Chirita.] CVI, GESNERACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 357 
petiole 3-2 in. Peduneles 1-4 in., glabrous upwards; bracts 1—4 in., ovate, glabrous. 
Sepals 4-4 in., elliptic-lanceolate. Corolla 1 in. diam., glabrous without, purple, 
yellow-striped within. Filaments hairy at the tip. Ovary glabrous; stigma uni- 
lateral. Capsule 4 in. 
VaR. angusta; leaves narrowly lanceolate acute at both ends, nerves 6 pair, 
flowers somewhat smaller and paler. Var. 8, Thwaites Enum. 208.— Ceylon ; between 
Galle and Ratnapoora, Thwaites. 
** Species of the Himalaya and Khasia Mts. 
4. C. bifolia, Don Prod». 90; stem 2-leaved, leaves sessile orbicular- 
quadrate thinly villous on both surfaces, peduncles 3-1-fld., calyx deeply 
5-fid villous. Royle Ill. 204, t. 70, fig.2; DC. Prodr.ix. 969; Clarke Comm. 
4 Cyrt. Beng. t.77. Calosacme jamplectens, Wall. Cat. 306. Henckelia 
bifolia, Dietr. Sp. Pl. i. 574. 
TEMPERATE W. HIMALAYA, alt. 6000 ft., from Gurwhal to Nepal; Wallich, &c. 
Stem 3-6 in., simple, at flower-time leafless at the base, 2-leaved at the 
summit; one or two small bract-like leaves rarely added in the middle of the stem. 
Leaves equal or unequal, or one suppressed, 3 in. diam., base cordate or in the 
smaller attenuate, serrate. Peduncles 1-2, rarely more, rising between the two leaves, 
usually 2-fld., about 1 in.; bracts 1 in., oblong, villous; pedicels j in. Calyx j in. 
and upwards, thin, subcorolloid ; lobes 4 in., broad-lanceolate. Corolla nearly 2 in., 
almost straight, ventricose above the calyx, nearly glabrous without, purple-blue, 
below yellowish. Filaments hairy at the top. Ovary and style pubescent; stigma 
peltate oblique, notched on the lower side. Capsule not seen. 
5. C. pumila, Don Prodr. 90; small or large, leaves elliptic acumi- 
nate mature pilose on both surfaces, bracts ciliate, calyx deeply 5-fid hirsute 
with white hairs herbaceous. DC. Prodr. ix. 269; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. 
Beng. t. 74. C. flava, Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 117. C. Edgeworthii, 
A. DC. Prodr. ix. 269. C. diaphana, Royle Ill. 204, name only. C. poly- 
neura var. a, Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 75, not of Mig. Calosacme 
flava, Wall. Cat. 801. Bonnaya humilis, Spreng. Syst., cure ost, 15, 
Henckelia pumila, Dietr. Sp. Pl. i. 574.—Didymocarpus n. 18, Herb. Ind. 
Or. H.f- & T. l 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 1500-6000 ft., from Simla to Mishmee; plentiful 
in Sikkim and Bhotan. Kunasa Mrs., alt. 1-4000 ft., common. | ih 
Stem (in well-developed examples) 20 in., erect, branched ; small examples wit 
few or 2 leaves not rare. Leaves opposite, often unequal, 54 by 2 in., closely serrate, 
mature hirsute above with white hairs, pubescent beneath ; petiole 3 in. Peduncles 
2 in., 5-1-fld. ; bracts } in., ovate or oblong ; pedicels $ in. Calyx 4 in. and upwards; 
lobes 4 in., narrowly lanceolate. Corolla 14 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, pubescent 
without, 3 in. diam., purple-blue, yellowish below, sometimes pale-blue. Stamens 
glabrous, Ovary and style vubescent stigma unilateral, bifid. Capsule 4 in. an 
upwards, 
j ; iptic 
6. C. dimidiata, Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 117; leaves ellip 
acuminate mature strigose above glabrous beneath, bracts thinly ciliate, 
calyx 5-fid half-way down nearly glabrous whiteish. C. polyneura, var. B, 
Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. tt. 76, 72, not of Mig. Calosacme dimidiata, 
Wall. Cat. 803. 
SIKKIM, Buoran, Assam, alt. 1500-4000 ft., frequent. Kast Mrs., alt. 1500- 
3500 ft., common. . . 
Closely resembling C. pumila. Pedicels shorter. Calyx $ in.; segments i ar 
narrowly lanceolate. Corolla 14-2 in., rather larger than of C. pumila, white, mou 
purple-blue, without the yellow tinge of C. pumila. 
