Tetraphyllum.] cvi. GESNERACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 363 



X. TETRAPHYLLUITC, Griff. 



A tawny- villous undershrub ; stem elongate, leafless or sparsely scaly 

 below, with 4 leaves whorled at the apex. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate, 

 unequal -sided. Cymes dense, subcapitate, nearly sessile ; bracts ellip- 

 tic. Calyx somewhat large, obscurely 2-lipped, sub-5-partite. Corolla 

 widely funnel-shaped, silky, blue ; lobes 5, subequal, ovate. Stamens 2 

 perfect, filaments short ; anthers 2-celled, apex submucronate ; cells ellipsoid, 

 nearly parallel, slits longitudinal. Ovary ellipsoid, acute ; style linear, 

 stigma small, obscurely 2-lobed ; placentae deeply intruded, 2-partite, revolute, 

 bearing ovules on both sides. Capsule narrowly lanceolate, ultimately 4- 

 valved to the base, leaving two ribs united to the style and 4 papery enrolled 

 placentae. Seeds ellipsoid, obtuse at both ends; testa laxly reticulate, 

 appearing rough or scaly. 



T. beng-alense, Clarice. Tetraphyllum, Griff. Notul. iv. 148 (without 

 descr.). Phylloboea sp., Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 1020. Clarke Comm. 8f Cyrt. 

 r. t. 87 bis. 



UPPER ASSAM j Griffith. MISHMEE; Namroop, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3830). 

 CACHAR (Keenari). CHITTAGONG HILLS ; Clarke. 



Stem 4-12 in., duskily woolly, below without leaves or with 1 or 2 pairs of scales 



1 in. long ; innovations fulvous silky- woolly. Leaves 2 pairs at the summit of the 

 stem, 6 by 4 in., acute, base unequal, mature glabrate above, beneath duskily villous at 

 least on the nerves. Cymes 10-30-fld. Sepals % in., lanceolate, fulvous-silky. 

 Corolla in. ; lobes in. Stamens glabrous. Ovary (upwards with the style) silky. 

 Capsule -f by ^ in., acute. 



XI. TRISEPAIiUlWC, Clarke, 



Undershrubs; stems short, villous or tomentose. Leaves opposite, 

 alternate or crowded, narrowly lanceolate, obscurely toothed. Peduncles 

 axillary, elongate, laxly 1-5-fld. ; bracts long. Calyx 2-lipped ; sepals 3, 



2 narrow, the third broader shortly 3-lobed. Corolla broadly obliquely 

 campanulate, obscurely 2-lipped ; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse. Stamens 2 

 perfect, filaments short; anthers large, cordate-ovate, adhering by their 

 faces, 2-celled ; slits short, soon confluent. Ovary oblong ; stigma simple, 

 one-sided; placentas deeply intruded, bifid, shortly recurved. Capsule 

 oblong, shorter than the calyx, loculicidally 2-valved, soon 4-valved, valves 

 not twisted ; placentae shortly recurved, not membranous. Seeds minute. 

 Species 2, in Lower Burma. 



1. T. obtusum, Clarke-, villous, stem very short, leaves opposite and 

 alternate linear-lanceolate, cymes 1-5-fld., calyx-segments oblong obtuse. 

 Phyllobcea sp. Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1020. 



TENASSERIM ; Moulmeiu, Lobb. 



Stem 2-4 in., densely leafy, upwards (with the innovations) rufous-woolly. Leaves 

 5 by i in., base much attenuated, crenulate, above white-villous, beneath rulot 

 woolly on the nerves ; petiole | in. or hardly any. Peduncles 1-3 in., flocculose with 

 rufous deciduous wool; bracts in., ovate, somewhat thick, villous or woolly; pedicels 

 hardly longer than the bracts. Calyx in.; one lip 2-partite the other 3-nd ; 

 segments rounded, green at the apex, recurved. Corolla & in., widely funnel-shaped, 

 glabrous; lobes rounded. Stamens of the genus. Style linear scabrous from 

 numerous subsessile glands, stigma very shortly 2-lobed. Capsule-valves % in., 

 oblong, acute, rigid, bearing the placentae in the middle. 



