236 CRAIB—GESNERACEARUM NOVITATES. 
4 mm. longum, 7 mm, latum, anticum ad basem tripartitum, 
segmentis subellipticis vel ovato-ellipticis lateralibus mediano 
paulo brevioribus circa 6.5 mm. longis et 4 mm. latis omnibus 
ciliatis. Antherae anticae corollae tubum paululo superantes, 
laterales corollae tubum vix aequantes, filamentis omnibus parce 
pubescentibus, anticis circa 15 mm. supra tubi basem et 3.5 mm. 
supra lateralia affixis. Discus 1.5 mm. altus, apice 5-lobulatus, 
glaber. Ovarium circa 9 mm. altum, stipite calyci subaequialto 
suffultum, stylo 5 mm. longo, stigmate bilobulato. Capsula, 
stipite incluso, circa 3 cm. longa 
unnan. Eastern flank of the Tali Range, gooo—10,000 ft. 
Lat. 25° 40’ N. Plant of 4-8 inches ; flowers deep ruddy orange. 
On humus-covered boulders and trees. G. Forrest, 7105. Fl. 
July r9ro. 
Ibid. G. Forrest, 4803. Fl. June-July 1906. G. Forrest, 
15,483. Fl. et fr. Aug. 1917. G. Forrest, 15,930. Fl. Aug.- 
Sept. 1917. 
Forrest, 4803, was identified by Diels as Didymocarpus aurea 
(Franchet) Diels (v. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., vii, p. 271). 
Franchet distinctly states that his species of Roettlera have all 
got 2 stamens only, not 4. 
Briggsia,* Craib, gen. nov. 
Calyx in segmenta 5 inter se aequalia vel subaequalia saepis- 
sime lanceolata conspicue obscureve 3~—5-nervia in alabastris 
aperta partitus. Corolla speciosa, ima basi cylindrica, postice 
plus minusve gibbosa, deinde antice conspicue inflata et interdum 
postice etiam sed minus conspicue inflata, bilabiata ; labium 
posticum 2-lobatum, anticum 3-lobatum, postico longius. 
Stamina 4, inclusa, antheris per paria cohaerentibus rimis in 
unam arcuatam mox confluentibus dehiscentibus, filamentis 
arcuatim inflexis ad corollae tubi basem vel paulo altius affixis ; 
stamen posticum ad staminodium redactum. Discus conspicuus, 
cupularis cylindricusve, pistilli basem laxe arcteve cingens. 
Ovarium superum, basi in stipitem brevem attenuatum, stylo 
conspicuo, stigmate mediocri bilobulato incluso, placentis bi- 
partitis intrusis facie interiore nudis. Capsula elongata, linearis 
vel superne paulo ampliata, valvis rectis ; semina minuta, fusi- 
formia.——Herbae acaules, rhizomate crasso, foliis omnibus 
basalibus, rarius caulescentes, rhizomate tenuiore. Folia sim- 
plicia, subsessilia vel distincte petiolata, pilis albis brunneisve - 
* Named in honour of Munro Briggs Scott, M.A., B.Sc., who fell in the battle 
of Arras in the spring of 1917. His work as a systematic botanist was only 
begun, but in his brief tenure of the post of Assistant in the Herbarium attached 
) Gardens, Kew, he gave exceptional promise of a very brilliant 
