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DIDYMOCARPUS OBLONGA. Tab. 140. 
Hasrrar super rupibus Sheopore Napaliæ, florens fructiferaque sub pluviis, J unio—Septembre. 
Raprx fibroso-ramosissima. CAULIS erectus, cylindrieus, subcarnosus, pubescens, rubicundus, 3—6-pollicaris, solitarius, nunc 2 vel 3 ex 
eadem radice. Fors ad apicem caulis paribus 2 rarò 3 approximatissimis, decussantibus, patentissimis congesta, subverticillata, oblonga, 
subfalcata, attenuato-acuta, inæqualitér duplicato-serrata, basi subobtusa, magnitudine inzequalia, 3—5-pollicaria; apum par, dum tria 
adsunt. multó minus; subsessilia, utrinque ferrugineo-pubescentia, reticulato-nervosa ; Juniora valdé ragosa, sabvilien ; apwan nulla. 
Perioxus }-pollicaris, nunc modò lineam vel 2 longus, planiusculus. PEDUNCULI terminales, graciles, filiformes, teretes, rubicundi, 
scepissim? tòt quàt folia, iisdem breviores, puberuli, bis dichotomi ; universalis 2-pollicaris, partiales breviores. BRACTEÆ oppositæ, nunc 
ternæ, infra divisuras pedunculorum, lato-ovatæ, subcordatæ, parüm dentata, obtuse, amplexantes, patentes, concaviusculæ, membra- 
naceze, erubescentes, glabre. Frores paniculati, brevè pedicellati, ternati solitariique ex dichotomiis, atropurpurei. PEDICELLI carnosi, 
cylindrici, suffulti bractearum pari majusculo. Catyx campanulatus, obtusè 5-dentatus. CoroLLa ceteraque ut in sequente specie. 
Plate CXL.. Fig. 1. Detached flower. — 2. Calyx, opened. 3. Corolla, opened. 4. Ovary, divided transversely. 
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DIDYMOCARPUS AROMATICA. Tab. 141. 
Didymocarpus aromatica, Wall. in Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, vol. 1. p. 378. 
Nomen Parbutteum, Kumkuma. 
Habitat super rupibus arborumque truncis vetustis sylvarum Napaliæ et Kamaon ; florens fructiferaque Junio—Sep- 
tembre. 
Prants erecta, subceespitosa, 6—10-pollicaris.  Raprx valdè ramosa, fibrosa. CauLis solitarius, aliquando 2 vel 3 ex eadem radice, 
carnosus, cylindricus, vel levitér compressus, indivisus, cano-pubescens, minutim punctulatus. Fou radicalia pauca, prostrata, semi- 
recondita, carnosa, pollicaria ad 13-pollicaria, ovato-cordata, obtusa, crenulata, brevè petiolata, utrinque densissimè vestita pilis brevibus, 
adpressis, argenteis, punctis resinosis, rufis interspersis, suprà convexa, admodúm rugosa, subtüs concava, nervoso-venosa, citó emar- 
cescentia; interdum 2 alia folia radicalia longè majora, permanentia, erecto-patentia, lato-ovata, cordata, acutiuscula, grosse et acuté dentata, 
utrinque pubescentia et punctata, subtås nervoso-venosa, magnitudine inæqualia, 5-pollicaria ad palmaria, suffulta petiolo sulcato, carnoso, 
3—5-pollicari. Forra caulina ad apicem caulis paribus 2 approximatissimis, decussantibus disposita, brevè petiolata, patentissima, ovata, 
vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta, inzequalitér dentata, basi insequalia, nunc subretusa, 2—3-pollicaria, utrinque adpressè cano-villosa, rugosa, 
nervosa, reticulata, petiolo insidentia tereti, suprà levitèr sulcato, j-unciali. Pepuncuur terminales, 2 vel 3, rard solitarii, erecti, carnosi, 
puberuli, rubri, bis tèrve dichotomi vel trichotomi ; universalis 2—3-pollicaris ; partiales pollicares. Bnacrrx infra divisuras opposite, 
majusculæ, feré unguiculares, patenti-subdecurvæ, semiamplexantes, rotundato-ovatæ, concave, rufescentes, extùs puberulæ, integerrime, 
nunc denticulo uno alterove notatæ, membranaceæ, deciduæ. Frores terni vel quaterni, solitariique ex divisuris exterioribus peduncu- 
lorum, atropurpurei, inodori, brevè pedunculati, subnutantes, bractearum pari parvo suffulti, paniculam terminalem latam, elevatam, 
multifloram formantes. CaLyx carnosus, campanulato-ovatus, coloratus, levis, persistens, ore 5-fidus ; laciniæ ovate, obtusæ, inferior 
paullò minor. CoroLLa tubus cylindricus, unguicularis, calyce triplo longior, basi levitér contractus, supernè ampliatus in mum patentem, 
ferè dimidiò breviorem, bilabiatum : labium superius breve, bilobum ; lobi rotundati, obtusi: inferius porrectum, 3-lobum ; lobi ovati, 
obtusi, intermedius duplò major, subcordatus. Faux pervia, anticè callis duobus, lutescentibus, ad basin labii inferioris evanidis. STAMINA 
5, inclusa; 2 fertilium, inferiorum, filamenta teretia, albida, parallela ; antheræ ovate, 2-loculares, nutantes, contigua et conglutinate, 
locúlis divaricatis ; sterilia clavata; brevia, nuda. Ovanruw oblongum, parüm compressum, longitudine calycis, læve, basi parùm contractá 
einictum annulo cylindraceo, carnoso, brévi, ore repando, pseudo-quadriloculare, polyspermum ; stylus brevis, cylindricus ; stigma intra 
faucem corolla, carnosum, infundibuliforme, minutim ciliatum. . Carsura plana, linearis, siliquæformis, levis, fusca, stylo permanente, 
subulato cuspidata, basi acuta, subpedicellata, pollicaris, in duas partes planas, parallelas longitudinaliter partibilis, seorsim 2-loculares, 
juxta margines utrinque valvis 2 dehiscentes ; dissepimentum angustissimum, contrarium ; valvule parallele, interior angustior, margine 
involuto adfigens semina innumera minuta, subulata, nuda, ferruginea. i 
. Thirteen years ago I forwarded a short account of this plant and of the genus to which it belongs to Dr. Hamilton, 
who inserted it in the first volume of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, published in 1819. It produces an 
aromatic drug, which is in high repute among the Hindus, especially their ladies, who use it as a perfume. It is called 
Kumkuma, also Rani-Govindhi, and consists of the dried primordial radical leaves, which are wrinkled, small, ovate, 
covered with dense, silvery, soft, adpressed hairs, intermixed with numerous minute, brown, resinous dots. While 
fresh they are almost an inch long, and very fleshy ; when rubbed between the fingers they assume a reddish tinge. 
Their fragrance is of a very delightful kind, and continues long after they have been dried. Indeed all the species 
of this genus possess in a greater or less degree a peculiar fragrance, which is elicited by rubbing the green parts, 
but which is entirely lost in the dried state, except in the species just described. 
With regard to this genus and the tribe of Cyrtandracee to which it belongs, I shall here only notice that the 
