Didymocarpus.] cvi. gbsneeace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 347 



Clarke Comm. 8f Cyrt. Beng. t. 56. D. vertioillata, Wall. Cat. 783. 

 Henckelia oblonga, Spreng. Syst. curce post. 13., 



Nepal ; Wallieh. Sikkim ; Lachen, alt. 7-11,000 ft., and Sinchul, alt. 8500 ft., 

 J.D.S. 



Stem 2-5 in., villous-pubescent, at flower-time with 4 subverticillate leaves at its 

 apex otherwise leafless ; or elongate with 3 or 4 remote nodes, opposite leaves, and 

 both axillary and terminal pednncles. Leaves opposite, 4 by IJ in., subobtuse, closely 

 villous above, glabrous beneath with villous nerves ; petiole i-2J in., patently villous. 

 Peduncles 2 in., glandular-pilose, glabrate upwards; bracts ^ in., broad, ^ connate, 

 glabrous, coloured, snbpersistent. Calyx ^ in., campannlate. Corolla ^ in., dark 

 purple. — Recognized by its small capsule. 



8. D. villosa, Don Prodr. 123; stem 4-leaved at the apex very 

 villous, leaves ovate or obovate obtuse crenate. closely silky -villous above, 

 cymes glabrou-s, calyx divided less than half-way down lobes obtuse, capsule 

 nearly | in. sessile. DC. Prodr. ix. 266, not of Olarhe. Henckelia villosa, 

 Spreng. Syst. curce post. 13. 



Nepal ; Wallieh. 



Stem 2-6 in. , densely covered with long spreading hairs, leafless except at the 

 apex. Leaves opposite, 2 by IJ in., beneath villous or nearly glabrous on the lamina; 

 petiole 0-J in., patently villous. Peduncles 1-3 in. ; bracts |- in , ovate, connate, 

 coloured, glabrous; pedicels J in. Calyx J in., campanulate, glabrous. Corolla Jin. 

 or rather more (apparently black-purple). — Seems very near D. arom'atica. Wall., 

 which has not the densely woolly stem. 



9. D. aromatica, Wall. Cat. 785 chiefly, PI. As. Bar. ii. 44, t. 141, 

 excl.jig,Ar-1; stem 4-leaved at the apex, leaves ovate or elliptic crenate 

 softly hairy above, lower bracts herbaceous move or less pubescent, cyme 

 glabrous, calyx divided one-third way down lobes rounded, capsule f in. 

 sessile. Olarhe Comm. S( Cyrt. Seng.%. 59, excl. fruiting plant; not of D. 

 Don ; DC. Prodr. ix. ^Ql, partly. D. primulifolia, Don Prodr. Xi^, partly. 

 Henckelia primulifolia, Spreng. Syst., curcB post. 14, partly. 



Nepal ; Wallieh. 



Stem 4-6 in., pilose, leafless except at the apex. Leaves opposite, 4 by 2i in., 

 densely softly strigose on both surfaces or glabrate between the nerves beneath ; petiole 

 unequal, ^-2 in. Inflorescence shorter than the leaves ; peduncles (usually 2) 1-2 in.; 

 lower bracts ^ in., ovate, green, not connate, often denticulate, deciduous ; cymes 

 upwards with the pedicels and calyces glabrous. Calyx '^ in., campanulate. Corolla 

 f in., purple, nearly glabrous. Capsule-stalk hardly ^ 5n. — Don confused D. 

 aromatica. Wall., with D. subalternans. Wall., and described his D. primulifolia 

 from both; Brown therefore (in Senn. PI. Jav. Rar. p. 118) rejected the name 

 I>. primulifolia. 



10. D. podocarpa, Clarke ; stem 4-leaved at the apex, leaves ovate 

 or elliptic crenate minutely pilose above, bracts glabrous, calyx divided ^ 

 way down lobes obtuse, capsule 1-1 1^ in. pedicelled. 



SUBALPINE SiKKlM ; Lachen, alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. B. H. ; Sinchul, alt. 8000 ft., 

 J. D. H. ; Singalelah, alt. 8000 ft., Treutler, &c. 



Stem 2-8 in., ashy-pubescent, leafless except at the summit. Leaves opposite, 

 attaining 6 by 4 in., pubescent only on the nerves beneath ; petiol« 0-1 in., mostly 

 short. Peduncles 2r-4i, 1-2J in.; bracts-^ in., wide-rotund, coloured, subconnate; 

 pedicels ^§ in., glabrous. -Calyw nearly \ in., campanulate. Corolla nearly 1 in., 

 purple, glabrous or sparsely pilose without. Capsule-stalTc longer than, sometimes 

 nearly twice as long as, the calyx. — Dififers from the 3 preceding closely allied species 

 by the larger flowers and larger long-pedicelled capsule. 



11. D. subalternans, Wall. Cat. 782 ; leaves scattered and opposite 



