348 cvi. GESNERACE-E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Didymocarpus. 



ovate or obovate crenate densely pubescent above paler subglabrous beneath, 

 cymes irregular subumbellate viscous-pilose, pedicels short, calyx ^ in. semi- 

 5-fid lobes ovate-triangular, capsule 1 in. pedicelled. DC, Prodr. ix. 266, 

 not of Clarice. D. primulifolia, Don Prodr. 123, partly. D. aromatica, 

 Don Prodr. 123 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 267, excl. all syn., not of Wall, r., 

 nor Clarke. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Kumaon, Wallich; near Gangootri, alt. 6500 ft., 

 Strachey 8$ Winterbottom. Nepal ; Wallich. 



Stem 4-12 in., nearly glabrous; nodes several. Leaves opposite alternate and 

 ternate, lower long-petioled (usually alternate), uppermost sessile opposite, 3 by 2 in. 

 Peduncles 1-1 in., subuinbelled ; bracts % in., ovate, purplish ; pedicels i in., sparsely 

 viscous- pilose. Calyx funnel-shaped, purplish, glabrous or slightly viscous. Corolla 

 % in., tubular, somewhat hairy without, purple or pale-purple. Capsule often falcate ; 

 pedicels up to ^ in. 



VAE. curvicapsa leaves larger, cymes very viscous, bracts and calyx herbaceous, 

 capsule falcate subsessile. Sikkim ; Lachen, alt. 7-8000 ft., J. D. H. Stem exceeding 

 1 foot. Leaves 4 in., glandular- pubescent. Calyx ^ in., divided half-way down ; lobes 

 lanceolate, acute. Capsule-stalk not longer than the calyx. 



12. D. leucocalyx, Clarke ; leaves ovate serrate villous above, calyx 

 small deeply divided lobes white obovate, capsule in. subsessile. D. villosa, 

 Clarke Comm. &f Cyrt. Seng. t. 59. not of Don. Didymocarpus sp. n. 17, 

 Herb. Ind. Or. R.f. $ T. " 



SIKKIM ; alt. 6000 ft., common, Griffith, J. D. H., &c. NEPAL ; near River 

 Tambur, J. D. H. 



Stem 2-6 in., hairs patent or deflexed ; nodes 1-3. Leaves opposite, attaining 

 6 by 4 in., subacute, often cordate ; petiole -4 in. Peduncles 2 in., often 4, sub- 

 umbelled ; cyme nearly glabrous, bracts caducous leaving a villous scar. Mowers 

 numerous, small. Calyx -^ in. Corolla ^-J in., violet-purple. Anthers minutely 

 pilose. This plentiful Sikkim species has always been confounded with Don's D. 

 villosa. 



13. D. BXortoni, Clarice Comm. Sf Cyrt. Seng. t. 65; leaves ovate 

 serrate villous above, calyx divided nearly to the base lobes narrowly oblong, 

 corolla-tube linear limb very oblique wide-expanded, capsule nearly 1 in. 

 sessile. Didymocarpus sp. n. 29, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



SIKKIM, alt. 5-8000 ft., common, (Herb. Griffith), J. D. H., &c. 



Stem 2-6 in., pilose ; nodes 1-3. Leaves opposite, attaining 6 by 4 in., scarcely 

 acute, base rounded or cordate ; petiole |-3 in. Peduncles 2-3 in., often several'; 

 bracts caducous ; bracteoles ovate, green, often concealing the calyx until the flower 

 expands. Calyx |- in. Corolla-tube ^ by fa in., limb |- in. diam., purple. Ovary 

 glandular-hairy. Capsule straight. 



14. D. pulchra, Clarke ; stem and petioles ashy-puberulous, leaves 

 oblong or elliptic minutely densely pubescent above whitened glabrate 

 beneath, cyme viscous-hairy, calyx divided way down lobes triangular 

 acute, corolla 1 in., capsule 1 in. pedicelled. D. subalternans, Clarke 

 Comm. 4* Cyrt. Seng. t. 55, not of Wall. 



SIKKIM, alt. 6-7000 ft., common, (Herb. Griffith), J. D. H., &c. 



Stem attaining 1 foot ; lower cauline leaves long-petioled, often 3-4-nate, upper- 

 most sessile. Leaves 4| by 2 in., acute, base often auricled on one side, crenate 

 incised-serrate or nearly entire, coriaceous ; nerves beneath raised, pubescent ; petiole 

 attaining 2-3 in. Peduncles 2-3 in.; bracts more or less foliaceous; bracteoles in., 

 round, coloured; pedicels g- in. Calyx % in., rose-purple, viscous-pilose. Corolla 

 broadly tubular, sparsely hairy without, violet-purple. Anthers minutely hairy. 

 Ovary glabrous. Capsule-stalk stout, longer than the calyx. Nearly allied to D. 

 punduana. 



