Didymocarpus.] cvi. GESNERACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 351 



sessile; discO; style as long as the ovary ; stigma small subpeltate. Capsule 2 in., 

 narrowly linear, follicular at tirst, afterwards 2-valved. 



23. D. rufipes, Clarke; stem woody rufous -hirsute, leaves elliptic 

 subacute silvery -hirsute on both surfaces, peduncles long rufous-villous laxly 

 7-12-fld. 



TENASSERIM ; at the base of Mooleyit, Beddome. 



Stem 3 in., densely covered with long red hairs, leafy at the apex. Leaves 4 by 

 1 in., closely crenate; petiole 0-^ in., rufous-hirsute. Peduncles arising below the 

 leaves, 4-5 in. ; cyme-branches obscurely or not at all racemose ; bracts gone at fruit- 

 time ; pedicels ^-1 3 in. Galyx-segments 5 in., densely rufous-hirsute. Corolla not 

 seen. Capsule 1-1| in., narrowly linear, nearly erect, glabrous, follicular, ultimately 

 2-4-partite. 



24. D. longripes, Clarice ; leaves coriaceous narrowly obovate minutely 

 crenate glabrous villous on the nerves beneath, peduncles very long, cyme 

 laxly subracemose 3-7-fld., corolla more than ^ in. linear-tubular. 



MALACCA ; Mt. Ophir, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3854) ; Cuming, n. 2385 ; Main- 

 gay, n. 2723. 



Stem 1-3 in., woody, hirsute, crowded with leaves at the summit. Leaves 6 by 

 \\ in., obtuse, long attenuate at. the base sometimes sessile ; nerves 6-8 pair, obscure. 

 Peduncles attaining 1 foot, nearly glabrous ; bracts very small, narrow ; pedicels T ' B in., 

 in remote pairs. Sepals T ' n in. Ovary and style subglabrous, stigma capitate. Cap- 

 sule 1 in., sessile, ultimately 2-valved. 



25. D. corchorifolia. Wall. Cat. 792; leaves lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate crenulate rusty-villous on both surfaces, peduncles very short 

 1-4-fld., corolla tubular straight, capsule 2 in. sessile. DC. Prodr. ix. 

 265. 



PENANG; Wallich, Maingay. 



Suffrutescent, branched, rufous-villous with deflexed hairs; innovations rufous- 

 hirsute. Leaves 2% by 1 in., acute, base rhomboid, rugose ; petiole | in. Peduncles 

 on short axillary spurs, - in., villous, upwards with the cymes glabrous ; bracts 

 - in., round, coloured; pedicels in., often in pairs. Sepals % in., ovate or elliptic, 

 obtuse or acute, glabrous, colonied. Corolla ^ in., glabrous, scarcely widened 

 upwards. Ovary and style glandular-pubescent; disc shortly cylindric. Capsule 

 subfollicular, sometimes ultimately 2-valved. 



Sect. 4. Heterobcea, BentJi. in Gen. PL ii. 1022. Peduncles 1-3- 

 fld. short, or not elongate. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube cylindric. Disc 

 short-cyliudric. Capsule follicular, ultimately sometimes 2-valved. Species 

 all Malayan. 



* Stem short ; leaves crowded, elongate, many -nerved. 



26. D. crinita, Jack in Mai. Misc. i. ii. 1, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 33, t. 2, fig. 2 ; leaves alternate crowded elongate oblanceolate closely 

 serrate villous, corolla H in. narrowly funnel-shaped, capsule 2 in. slender 

 linear villous. Wall. Cat. 779; DC. Prodr. ix. 265; Bot. Mag. t. 45o4. 

 Henckelia crinita, Spreng. Syst. cures post. 13. 



PENANG ; WallicJt, Heifer. SINGAPORE ; Lobb. DISTEIB. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Stem suffrutescent, short, thick, hirsute. Leaves 6 by 1 in acumumte base 

 attenuate, subsessile, thick with shaggy hair ; nerves 25 pair . Pedunc les 1- 

 axillary or fascicled on shortened lateral spur?, or subconnate with the petiole; bracts 

 minute linear. Sepals H in., oblong, villous. Corolla nearly straight , scarcely 

 hairy without, pale purplish with yellow lines in the throat. Capsule follicular, 

 ultimately 2-valved. 



