CYRTANDRACEAE. 724 DIDYMOCARPUS, 



Subtribus II. Didymocakpeae. Capsula elongata siliquaeformis Ion- 

 gitrorse dehiscens, semina nuda sessilia. Antherae loculi divergentes. 



V. DIDYMOCARPUS walligh. Calyx 5-fidus vel 5-partitus. 

 Corollae infundibuliforrnis limbus 5-lobus subirregularis rarius 

 bilabiatus. Stamina 4, quorum 2 (rarius 4) antherifera. Anthe- 

 rae reniformes imberbes, loculis divergentibus. Ovarium elonga- 

 tum, stylo brevi, stigmate orbiculari saepe obliquo. Capsula si- 

 liquaeformis bivalvis, valvis strictis int-rusis spurie 4-lpcularis. Se- 

 miua nuda laeviapendula. — Sufi'rutices, hcrbae, nunc acaules, foliis 

 radicalibus aut caulinis, alternis aut saepius oppositis, inaequalibus, 

 pedunculis axillaribus vel terminalibus ramosis, tl. violaceis aut al bis. 



§ 1. Species diandrae. — a. Calyx infundibuliforrnis coloratus, tubo 

 lobos superante, in plerisque bad transverse secedente. 



* Calycis laciniae rotundatae. Stigma obliquum. Bracteae perfoliatae 

 coloratae. 



i. Didymocarpns acuminata wall. r. Br. in Horsf. Pi.Jav.mr. 



p. 118. Folia caulem terrainantia approximata late ovata acuminata 

 duplicato-crenata, pcdicellus capsulae calycem persistentetn superans. — 

 lndië, in Chura Poungi. 



** Calycis laciniae acutae glanduloso-pilosae. 



2. DidymocarpUS obtnsawALL. Acaulis, folia radicalia petiolata cor- 

 data orbiculata aut subacuminata crenato-sinuata utrinque pube brevi 

 conferta velutina, scapi petiolo paullo longiores trichotomo-corymbosi, 

 bracteis orbiculatis dcciduis, pedicellis calycibusque hinc inde piloso- 

 glandulosis, calycis laciniae acutae, corolla elongata tubulosa violacea, 

 capsulae stigmate sessili coronatae basi longe attenuatae. Didymocarpus 

 oblusa Wall Cat. n. 786. R. Br. I. c. ÜC. l.c. p. 267 '. — D. cincrea 

 Bon Prodr. Nep. p. 1 22 ? — Henckelia Spr. Cur. post. p. 14. — Nepal. 



3. Didymocarpns SUbaltemanS wall. Caulis berbaceua erectiusco- 



lus sulcato angulatus parce sublanuginosus, folia inferiora longe petio- 

 lata alterna et opposita obovata vel ovalia minute puberuia grosse ere- 

 nato-dentata, dentibus denticulatis, summa subsessilia ovata dentata, 

 corymbus tevminalis laxus tri- vel dichotomus parce glanduloso-pilosus, 

 bracteae oblongae, calycis glabriusculi persistentis profunde^ 5-fidi la- 

 ciniae acutae, corolla violacea 6 — 7 lin. longa, capsula pollicaris. J)i- 

 dymoearpus suballernans Wall. Cat. n. 266. DC. I. c. p. 266. — Ne- 

 pal, in Kamaon. 



b. Calyx 5-partitus acutus persistens. 



* Caulescentes. 



4. Didymocarpns crinita jack. Suffratieosa, ereeta, simplex, tota 



