Tlate 2379. 



DIDISSANDRA LONGIPES, Hcmsl. 

 Gesnerace.e. Sub-tribe Didyjiocarpk-E, 



D. longipes, Hemsl in Kew Bullet. 1895, ined. ; lierLa fere omniiio 

 glabra breviter caulescent], foliis oppositis approximatis longe petiolads 

 ianuna elliptica v. oblanceolato-elliptica obtusa basi angustissime 

 peltata niargine leviter repando-undulata subtus pallidiore nervis 

 iateralibus utrinque 3-4, peduncuHs elongatis gracilibus rigidiuiculis, 



cymis 2-3-7- fioris, pedicellis calyce sti?pius (interdum 2-3-p!o) 



Jongionbus, bracteis parvis anguste linearibus, caljcis glabri 5-partiti 



s 'gmentis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis, corolla caljce 8-10-plo loiigiore 



^entricoso-infuEdibularifonni, labio superiore quam inf. breviore late 



et obtuse rotundato-bilobato, inferiore porrecto 3-lobo lobis suhwiuali- 

 bus rotundatis. 



liAB. China ; Prov, Yunnan, 'in crevices of sliaclj rocks in a dark 

 imiestone -len/ Mongtse, Hancock (No. 50). 



apice inappeiidiculatis, antheris per paria apice coIi*reutibus, loculis 

 jate-ellipticis v. rotundato-elliptiois basi leviter divergentibus. Ovarinm 

 Jineare parce hirtum in stylo elongato attenuatum ; placentis late 

 oiiamellatis, lamellis revolutis facie iuteiiore tantum ovuliferis. Stj/Ins 

 apice dilatatus; stigma bilamellatum. Capsula linearis, bivabis, 

 conipressa, 2.^ poll. longa, 2-3 lin. lata. Semina minuta, lineari-ovalia, 

 "tnnque angustata inappendiculara. 



This fine species clearly belongs to Mr. Clarke's genus Didlssandra, 

 so lar as its technical characters go ; but the genus, with the additions 

 Ji^acle to it since the date of Mr. Clarke's 'Monograph of Cyrtandrect-, 

 J" "<?!^ ^ ^^n natural one, and perhaps its species might without violence 

 ^e distributed between Didymocarjms and CUrita, allowing these 

 t,enera to include both diandrous and didynarnous species, 'int* ^'i^, 

 ; 'igui..bi.,g tlieni by the form of the corolla. M. Baillon sinks both o 

 ^'♦:^e gener'a, and Dldlssandra, in Rottlem, Tahl, the resuscitation ot 

 ^»»ch name, T think, is to be regretted on the grounds given m ben. 

 ■t^laut.' li. 1022. 



3 ^mJ- ^^''•^^f^Hb-x an.-? pistil. 2. Baseof .oroHa, showin. ntfachme^tof ».. 



