Chirita.'] cvi. GESNERACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 359 



purple with yellow lines within. Ovary glabrous ; style minutely pubescent, stigma 

 unilateral deeply bifid. Capsule 4 in. and upwards. The only species of Chirita in 

 which the bracts are much Less hairy than the calyx. 



11. C. Clarkei, Hook. f. ; almost stemless, leaves ovate or elliptic 

 pubescent on both surfaces, calyx divided nearly to the base dusky villous, 

 ovary dusky pubescent. Chirita sp. n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. fy T. 



SIKKIM ; Lachen, alt. 7-8000 ft., J. D. H. 



Radical leaves 4J by 3 in., shortly acute, base obtuse, crenate-serrate ; petiole 

 l|-4 in. Peduncles 4 in., upwards (as the whole inflorescence) with many spreading 

 glandular brown hairs ; bracts 5 in., oblong ; pedicels 3-1, ^1 in. Calyx scarcely 

 in., segments wide-lanceolate. Corolla (not expanded) of Chirita, glandular-villous 

 without. Stigma subpeltate. Capsule elongate linear. Seems near C. urticcefolia, 

 differing in the smaller calyx and indumentum. 



12. C. Hookeri, Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Seng. t. 70; leaves elliptic 

 acute hairy on both surfaces, peduncles 5-1-fld., bracts villous, calyx large 

 densely hirsute. Chirita sp. n. 22, Herb. Ind. Of. H.f. fy T. 



UPPER ASSAM; Mishmee Hills, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3826). KHASIA 

 MTS., Griffith. 



Resembling generally C. urticcefolia. Peduncles villous; bracts 1 in., ovate- 

 oblong, herbaceous ; pedicels g f in., villous. Calyx f in. ; lobes in., triangular- 

 lanceolate. Corolla nearly as of C. urticcefolia ; ex Griffith fi pale blue the lower 

 lip with 2 yellow lines. Dr. King thinks this may be only a var. of C. urticeefolia, 

 the numerous examples of which are however very constant in the comparative glab- 

 rousness of their bracts. 



13. C. acuminata, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. 117 ; leaves elliptic or 

 ovate acuminate hairy on. both surfaces, peduncles many-fld., bracts oblong 

 villous, calyx divided hardly half-way down rusty villous. Clarke Comm. 

 Sc Cyrt. Beng. t. 81, not of A. DC. Incarvillea oblongifolia, Roxb. Fi. 

 Ind. iii. 113. Calosacme acuminata, Wall. Cat. 802. Babactes oblousri- 

 folia, DC. Prodr. ix. 260. JSschynanthus acuminata, G. Don G-en. Syst. 

 iv. 657. Chirita sp. n. 10, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



KHASIA MTS., ASSAM, MISHMEE and CHITTAGONG- HILLS, alt. 500-3500 ft., 

 common. 



Stem 2-6 ft., sometimes frutescent, closely villous upwards. Leaves opposite, 

 subequal, 8 by 3 in. (sometimes larger often much smaller), closely serrulate ; petiole 

 -3 in. Peduncles J-2^ in., villous, laxly dichotomous ; bracts and bracteoles - in. ; 

 pedicels f in. Calyx ^ in. ; lobes scarcely % in., ovate, acute. Corolla 1| in., tubular- 

 ventricose, yellowish-white (or fide Roxburgh somewhat marked with red), nearly 

 glabrous. Fertile filaments dilated, minutely pilose. Ovary and style hairy; stigma 

 subpeltate, oblique, notched on one side, ultimately oblong bifid. Capsule 2-2J by 

 in. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, umbonate at each end, obscurely ribbed and minutely 

 reticulated. 



14. C. brevipes, Clarke ; nearly stemless, densely fulvous hairy, leaves 

 ovate or elliptic acute, peduncles short 1-2-fld., calyx 5-fid half-way down 

 lobes lanceolate. C. speciosa var. a, Clarke Comm. $ Cyrt. Beng. t. 79, not 



. Chirita sp. n. 21, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. &f T. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 1500-4000 ft. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3828), Ac. 



Rhizome short, creeping with crowded nodes, very hairy. Leaves alternate, 

 crowded, attaining 10 by 5 in., serrate; petiole up to 8 in Peduncles J-l in.; 

 bracts i in, oblong, densely villous; pedicels J-1J in. Caly* $ lu lobes J in. 

 Corolla nearly 2 in., minutely pubescent without (probably white). Capsule 4 in., 

 woody, erect on the rigid thickened pedicel.-Kurz's C. speeiom from Yunan has very 



