k Tas. 4757. 
DIDYMOCARPUS Humsototia N PEG : > 
Humboldtian Didymocarpus. 
Nat. Ord. Cyrrranprace#®.—D1anpria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx quinguefidus vel quinquepartitus. Corolla infundibulifor- 
mis, limbo 5-lobo subirregulari rarius bilabiato. Stamina 4, quorum 2 (rarius 4) 
antherifera. Anthere reniformes. Ovarium elongatum. Stylus brevis. Stigma 
orbiculatum, indivisum. Capsula siliquiformis, bivalvis, valvis introflexis falso- 
4-locularibus. . Semina nuda, levia, pendula.—Suffrutices aut herbe Indice 
caulescentes aut acaules. Folia radicalia aut caulina, alterna aut sepi 18 opposii 
inequalia, Pedunculi axillares racemosi aut dichotomo-cymosi. Flot 
aut albi. De Cand. : em 
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 -Drpymocarpus Humboldtiana ; tomentosa, acaulis, foliis* radicalibus 
. ovato-ellipticis basi obtusis vel subcordatis apice obtusissimis et 
supra piloso-tomentosis subtus lanuginoso-tomentosis, scapis folio 
gioribus trichotomis,. bracteis oblongis obtusis tomentosis, lobis cal 
Villosis Iinearibus obtusis persistentibus, capsulis pollicaribus siliquosis 
-_ attenuatis. : Se : a See 
Dipymocarpus Humboldtiana. Gardn.. Contrib. towards a Fl. of Ceylon, 
M®Clell. Calc. Journ. of Nat. Hist. v. 6. p. 477. Walpers, Ann. Bot. 
. 
: General Walker first communicated copious 
this pretty plant from the elevated mountains in Ceylon 
Mr. Gurda afterwards detected the same in moist shad 
above Rambodde, at an elevation of from 4000 to 5000 
_ above the sea, in the same country, and published it, along 
some other new plants of the same natural family, in the 
above quoted, under the name we have adopted, dedicate 
‘Mr. Gardner says, to the “ Prince of scientific travellers.’ 
may admit of doubt how far the D. primulafolia, of the 
author, is distinct from this. We have recei ds 0 
present plant from Mr. Thwaites, from which re Ti 
‘and which flower in a warm greenhouse 1n 
‘of this is so like that of Chirita Sinensis (see our tat 
that one cannot but doubt whether they should not be 
one and the same genus. The flowers are much s 
