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densely pilose and adhering beneath to the petiole. Bracts 

 linear, 2, alternate on each peduncle. Calyx 5-parted, hairy, 

 reddish, laciniae erect, linear, acute, the upper one smaller. 

 Corolla white, tinged with purple externally, much longer 

 than the calyx, infundibuliform ; tube somewhat gibbous at 

 the base, incurved, expanding above ; limb bilabiate ; upper 

 lip 2-lobed; lower 3-lobed, larger, internally streaked with 

 yellow, all the segments roundish, obtuse, not very unequal. 

 Stamens inserted within the tube, 2 fertile, with the rudiments 

 of 2 abortive ones, the former scarcely so long as the corolla, 

 conniving at their summits. Anthei's composed of two divari- 

 cating, transverse lobes. Ovarium linear, surrounded at the 

 base with a white, tubular, entire nectarial ring or cup, and 

 produced into a tomentose style of the same length as the 

 stamens. Stig^na obtuse, truncate. Capsule long, linear, 

 silique-shaped, cylindrical, acute, somewhat tomentose, an 

 inch long, 2-valved, 2-celled ; dissepiments contrary, with 2 

 lobes which are parallel to the valves, revolute, and seed- 

 bearing at their margins, and which part the cells in such a 

 manner, as to give the appearance of a 4-celled siliqua. 

 Seeds numerous, naked, small, and subrotund. 



Obs. The deep red colour of the lower surface of the 

 leaves, and the crested disposition of the flowers in their 

 axils, render this a very remarkable species. The aestivation 

 is imbricate, the two lateral lobes of the lower lip being the 

 outermost. The genus is nearly related to Incarvillea^ but 

 differs in having simple naked seeds. 



DIDYMOCARPUS REPTANS. W. J. 



Prostrata, reptans, foliis ellipticis crenulatis, pedunculis 1-3- 

 axillaribus unifloris, staminibus duobus fertilibus. 

 Timmi. Kichil. Malay. — In the forests of Pulo Penang, 

 with the preceding. — Stem prostrate, round, villous, striking 

 root at every joint, often a foot in length. Leaves lying flat, 

 opposite, petiolate, oblong-oval or elliptic, rather obtuse, 

 sometimes slightly cordate at the base, slightly crenate, 

 covered with white hairs, green above, paler and sometimes 

 reddish beneath. Petioles villous. Peduncles 1-3, axillary. 



