Tetraphyllum. ] CVI. GESNERACE&. (C. B. Clarke.) 363 
X. TETRAPHYLLUM, Grif. 
A tawny-villous undershrub; stem elongate, leafless or sparsely scaly 
below, with 4 leaves whorled at the apex. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate, 
unequal-sided. Cymes dense, subcapitate, nearly sessile; bracts ellip- 
tic. Calyx somewhat large, obscurely 2-lipped, sub-5-partite. Corolla 
widely funnel-shaped, silky, blue; lobes 5, subequal, ovate. Stamens 2 
perfect, filaments short ; anthers 2-celled, apex submucronate; cells ellipsoid, 
nearly parallel, slits longitudinal. Ovary ellipsoid, acute; style linear, 
stigma small, obscurely 2-lobed ; placentez deeply intruded, 2-partite, revolute, 
bearing ovules on both sides. Capsule narrowly lanceolate, ultimately 4- 
valved to the base, leaving two ribs united to the style and 4 papery enrolled 
placentæ. Seeds ellipsoid, obtuse at both ends; testa laxly reticulate, 
appearing rough or scaly. 
T. bengalense, Clarke.—Tetraphyllum, Griff. Notul. iv. 148 (without 
descr.). Phylloboea sp., Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1090.— Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. 
Beng. t. 87 bis. 
UPPER Assam; Griffith. Misumer; Namroop, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3830). 
Cachan (Keenan). Currragone HILLS; Clarke. 
Stem 4-12 in., duskily woolly, below without leaves or with 1 or 2 pairs of scales 
lin. long; innovations fulvous silky-woolly. .Leaves 2 pairs at the summit of the 
stem, 6 by 4 in., acute, base unequal, mature glabrate above, beneath duskily villous at 
least on the nerves.  Cymes 10-30-üld. Sepals i in. lanceolate, fulvous-silky. 
Corolla 3 in. ; lobes din. Stamens glabrous, Ovary (upwards with the style) silky. 
Capsule }-% by |, in., acute. 
XI. TRISEPALUM, Clarke. 
Undershrubs; stems short, villous or tomentose. Leaves opposite, 
alternate or crowded, narrowly lanceolate, obscurely toothed. Peduncles 
axillary, elongate, laxly 1-5-fld.; bracts long. Calyx 2-lipped; sepals 3, 
2 narrow, the third broader shortly 3-lobed. Corolla broadly obliquely 
campanulate, obscurely 2-lipped; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse. — Stamens 2 
perfect, filaments short; anthers large, cordate-ovate, adhering by their 
faces, 2-celled; slits short, soon confluent. Ovary oblong; stigma simple, 
one-sided; placente deeply intruded, bifid, shortly recurved. Capsule 
oblong, shorter than the calyx, loculicidally 2-valved, soon 4-valved, valves 
not twisted; placenta shortly recurved, not membranous. Seeds minute.— 
Species 2, in Lower Burma. 
1. T. obtusum, Clarke; villous, stem very short, leaves opposite and 
alternate linear-lanceolate, cymes 1—5-fld., calyx-segments oblong obtuse.— 
Phyllobcea sp. Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1020. 
TENASSERIM; Moulmein, Lobb. , . 
Stem 2—4 in., densely leafy, upwards (with the innovations) rufous-woolly. Leaves 
5 by i in., base much attenuated, crenulate, above white-villous, beneath rufous- 
woolly on the nerves; petiole j in. or hardly amy. Peduncles 1-3 in., flocculose with 
rufous deciduous wool; bracts } in. ovate, somewhat thick, villous or woolly; pedicels 
hardly longer than the bracts. Calyx i in.; one lip 2-partite, the other 3-fid ; 
segments rounded, green at the apex, recurved. Corolla } in., widely funnel-shaped, 
glabrous; lobes rounded. Stamens of the genus. Style linear, scabrous from 
numerous subsessile glands, stigma very shortly 2-lobed. Capsule-valves } in., 
oblong, acute, rigid, bearing the placente in the middle. 
