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DIDYMOCARPUS Rexn. 
Twisted-fruited Didymocarpus. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.—Nat. Orn. CY. RTANDACE&, Jack. 
. Gen. Cuar.—Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. infundibuliformis, limbo quinquelobo sub- 
irregulari. Stam. duo, plerumque abortiva. Capsula siliquiformis, 
pseudo-quadrilocularis, bivalvis: valvis medio placentiferis, placentis 
bilamellatis, lamellis revolutis, margine intus gramaone 
Didymocarpus Rezii ; acaulis pubescens, foliis pone ate basi ovatis ob- 
tuse serratis, scapo unifloro bibracteato, capsula “ees ter torta. 
Didymocarpus Rexii, Bowre, MS. 
Perennial, stemless. From the top of the fibrous root spring from 4~7 ob- 
long or = obovate, oe leaves, os rssesed long, — 
is Yepresented in the Sgute, the curface wrinkled ee the under 
side paler, and the veins more prominent. % 
From the centre of the leaves arise from 2 to 5 ingtetoweusd paesicial bear: 
ing two small bractee above the middle. Calyx 5-partite, the segments — 
lanceolate, short. — or 24 inches long, infundibuliform, of a de- 
: licate purplish- blue colon 
a little ventricose upwards a — vunder side: ‘the limb 5-lobed, the 
a 
Sieg rok ae ‘Stamens inserted near the centre of ae : 
