t Chirita.] cvi. GESNEBACBJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 



357 



petiole |-2 in. Peduncles 1-4 in., glabrous upwards ; bracts $- in., ovate, glabrous. 

 Sepals -| in., elliptic-lanceolate. Corolla 1 in. diam., glabrous without, purple, 

 yellow-striped within. Filaments hairy at the tip. Ovary glabrous; stigma uni- 

 lateral. Capsule 4 in. 



VAR. angusta; leaves narrowly lanceolate acute at both ends, nerves 6 pair, 

 flowers somewhat smaller and paler. Var. ft, Thwaites Enum. 208. Ceylon ; between 

 Galle and llatuapoora, Thwaites. 



** Species of the Himalaya and Khasia Mts. 



4. C. bifolia, Don Prodr. 90 ; stem 2-leaved, leaves sessile orbicular- 

 quadrate thinly villous on both surfaces, peduncles 3-1-fld., calyx deeply 

 5-fid villous. Boyle III. 204, t. 70, fig. 2 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 269 ; Clarice Comm. 

 Sf Cyrt. Seng. t. 77. Calosacme laniplectens, Wall. Cat. 306. Henckelia 

 bifolia, Dietr. Sp. PI. i. 574. 



TEMPERATE W. HIMALAYA, alt. 6000 ft., from Gurwhal to Nepal ; Wallich, &c. 



Stem 3-6 in., simple, at flower-time leafless at the base, 2-leaved at the 

 summit; one or two small bract-like leaves rarely added in the middle of the stem. 

 Leaves equal or unequal, or one suppressed, 3 in. diam., base cordate or in the 

 smaller attenuate, serrate. Peduncles 1-2, ivirely more, rising between the two leaves, 

 usually 2-fld., about 1 in. ; bracts \ in., oblong, villous; pedicels J in. Calyx \ in. 

 and upwards, thin, subcorolloid ; lobes in., broad-lanceolate. Corolla nearly 2 in., 

 almost straight, ventricose above the calyx, nearly glabrous without, purple-blue, 

 below yellowish. Filaments hairy at the top. Ovary and style pubescent; stigma 

 peltate oblique, notched on the lower side. Capsule not seen. 



5. C. pumila, Don Prodr. 90 ; small or large, leaves elliptic acumi- 

 nate mature pilose on both surfaces, bracts ciliate, calyx deeply 5-fid hirsute 

 with white hairs herbaceous. DC. Prodr. ix. 269; Clarke Comm. # Cyrt. 

 Seng. t. 74. C. flava, Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Bar. 117. C. Edgeworthii, 

 A. DC. Prodr. ix. 269. C. diaphana, Royle III. 204, name only. C. poly- 

 neura var. a, Clarke Comm. fy Cyrt. Sena. t. 75, not of Miq. Calosacme 

 flava, Wall. Cat. 801. Bonnaya huniilis, Spreng. Syst., euros post. 15. 

 Henckelia pumila, Dietr. Sp. PL i. 574. Didymocarpus n. 18, Herb. Ind. 

 Or. H.f. $ T. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 1500-6000 ft., from Simla to Mishmee ; plentiful 

 in Sikkim and Bhotan. KHASIA MTS., alt. 1-4000 ft., common. 



Stem (in well-developed examples) 20 in., erect, branched ; small examples with 

 fow or2 leaves not rare. Leaves opposite, often unequal, 5 by 2 in., closely serrate, 

 mature hirsute above with white hairs, pubescent beneath; petiole f in. Peduncles 

 2 in., 5-1-fld. ; bracts \ in., ovate or oblong ; pedicels in. Calyx % in. and upwards ; 

 lobes i in., narrowly lanceolate. Corolla 1 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, pubescent 

 without, | in. diam., purple-blue, yellowish below, sometimes pale-blue. Stamens 

 glabrous. Ovary and style Dubescent stigma unilateral, bifid. Capsule 4 in. and 

 upwards. 



6. C. dimidiata, Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 117; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate mature strigose above glabrous beneath, bracts thinly ciliate, 

 calyx 5-fid half-way down nearly glabrous whiteish. C. polyneura, var. (3, 

 Clarke Comm. <$f Cyrt. Beng. tt. 76, 72, not of Miq. Calosacme dimidiata, 

 Wall. Cat. 803. 



SIKKIM, BHOTAN, ASSAM, alt. 1500-4000 ft., frequent. KHASIA MTS., alt. 1500- 

 3500 ft., common. 



Closely resembling C. pumila. Pedicel* shorter. Calyx f in. ; segments ur, 

 narrowly lanceolate. Corolla H-2 in., rather larger than of C. pumila, white, mouth 

 purple-blue, without the yellow tinge of C. pumila. 



