244 CRAIB—GESNERACEARUM NOVITATES. 
aS Didissandra grandis, Craib, sp. nov. 
Herba perennis; rhizoma crassum, ad 2 cm. diametro, 
superne petiolorum basibus anni praeteriti persistentibus tectum. 
Folia rosulata, plana, patula, late lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, 
apicem versus angustata vel rarissime subacuminata, summo 
apice obtusa, basi late cuneata vel cuneata, in petiolum angustata, 
usque ad 9 cm. longa et 4.5 cm. lata, valde coriacea, supra glabra, 
matura saepe siccando atra, subtus dense cinnamomeo-lanata, 
senectute saepe albicantia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-6 cum 
costa supra impressis subtus valde prominentibus intra marginem 
furcatis ramis subtus prominentibus, margine integra, saepe 
incurva, breviter cinnamomeo-lanato-ciliata, petiolo usque ad 
5.5 cm. longo valido superne alato supra plano subtus plano- 
convexo suffulta. Pedunculi plures, arcuato-adscendentes, satis 
robusti, usque ad 15 cm. alti, dense cinnamomeo-lanati, seniores 
albo-lanati, pluri- vel multi-flori; pedicelli sub anthesin usque 
ad 15 mm. longi sed saepissime vix 0 mm. longi, infructescentes 
paululo elongati, ut pedunculi lanati. C alycis segmenta ovato- 
lanceolata vel oblonga, apice obtusa, inter se subaequalia, vix 
3 mm. longa, 1.25 mm. lata, dorso dense longe cinnamomeo- 
lanata, intra glabra, margine apicem versus ciliolata, 5-nervia, 
nervis infra apicem coalitis, intramarginalibus aliis tenuioribus 
minus distinctis. Corollae tubus 10-11 mm. longus ; labium 
posticum 4 mm. longum, basi 7.5 mm. latum, 2-lobatum, lobis 
apice rotundatis 2 mm. longis fere 3 mm. latis ; labium anticum 
6.5 mm. longum, 3-lobatum, lobis circa 5 mm. longis et 4.5 mm. 
latis elliptico-obovatis apice rotundatis, lobis omnibus pauperrime 
ciliatis ; corolla pilis longiusculis unicellularibus e loborum 
rocks, 10,000 ft. Forrest, 10,855. 
Kari Pass, Mekong-Yangtze divide. Lat. 27° 40’ No. Plant 
of 10 inches. Flowers purple-blue and white. Open shady 
dry rocks, 11,000 ft. Forrest, 12,924. 
