30 ICONES rLANIAKUM 



Plate 1437. 



DIDISSANDBA KUFA, King. 



Gesnkrace^, Tribe Didtmocakpe^. 



D.rufa, Kwg (s^). nov.) ; lierbacea, acaulis, scapigera, foliis confertis 

 patentibus sessilibns v. crasse petiolatis ovatis ellipticisve obtusis 

 sinuato-crenatis Bervis impressls supra glabris subtus scapo cymaque 

 dense lannginosis, cjma confertiflora, calycis semiqulnquefidi lobis 

 ovatis, corolla} tubo calyce ter lougiore extus glabro intus lanato lobis 2 

 snperioribus brevibus 3 inferioribus majoribus rotundatis. 



D. rufa, Br, King, MSS, in Kerb, Calcuit 



Hab. Tibetan province of Cbumbij between Sikkim and Bbotan, 

 alt. 11,000 feet {Ilerl. Calcutt.). 



Mhizoma brevissimum, crassura, radices fibrosas emittens. Folia 

 dense rosulata, ci-asse coriacea, 1-2 poll, longa, inferiora longiora in 

 petiolnm crassum complanatum angustata, nervis subtus crassis 

 elevatis, jnnioribus tomento marginatis. Scapus 2-3-pollicaris, in- 

 florescentia lana molli sicca brunnea induta, floribus paucis v. numerosis 

 breviter pedicellatis, ^| poll, longis. Calyx late campanulatus, tubas 

 brevis. Gorollce tubus latus, lobis longior. Stamina perfecta 4, quinto 

 rudimentarlo. Discus crenatus. Ovarium glaberrimuin in stylnm 

 brevem attenuatum stigmate simplici. Capsula erecta, lineari-oblonga, 

 acuminata, ^ poll, longa, valvis demum blpartitis. 



A near ally of D. lanuginosa^ Clarke, differing in the stouter scape, 

 densely woolly cyme, and much shorter straight capsule. — J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. 1, Portion of leaf-margin. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla laid open and stamens. 

 4. Anthers. 6. Ovary, 6. Capsule. 7. Seed. All enlarged. 



Plate 1438. 



FALCONEBIA HIMALAICA, Eooh. f. 

 ScROPHULARiNEj;, Tribe Veronicej: ? 

 himalaica, TIooTi.f. in Fl. Brit. Lid. iv. 319. {Species unica.) 



Western 



(Mazus n. 4 m herb.) 



alt. 



llerba parv^ula, scapigera, laxe hirsuta. EJiizoma breve, filjras crassas 

 emittens. Folia conferta, 3-5 poll, longa, obovata v. oblonga, obtusa^ 



