346 cvi. GBSNBRACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Didymocarpus. 



softly hairy above glabrate beneath, calyx divided one-third the way down 

 lobea obtuse, capsule nearly 1 in. sessile. Wall. Cat. 784, ch efly ; DC: 

 Prodr. ix. 267; Clarice Comm. 8( Gyrt. Beng. t. 63, not of Royle. D. 

 aromatica, Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. 141, fig. 4-7, only ; Clarke Comm. 8f Cyrt. 

 Beng. t. 59, as to the fruiting plant ovly ; not of others. D. plicata, Don 

 Proclr. 122. Henckelia macrophylla & plicata, Spreng. Syst., cures post. 

 13, 14. 



NepaI; Wallich. 



Leaves all radical, 3-6 in. diam. , crenate-serrate ; petiole 2-5 in., hairy at the 

 base. Scape* 4 in., early glabrate; bracts ;^ in., ovate. Calyx Jin., fannel-shaped. 

 Corolla J-fin., deep purple. Ova/ry covered with minute sessile glands. Capsule, 

 narrowed at its base for ^^ in. only. — In ripe fruit the scape is glabrous, the two young 

 leaves at its 'base are densely villous. 



4. D. cinerea, Bon Prodr. 122 ; stem short or 0, leaves ovate-cordate 

 ashy-pubescent above, calyx divided a third of the way down lobes ovate, 

 capsule 14 in. pedioelled. D. obtusa. Wall. Cat. 786; BC. Prodr. ix. 267; 

 Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Beng. t. 61. Henckelia cinerea, Spreng. Syst., cwm 



post. 14. — Didymocarpus sp. n. 19, Jlerh. Ind. Or.H.f. Sf T. 



Nepal, Wallich ; near River Tambur, J. D. H. 



Stem none, or IJ in., ashy-pubescent. Leaoes radical or opposite, 2-3J in. diam., 

 obtuse, crenate, glabrate beneath, nerves pubescent ; petiole 4-8 in. Peduncles \-2 in. ; 

 shorter (cymes included) than the leaves, pubescent, later hardly glabrate ; bracts i in., 

 ovate, ashy-pubescent on both surfaces. Calyx I in., subcampanulate, sparsely 

 pubescent ; teeth obtuse or mucronulate. Corolla nearly 1 in., purple paler down- 

 wards, sparsely villous or glabrous. 



5. D. Andersoni, Clarke Comm. S( Cyrt. Beng. t. 62 ; stem short 

 2— 4-leaved, leaves ovate-oordate hairy above and on the nerves beneath, 

 flowers capitellate subinoluded within purple connate bracts, calyx-lobes very 

 short obtuse, capsule 1 in. sessile. 



SiKKiM ; alt. 7-9000 ft., J. B. S. Kursiong, alt. 4500 ft., Anderson, &c. 



Stem \-\\ in., patently villous, at flower-time leafless at the base, with 2 large and 

 usually 2 small leaves at its apex. Leaves opposite 6 by 4 in., coarsely crenate- 

 serrate; petiole ^IJ in. Feduncles 3-7 in., villous; bracts J in., obovate and with 

 the whole cyme dark purple-red ; pedicels very short, concealed by the bracts. Calyx 

 J-J in. , funnel-shaped, glabrous, divided scarcely j the way down. Corolla more 

 than 1 in., fine rose-purple, tube very narrow, mouth 1 in. diam. Ovary glabrous. 

 Capsule very acute. 



6. D> aurantiaca^ Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Beng. t. 60 ; stem short 

 2-4-leaved, leaves ovate villous above, flowers pediceUed orange-red, calyx 

 divided nearly half-way down, capsule If in. pedicelled. 



Nepal ; Wallich. Sikkim, alt. 2-4000 ft., Berl. Griffith, Anderson, &c. 



Stem J-2J in., villous. Leaves opposite, 3-6 in., acute or obtuse, usually cordate, 

 serrate, beneath glabrous with villous nerves ; petiole f-2J in. Peduncles 4 in., 

 hairy, ultimately scarcely glabrous ; bracts J in., ovate, scarcely connate ; pedicels 

 often 1 in. Calyx ^ in., campanulate, more or less purple, glandular-viscid or nearly 

 glabrous. Corolla \\ in., long funnel-shaped. Ovary glabrous. Capsule-stalJc } in., 

 linear. 



7. D. oblonga, Wall, in Bon Prodr. 123 ; stem often 4-leaved at the 

 apex, leaves oblong or elliptic coarsely crenate pilose, petioles patently villous, 

 cyme glabrous, calyx divided one-third way down lobes rounded, capsule 

 i in. subsessile. Wall. PI. As. Mar. ii. 34, t. 140; DC. Procin ix. 266; 



