strigose on both surfaces, cymes subracemose many-fld., corolla funnel- 
shaped nearly symmetric. DC. Prodr. ix. 266. D. membranacea, Bedd. 
Jc. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 176. 
Deccan, Herb. Madr. S. TRAvaNCORE; Pachemallay, alt. 2000 ft., Beddome. 
_ Leaves 34 by 1-14 in., scarcely acute, base rounded, membranous; hairs brown 
in Wallich’s dried example, white in Beddome’s fresh ones; nerves 5-6 pair; petiole 
1-2; im. Peduneles 8 in., hairy ; pedicels 0-1 in., often in distant pairs. Sepals 
DRE in., lanceolate-subulate, hairy. Corolla $ in. glabrous, pale blue. Anthers 
minutely hairy. Style as long as the ovary, glabrous, stigma unilateral oblong. 
Capsule nearly 1 in., linear; subfollicular (Beddome), or 2-valved (DC.). 
40. D. repens, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 190; creeping, leaves long- 
potioled ovate-cordate serrate softly villous on both surfaces, peduncles 
—o-lid. 
TRAVANCORE and TINNEVELLY, alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Beddome. 
Stem slender, hairy ; nodes distant, rooting, bearing one leaf and one peduncle. 
Leaves 3 by 2 in. acute; petiole 4 in. Peduncles 3-5 in., villous ; pedicels sub- 
