TAB LY. 
DIDYMOCARPUS SUBALTERNANS. 
3. Didymocarpus subalternans DC IX. p. 266. 
Caulis puberulus et sepius pilosus, in media parte folia opposita aut verticillata (aliquando subalterna) gerens. 
Folia petiolata, oblonga ovali-oblonga aut obovata, crenata crenato-serrata aut duplicato-crenata, supra molliter dense pilosa 
subtus seous venas pilosa. Pedicelli valde glanduloso-pilosi bracteas ovatas longe superantes. Calyx ad tertiam partem divi- 
gus, segmentis lanceolatis, longis glanduligeris pilis conspersus. Corolla violaceo-purpurea extus valde pilosa. Capsulamatura 
15-2 uncias longa, faleata. 
Hab, Tn montibus Himalaya ad 3000-8000 ped. alt., in provinciis Sikkim et Bhotan, 
Distributio Indica. Tn Nepalia et Himalaya boreali-occidentali. 
Vidi specimina viva spontanea numerosa. 
T do not feel certain that this species even has been rightly separated from D. punduana : but it is at least a good geogra- 
phical variety. I know of no character that really distinguishes it from D. punduana except the more hairy corolla and calyx. It need 
hardly be explained that the ternate-verticillate leaves of D. punduana are not truly verticillate : one of the three leaves is often not 
exactly opposite the other two and then the leaves are subalternate. The leaves in D. subalternans are sometimes whitened underneath 
as is very commonly the case in D, punduana, 
On the other side D. subalternans isnear D. aromatica and D. oblonga, which are separated by their more glabrous calyces 
and shorter capsules : as well as by their not carrying their stem leaves near the middle of their stems. 
EXPLICATIO TABULA= LV. 
Planta ex specimine recente Sikkimensi depicta, 
N. B. Speciminis inter maxima fragmentum solum depictum est. 
1, Stamina, Anthere pilis albis ornate, 
