Plate 1799. 



DIDYMOCAKPUS STENANTHOS, C. B. Clarice. 



Gesnekace-ze. Tribe Cyetandee2E. 



D. Stenanthos, G. B. Clarke (sp. nov.) ; foliis sparsis oppositisquc 

 ovatis ant ellipticis, crenatis, supra dense pubescentibua subtus pallidi- 

 oribns minus pilosulis; cymis irregnlariter subumbeliatis, fere gla- 

 bratis, pedicellis brevibus ; calyce Iongo 3 mm., breviter dentato ; 

 capsula 2 cm. longa, brevissime stipitata. 



Hab. China, Mons Omei, Szechwan, alt. 2,500-^,000 ped., Rev 

 E. Faber (nn. 75, 326). 



Caults 3-6 cm. longus, villosus, foliiger. Folia, inferiora longe 

 petiolata, alterna aut opposita, summa opposite sessiha; infenora 

 usque ad 8 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata ; petioli usque ad 4 cm. longi. Pedun- 

 culi 4 cm. longi, subumbellati ; bracfce® 3 mm. longte, ovata% sa^ne 

 purpurascentes ; pedicelli (saspe geminati) 3 mm. longi, a pihs paucis 

 multicellulis tenuissimis apice glandnligeris sparse ornati. Laiyx 

 infundibuliformis, purpurascens, snbglaber, usque ad terham partem 

 divisus, lobis 5 triangulari-oblongis obtusiusculis. Corolla elongate- 

 tubulosa, longa 2 cm., tubo 2-3 mm. lato, glabra purpuras- 

 Capsula proventu 4-valvis.- Species JD. subalternanti Wall. (L£. 

 Monogr. v. 5, pars 1, p. 77), similis ; differt tenentate coroto 

 tubo admodum angusto, capsula subsessih. Etiam ad Sect Didvm- 

 anthum (e floribus saape geminatis) accedens, sed a caljce omnmo 

 differt. — C. B. Claeke. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. vary and disk. En rged. 



