346 cvi. GESNERACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) \Didymocarpus. 



softly hairy above glabrate beneath, calyx divided one-third the way down 

 lobes obtuse, capsule nearly 1 in. sessile. Wall. Cat. 784, ch efly ; DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 267; Clarke Comm. $ Gyrt. Seng. t. 63, not of Royle. D. 

 aromatica, Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 141, fig. 4-7, only; Clarke Comm. <f Cyrt. 

 Seng. t. 59, as to the fruiting plant only; not of others. D. plicata, Don 

 Prodr. 122. Henckelia macrophylla & plicata, Spreng. Syst., cures post. 

 13, 14. 



NEPAL; WallicJi. 



Leaves all radical, 3-6 in. diam., crenate-serrate; petiole 2-5 in., hairy at the 

 base. Scapes 4 in., early glabrate; bracts in., ovate. Calyx % in., funnel-shaped. 

 Corolla J-fin.,deep purple. Ovary covered with minute sessile glands. Capsule 

 narrowed at its base for 5 ' T in. only. In ripe fruit the scape is glabrous, the two young 

 leaves at its base are densely villous. 



4. D. cinerea, Don Prodr. 122 ; stem short or 0, leaves ovate-cordate 

 ashy-pubescent above, calyx divided a third of the way down lobes ovate, 

 capsule 1 in. pedicelled. D. obtusa, Wall. Cat. 786; DC. Prodr. ix. 267; 

 Clarice Comm. 8f Cyrt. Seng. t. 61. Henckelia cinerea, Spreng. Syst., cures 



post. 14. Didymocarpus sp. n. L9, Herb. Ind. Or.H.f. Sf T. 



NEPAL, WallicJi ; near River Tambur, J. D. H. 



Stem none, or 1| in., ashy-pubescent. Leaves radical or opposite, 2-3| in. diam., 

 obtuse, crenate, glabrate beneath, nerves pubescent ; petiole 4-8 in. Peduncles $-2 in. ; 

 shorter (cymes included) than the leaves, pubescent, later hardly glabrate ; bracts in., 

 ovate, ashy-pubescent on both surfaces. Calyx I in., subcampauulate, sparsely 

 pubescent ; teeth obtuse or mucronulate. Corolla nearly 1 in., purple paler down- 

 wards, sparsely villous or glabrous. 



5. D. Anderson!, Clarke Comm. $ Cyrt. Seng. t. 62 ; stem short 

 2-4-leaved, leaves ovate-cordate hairy above and on the nerves beneath, 

 flowers capitellate subincluded within purple connate bracts, calyx-lobes very 

 short obtuse, capsule 1 in. sessile. 



SIKKIM ; alt. 7-9000 ft., J. D. H. Kursiong, alt. 4500 ft., Anderson, &c. 



Stem 5-1J in. .patently villous, at flower-time leafless at the base, with 2 large and 

 usually 2 small leaves at its apex. Leaves opposite 6 by 4 in., coarsely crenate- 

 serrate ; petiole 3-15 in. Peduncles 3-7 in., villous; bracts \ in., obovate and with 

 the whole cyme dark purple-red ; pedicels very short, concealed by the bracts. Calyx 

 -^ in., funnel-shaped, glabrous, divided scarcely the way down. Corolla more 

 than 1 in., fine rose-purple, tube very narrow, mouth 1 in. diatn. Ovary glabrous. 

 Capsule very acute. 



6. D. aurantiaca, Clarice Comm. Sf Cyrt. Peng. t. 60 ; stem short 

 2-4-leaved, leaves ovate villous above, flowers pedicelled orange-red, calyx 

 divided nearly half-way down, capsule If in. pedicelled. 



NEPAL ; WallicJi, SIKKIM, alt. 2-4000 ft., Herb. Griffith, Anderson, &c. 



Stem -2 in., villous. Leaves opposite, 3-6 in., acute or obtuse, usually cordate, 

 serrate, beneath glabrous with villous nerves; petiole f-2 in. Peduncles 4 in., 

 hairy, ultimately scarcely glabrous ; bracts in., ovate, scarcely connate ; pedicels 

 often 1 in. Calyx in., campanulute, more or less purple, glandular-viscid or nearly 

 glabrous. Corolla 1^ in., long funnel-shaped. Ovary glabrous. Capsule-stalk in., 

 linear. 



7. D. oblong-a, Wall, in Don Prodr. 123 ; stem often 4-leaved at the 

 apex, leaves oblong or elliptic coarsely crenate pilose, petioles patently villous, 

 cyme glabrous, calyx divided one-third way down lobes rounded, capsule 

 in. subsessile. Wall. PI. As. Ear. ii. 34, t. 140; DC. Prodr. ix. 266; 



