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Stam. 4 basi corollz inserta, laciniis ejus alternantia in- 
trorsa. Filam crassa brevia. Anth. cordatz, introrsi pubes- 
centes, basi affixæ, alabastri 4 loculares, loculis bilocellatis. 
Rudimentum quinti dentiforme, hinc lacinize corollinz mi- 
noris? situm. 
Ovarium 5-angulare, angulis rotundatis, pilis uncinatis bre- 
vibus pubescens, ima basin calyci adnatum, 1-loculare. 
Placenta 2 parietales, vix opposite ! stipitatz, subbifide, fa- 
ciebus interioribus approximatis sterilibus. Ovula 00, cam- 
pylitropa, nucleo primario prominulo, secundineo nullo? Sty- 
lus brevis, filiformis crassus. Stigma capitata. Flos. partes 
lantum in alabastro unico juveni vidi. 
Capsulz, calyce ampliato-cinctz, racemosim disposite, cir- 
cumscissze basin prope, parte reliquà, stylo stigmatique coro- 
nata, calyptra more placenta apicis tegenta. 
Placente fungose. Semina minuta brunnea. Testa 
fibrosa brunnea. Tegument. interius celluloso-reticulat. 
Embryo orthotropus.  Radicula crassa cellulosa. Cotyle- 
dones plano-convexiuscula. 
Oss. Is not the calyx adnate to the base of the capsule, 
if so, this is a reason for the Order not being distinct from 
Gesneriaces. Eu 
HaB. Assam. In umbrosis humidis collis humilis prope 
Gubroo Purbut: March, 1836. 
DipYMOCARPUS. 
Didymocarpi sp. Pl. CCCCXXXVI. 
Hans. Mishmee mts. The tube of the corolla is white 
tinged beneath with yellow, lamina purplish blue. Leaves 
dark-green frequently spotted with black. 
