350 cvi. GESNEEACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Didymocarpug. 



Corolla glabrous, tube cylindric violet, limb slightly oblique white ; lobes J in. diam., 

 obtuse. Stamens 2 fertile ; anthers oblong-peltate, cohering. Ovary minutely hairy, 

 pedicelled elongate ; style hardly any, stigma large circular. Capsule not seen. 



Sect. 3. Didymanthus. Caulescent, sometimes but shortly, 

 ieaves distant, upper (at least) opposite. Peduncles long; cyme-branches 

 often elongate, subracemose with 2-nate pedicels. Calyx sub-5-partite. 

 Corolla small or middle-sized ; tube narrow or broad at the base. Disc 

 or shortly cylindric. Capsule 2-valved, rarely at first follicular. — Species of 

 the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands. 



19. Z>. mollis, Wall. Cat. 790; leases elliptic crenate narrowed at 

 both ends hairy above, peduncles long, cyme lax viscous-pubeseent, capsule 

 nearly f in. sessile. DC. Prodr. ix. 266. 



Btjema ; Mts. near Prome, Wallich. Chittagong ; at Seetakoond, J: D. S. l( 

 T.T. 



Stem 8 in., villous, near the base hirsute with fulvous de6exed hair. Leaves 

 opposite, or the 4 uppermost subverticillate, 4 by IJ in., acute, membranous, glabrate, 

 beneath haiiy on the nerves ; nerves 9-11 pair ; petiole J in., or of the uppermost 

 leaves 0. Peduncles subterminal, often 4, 3 in., 12-fld. ; pedicels ^ in. Sepals ^ in., 

 linear. Disc shortly cylindric. Capsule symmetrically 2-valved glabrous. Corolla 

 not seen, 



20. D. paucinerva, Clarke ; leaves elliptic or obovate obtuse crenu- 

 late hairy above, peduncles subterminal long, cyme 2-8-fld. lax nearly 

 glabrous, capsule rather more than ^ in. subsessile. 



Tenasseeim; at Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3853). 



Stem 6 in., slender, simple,, sparingly pilose except near the base, ieaues. opposite 

 (or the lower alternate), 2 by 1 in., closely shortly strigose above, glabrous whiter 

 beneath ; nerves 5-6 pair, puberulous ; petiole ^1 in. Peduncles 2 in,, slender ; 

 pedicels ^-^ in. Disc shortly cylindric. Capsule 2-valved, glabrous. Corolla not 

 seen. — Appears closely allied to D. mollis. 



21. D. cordata, WalL Cat. 781 ; leaves cordate deeply crenate fulvous 

 villous on both surfaces, pedujicles long, cymes lax subracemose, pedicels 

 distant often in pairs, corolla wide campanulate base gibbous. DC. Prodr. 

 is. 265. 



Pbnang ; Wallich, Maingay, u. 1224. 



Stem 20 in., fulvons-villous. Leaves (at least the upper) opposite, 6 by 4 in., 

 shortly acuminate, base rounded; petiole If in. Peduncles 8 in.; eymes often 

 6 in., glandular-hairy; bracts small, ovate, caducous; pedicels J in. Sepals 

 ■^ in., lanceolate, nearly glabrous. Corolla-tube J in. long and broad, glabrous ; 

 lobes i in. diam., round. Filaments short; anthers large, 4 cohering. Disc 0. 

 Ovary glabrous, sessile ; style glabrous, stigma small. Capsule | in., slender, sessile, 

 2-valved, or sometimes (in Wallich's examples) subfoUicular (at least at first), 



22. I>. barbinerva, Clarice ; leaves narrowly obovate minutely crenate 

 glabrous, midrib beneath hirsute, peduncles long, cyme dense glabrate, 

 bracts round, sepals elliptic. 



Atteah (near Moulmein). 



Stem upwards, with the petioles, rufous-villous. Leaves (at least the upper) 

 opposite, 6 by IJ in., suddenly narrowed at the base; nerves 11 pair; petiole i-1 in. 

 Peduncles 5 in,, nearly glabrous; cyme l-lj in, diam., many-fld. ; bracts J-J in. 

 diam. ; pedicels short, in fruit sometimes f in. Sepals ^ in., obtuse. Corolla i in., 

 widely campanulate (badly preserved, seems nearly as of D. eordata). Stamens 2 

 fertile ; anthers 2-celled ; cells ovate, divaricate, scarcely confluent. Ovary glabrous. 



