jEschy manthus .] cvi. GESNERACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 341 



12. JE. chiritoides, Clarke-, branches slender, leaves opposite and 

 ternate small broad-lanceolate hairy, flowers 1-3 together terminal, corolla 

 1 in. straight, lobes short subequal. 



BHOTAN ; Nuttall. ASSAM ; Griffith. ? KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft., H.f. $ T. 



Stems and leaves closely resembling those of^2J. ffracilis,but the , leaves are not 

 rarely ternate. Pedicels ^-J in., villous. Sepals 4 in., linear, villous. Corolla 

 narrow-tubular below, suddenly expanding into a tubular upper portion in diam., 

 minutely pilose; lobes | in., round-ovate, black-marked. Filaments included, 

 glabrous. Ovary villous. A most remarkable species, the corolla, both in shape and 

 texture, resembling a Chirita. The example of H. f. & T. shows leaves only, so that it 

 cannot be confidently referred anywhere. 



13. IE. levipes, Clarke ; branches very slender, leaves small opposite 

 and ternate, narrow-lanceolate hairy, flowers solitary terminal, pedicels 

 smooth, corolla 1^ in. 



UPPER ASSAM ; Mishmee, on Mt. Laim-planj, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3815). 



Somewhat densely clothed with white or greyish hair on every part except the 

 pedicels. Branches elongate, sparingly rooting. Leaves by ^ in., subsessile. Pedi- 

 cels ^ in., glabrous even when young. Sepals % in., linear, flat, thinly herbaceous, 

 sparsely villous. Corolla (imperfectly preserved) appears nearly as of JE. chiritoides, 

 but narrower. 



14 IE. IVIannii, Kurz ms. ; branches somewhat thick pubescent up- 

 wards, leaves small elliptic early glabrate, pedicels axillary subsolitary, 

 corolla f in. narrow, mouth subequal. Cyrtandracea, Griff. Ic.Pl. Ind. Or. 

 t. 429, fig. 2, and Notul. iv. 159. 



KHASIA MTS.; Mann. S.E. ASSAM; Patkoye Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 n. 3816). 



Stem short ; branches several, 2-10 in., undivided, terete, soon glabrate. Leaves 

 densely approximated, \\ by \ in., subobtuse at both ends, coriaceous, young hairy, 

 mature dotted; midrib prominent beneath; petiole .^ in. Pedicels 0- in., villous. 

 Sepals I in., villous. Corolla narrowly tubular-funnel-shaped, curved upwards, 

 pubescent without; lobes g i in. diam., roundish, black-marked. Filaments far ex- 

 serted, glandular-hairy. Allied to ^E. Andersoni (Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 48, 

 upper tig.), which has hairy leaves attenuated to the petiole : as to the inflorescence, 

 the pedicels of JE. Mannii are often approximated towards the ends of the branches, 

 but they are shorter than those of 2E. Andersoni. 



15. IE. RXasoniae, Kurz. ms. ; branches somewhat thick pubescent 

 upwards, leaves small elliptic base rounded glabrous, pedicels axillary sub- 

 solitary, corolla % in. slender, mouth narrow subequal. 



PEGU ; hills of the Red Karens, Mrs. Mason. 



Branches several, 5-10 in., undivided, terete, early glabrate. Leaves (in the soli- 

 tary example) subsessile, ternate, f-1 by J in., cuneate, widest near the base ; midrib 

 prominent beneath. Corolla pubescent without; mouth scarcely in. diain. 

 Very nearly allied to M. Mannii ; the shape of the leaves is different, and the corolla 

 considerably smaller. 



** Calyx-lobes wide, obtuse, or large (bracts prominent}. 



16. IE. acuminata, Wall. Cat. 6397 ; glabrous, leaves largeish elliptic 

 acuminate, peduncles subfasciculate 1- or few-fld., calyx deeply divided, 

 lobes I in. round, corolla in. yellow-green. A. DC. Prodr. ix. 263 ; Clarke 

 Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 45. M. bracteata, Bentli. Fl. HongJc. 258, not of 

 Wall. M. chinensis, Gard. $ Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. i. (1849), 328. 

 Cyrtandracea, Griff. Itin. Notes, 78, n. 1151. 



