212 CRAIB—GESNERACEARUM NOVITATES NONNULLAE 
8 mm. latis, tribus anticis arcte reflexis posticis subsimilibus, 
tubo et lobis inferne extra lanatis. Stamina generis. Discus 
ix conspicuus. Pistillum I cm. altum, ovario lineari sulcato 
glabro in stylum pilis parvis glandulosis furfuraceum gradatim 
attenuato, stigmate pallido plano obliquo. 
Cult. e seminibus a G. Forrest in Yunnan vel Burma superiore 
lectis. 
To Mr. G. Forrest we are indebted for the introduction of 
this genus to cultivation. From seed- collected by him Mr. 
Williams, Caerhays Castle, Cornwall, raised plants, one of which 
he communicated to the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
Comparison with co-types of C. sinensis showed that it differed 
in several respects from that species, and above brief description 
has been drawn up from the fresh plant with the primary object 
of embodying the chief diagnostic features. 
Perantha, Crvaib, gen. nov., ab Oveocharide corolla postice 
basi saccato-gibbosa haud campanulata, a Didissandra 
antheris inter se omnino liberis recedit. 
Calyx in segmenta 5 inter se subaequalia partitus, persistens. 
Corollae tubus elongatus, subcylindricus, postice basi saccato- 
gibbosus et medio parum inflatus, antice paulo supra medium 
parum inflatus, infra liimbum parum constrictus vel saltem 
angustatus ; limbus e labiis duobus inter se subaequilongis ° 
divergentibus sed vix patulis constitutus; labium posticum 
2-lobatum, anticum 3-fidum. Stamina per paria approximata 
sed inter se omnino libera, antica lateralia paululo superantia, 
antheris ad labii antici basem sitis in corollae tubo omnino 
-inclusis vel anticarum apicibus tantum e corollae tubo exsertis, 
loculis subparallelis, connectivo glabro, filamentis teretibus infra 
corollae tubi medium affixis. Discus conspicuus, cylindricus, 
glaber, 5-lobulatus, vel subintiger. Pistillum corollae tubo 
subaequialtum, superum, stylo distincto, stigmate bilobulato ad 
labii postici basem sito ; ovarium sessile vel subsessile. Capsula 
elongata, stylo persistente saepe apiculata, valvis rectis.—Herbae 
nanae, perennes, foliis omnibus basalibus rosulatim dispositis 
penninerviis indumento denso saepissime cinnamomeo saepe 
mox agglutinato subtus tectis margine crenatis vel crenato- 
lobulatis, pedunculis uni- vel pauci-floris pilis glanduloso-capitatis 
instructis, floribus mediocribus luteis. 
Species tres yunnanenses quae inter se ita distinguendae :— 
Et foliorum pagina superior et pistillum glabrum . P. minor 
Foliorum te aap superior haud glabra, ' 
um glabrum; folia basi cuneata, apice obtusa 
rotundatave . : . P. Forrestit 
“i folia ‘basi Seneca, 
P. cordatula 
