348 cvi. GESNERACE*. (C. B. Clarke.) [Didymocarpus. 



ovate or obovate crenate densely pubescent above paler subglabrous beneath, 

 cymes irregular subumbellate viscous-pilose, pedicels short, calyx ^ in. semi- 

 5-fid lobes ovate-triangular, capsule 1 in. pedicelled. DC. Frodr. ix. 266, 

 not of Clarice. D. primulifolia, Don Frodr. ] 23, partly. D. aromatica, 

 Don Frodr. 123 ; DO. Frodr. ix. 267, excl. all si/n., not of Wall., Br., 

 nor Clarke. 



Temperate Himalaya j Knmaon, Wallich; near Gangootri, alt. 6500 ft., 

 Stracheg ^ Wmterhottom. Nepal ; Wallich. 



Stem 4-12 in., nearly glabrous; nodes several. Leaves opposite alternate and 

 temate, lower long-petioled( usually alternate), uppermost sessile opposite, 3 by 2 in. 

 Peduncles 1-lJ in., subumbelled ; bracts ^ in., ovate, purplish ; pedicels i in., sparsely 

 viscous- pilose. Calyx funnel-shaped, purplish, glabrous or slightly viscous. Corolla 

 J in., tubular, somewhat hairy without, purple or pale-purple. Capsule often falcate ; 

 pedicels up to j in. 



Vae. curvicapsa ; leaves larger, cymes very viscous, bracts and calyx herbaceous, 

 capsule falcate subsessile. — Sikkim ; Lachen, alt. 7-8000 ft., J. D. H. — Stem exceeding 

 1 foot. Leaves 4 in., glandular-pubescent. Calyx ^ in., divided half-way down } lobes 

 lanceolate, acute. Capsule-stalk not longer than the calyx. 



12. D. leucocalyz, Clarice ; leaves ovate serrate villous above, calyx 

 small deeply divided lobes white obovate, capsule g in. subsessile. D. vUlosa, 

 Clarice Comm. Sf Cyrt. Feng. t. 69, bo< of Don. — Didymocarpus sp. n. 17, 

 Eerh. Ind. Or. R.f. S( T. 



Sikkim ; alt. 6000 ft., common, Griffith, J. L. S., &c. Nepax ; near River 

 Tambur, J. D. H. 



Stem 2-6 in., hairs patent or deflexed ; nodes 1-3. Leaves opposite, attaining 

 6 by 4 in., subacute, often cordate ; petiole J— 4 in. Feduncles 2 in., often 4, sub- 

 umbelled; cjme nearly glabrous, bracts caducous leaving a villons sear. Flowers 

 numerous, small. Calyx -j^ in. Corolla ^i in., violet- purple. Anthers minutely 

 pilose. — This plentiful Sikkim species has always been confounded. with Don's D. 

 villosa. 



13. D. lUortoni, Clarice Comm. Sf Cyrt. Feng. t. 65; leaves ovate 

 serrate villous above, calyx divided nearly to the base lobes narrowly oblong, 

 coroUa-tube linear limb very oblique wide-expanded, capsule nearly 1 in. 

 sessile.— Didymocarpus sp. n. 29, Serb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



. Sikkim, alt. 5-8000 ft., common, {Berb. Griffith), J. D. S., &c. 



Stem 2-6 in., pilose ; nodes 1-3. Leaves opposite, attaining 6 by 4 in., scarcely 

 acute, base rounded or cordate ; petiole ^-3 in. Peduncles 2-3 in., often several ; 

 bracts caducous ; bracteoles ovate, green, often concealing the calyx until the flower 

 expands. Calyx \-^m. CoroHa-i«ie ^ by ^in., limb J— | in. diam., purple. Ovary 

 glandular-hau'y. Capsule Straight. 



14. D. pulchra, Clarke ; stem and petioles ashy-puberulous, leaves 

 oblong or elliptic minutely densely pubescent above whitened glabrate 

 beneath, cyme viscous-hairy, calyx divided ^ way down lobes triangular 

 acute, corolla 1 in., capsule li in. pedicelled. D. subaltemans, Clarke 

 Comm. Sf Cyrt. Feng., t. 55, not of Wall. 



Sikkim, alt. 6-7000 ft., common, {Herb. Griffith), J. D. H., &c. 



Stem attaining 1 foot ; lower cauline leaves long-petioled, often 3-4-nate, upper- 

 most sessile. Leaves 4^ by 2 in., acute, base often auricled on one side, crenate 

 incised-serrate or nearly entire, coriaceous ; nerves beneath raised, pubescent ; petiole 

 attaining 2-3 in. Peduncles 2-3 in. ; bracts more or less fohaceous ; bracteoles J in., 

 round, coloured; pediceb ^ in. Calyx i in., rose-purple, viscous-pilose. Corolla 

 broadly tubular, sparsely hairy without, violet-purple. Anthers minutely hairy. 

 Ovary glabrous. Capsule-stalk stout, longer than the calyx.— Nearly allied to U. 

 punduana. 



