354 cvi. GESNERACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) \Didymocarpus 



short, capsule slender. D. primulfefolia, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 478 

 Sot. Mag. t. 516) .Ceylon ; in the Hantam range near Kandy, Gardner, Thwaites 

 Petiole g-2 in. Sepals -^ in., narrowly oblong, white-pilose, not tomentose. 



VAR. recedens-, leaves large, base attenuate, cymes compound. Ceylon; Walle- 

 kelly Hill, alt. 2000 ft., Beckett. Leaves 6 by 4 in., thinly white-strigose above, 

 rusty- pubescent on the nerves beneath, much thinner in texture than in the type ; 

 petiole scarcely in. Peduncles up to 8 in. 



36. D. floccosa, Thwaites JEnum. 207 ; leaves obovate crenulate tomen- 

 tose above pale fulvous-floccose beneath, sepals in. narrowly oblong floe- 

 cose, corolla-tube ventricose. 



CEYLON ; alt. 2000 ft., Central Province, near Dolosbage, Thwaites. 



Leaves 6 by 3 in., obtuse, attenuate at the base ; petiole 2 in. Peduncles 6 in., 

 floccose; cyme 7-fld., densely floccose. Corolla | in., pale purple; mouth contracted. 

 Capsule I in., linear, follicular. Nearly allied to D. Humboldtiana. 



37. D. zeylanica, Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 119; leaves long- 

 petioled cordate-ovate or round crenate or serrate densely strigose on both 

 surfaces, cymes few-fid., corolla-tube nearly in. ovoid-cylindric lobes \ in. 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 266; Thwaites Enum. 207. D. longepetiolata, Gardn. in 

 Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 475. 



CEYLON, alt. 5-6000 ft. ; near Adam's Peak, Walker, Thwaites. 



Leaves 2-3| in. diara., subobtuse; petiole -5 in. Peduncles 2-4| in., hairy, 

 3-9-fld. Sepals - in., linear, pubescent with yellow hairs. Corolla white, tube 

 dark-purple. Stigma oblique, orbicular. Capsule* early glabrate. 



38. D. ovalifolia, Wight Ic. t. 1351, and III. t. 142, fig. 6 ; leaves 

 ovate crenate white-strigose on both surfaces, peduncles 3-5-fld., corolla 

 broadly campanulate gibbous, base saccate, capsule 1 in. 



S. DECCAN PENINSTJLA.J Courtallum, Wight; S. Tinuevelly, alt. 5000 ft., 

 Peddome. 



Leaves 3 by 1| in., obtuse, base rounded, shallowly crenate, above densely 

 beneath chiefly on the nerves strigose ; nerves 8-12 pair, parallel ; petiole 1-4 in. 

 Peduncles 3| in. Sepals % in. Corolla |-| in., blue-yellow, nearly glabrous. 

 filaments short ; anthers glabrous. Ovary pilose ; style about as long as the ovary, 

 nearly glabrous, stigma small subcapitate. Capsule linear, straight or somewhat 

 oblique at the base. 



39. D. missionis, Wall. Cat. 6396 ; leaves ovate or elliptic entire 

 strigose on both surfaces, cymes subracemose many-fid., corolla funnel- 

 shaped nearly symmetric. DC. Prodr. ix. 266. D. membranacea, Bedd. 

 Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 176. 



DECCAN, Herb. Madr. S. TRAVANCORE ; Pachemallay, alt. 2000 ft., Beddome. 



Leaven 3 by 1-1| in., scarcely acute, base rounded, membranous; hairs brown 

 in Wallich's dried example, white in Beddome's fresh ones ; nerves 5-6 pair ; petiole 

 l-2 in. Peduncles 8 in., hairy; pedicels 0-| in., often in distant pairs. Sepals 

 ^-\ in., lanceolate-subulate, hairy. Corolla | in., glabrous, pale blue. Anthers 

 miuutely hairy. Style as long as the ovary, glabrous, stigma unilateral oblong. 

 Capsule nearly 1 in., linear; subtbllicular (Beddome), or 2-valved (DC.). 



40. D. repens, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 120 ; creeping, leaves long- 

 petioled ovate-cordate serrate softly villous on both surfaces, Deduncles 

 1-5-fld. 



TRAVANCORE and TINNEVELLY, alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Beddome. 



Stem slender, hairy ; nodes distant, rooting, bearing one leaf and one peduncle. 

 Leaves 3 by 2 in., acute ; petiole 4 in. Peduncles 3-5 in., villous ; pedicels sub- 



