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Tetraphyllum., } GESNERACEA. 783 
4-valved; valves not twisted before opening, placentiferous, the 
placentas revolute and concealing the seeds. Seeds ellipsoid, 
small, smooth, minutely reticulate. 
Stems none; plant very small, 1-leafed ; pedicels few, short, fascicled in 
the leaf axil .. pygmea 
Stems distinct - leaves opposite or the 4 uppermost verticillate ; peduncle 
long, cymes las: flowered molli 
1481. Bieidies ae pyamMzA C. B. Clarke; F. B. I. iv. 345. 
Chota Nagpur. 
A small, pabéssant herb. 
1482, DE uisdctens MOLLIS Wall.; F. B. I. iv. 350. 
Chittagong. 
A villous herb, 8-9 in. high. 
. 673, Chirita Ham. 
Herbs or low undershrubs; ; leaves opposite, often unequal, 
Sometimes whorled or alternate, elliptic or ovate, rarely lanceo 
Flowers axillary, in many- or few-flowered cymes or on 1-flowered 
peduncles; bracts 2, shorter than the flowers, deciduous. Sepals 
connate in a 5-fid or 5-partite calyx; lobes acute. Petals 5, con- 
nate in'a funnel-shaped corolla; limb 2-lipped; lobes rounded. 
Stamens 2, perfect, adnate to corolla-tube, 2-3 barren ; filaments 
flattened, geniculate; anthers usually applied to the stigma ; cells 
2, divaricate, often confluent. Carpels connate in a linear, 1-celled 
Ovary; placentas intruded as far as axis, then reflexed; ovules 
many on their margins; style short or long; stigma at first 
oblique, peltate, notched on lower margin; with age the upper 
roduced, oblong, 2-fid. Frwit ef elongated, linear, sessile 
capsule, opening Ioeulicidally to the base; valves 2-partite the 
following season, Seeds ellipsoid, smooth, sometimes minutely 
umbonate ; testa often striate, reticulate. 
1483. Curerra acuminata R. Br.; F. B. I. iv. 359. Incarvillea 
oblongifolia F. I. iii, 113. 
Chittagong. 
A herb, sometimes almost shrubby, 2-6 feet high. 
674. Tetraphyllum Griff, 
tawny-villous undershrub ; stems elongate, leafless or sparingly 
Sealy below ; leaves at the apex 4, whorled, nearly sessile, ovate, ge 
