Didymocarpus.] ovi. GESNBRACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 351 



sessile; discO; style as long as the ovary ; stigma small subpeltate. Capsule 2 in., 

 narrowly linear, follicular at first, afterwards 2-valved. 



23. D. rufipes, Clarice; stem woody rufous-hirsute, leaves elliptic 

 subacute silvery -hirsute on both surfaces, peduncles long rufous- villous laxly 

 7-12-fld. 



Tbnassbbim ; at the base of Mooleyit, Beddome. 



Stem 3 in., densely covered with long red hairs, leafy at the apex. Leaves 4 by 

 1 J in., closely creuate; petiole 0- J in., rufous-hirsute. Peduncles arising below the 

 leaves, 4-5 in. j cyme-branches obscurely or not at all racemose ; bracts gone at fruit- 

 time; pedicels J-1 J in. Calyx-segments Jin., densely rufous-hirsute. Corolla nob 

 seen. Capsule 1-lJ in., narrowly linear, nearly erect, glabroas> follicular, ultimately 

 2-4-partite. 



24. D. long'ipes, Clarke ; leaves coriaceous narrowly obovate minutely 

 crenate glabrous villous on the nerves beneath, peduncles very long, cyme 

 laxly subracemose 3-7-fld., corolla more than g in. linear-tubular. 



Maiacca ; Mt. Ophir, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3854) ; Cuming, n. 2385 ; Main- 

 gay, n. 2723. 



Stem 1-3 in., woody, hirsute, crowded with leaves at the summit. Leaves 6 by 

 IJ in., obtuse, long attenuate at the base sometimes se.-sile ; nerves 6-8 pair, obscure. 

 Peduncles attaining 1 foot, nearly glabrous ; bracts very small, narrow ; pedicels j'j in., 

 in remote pairs. Sepals -^ in. Ovary and style subglabrous, stigma capitate. Cap- 

 sule 1 in., sessile, ultimately 2-valved. 



25. D. corcborifolia, Wall. Cat. 792; leaves lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate crenulate rusty-villous on both surfaces, peduncles very short 

 1-4-fld., corolla tubular straight, capsule 2 in. sessUe. DC. Prodr. ix. 

 265. 



PBNAHa ; Wallick, Maingay. 



SufiFrutescent, branched, rufous- villous with deflexed hairs ; innovations rufous- 

 hirsute. Leaves 2J by 1 in., acute, base rhomboid, rugose j petiole | in. Peduncles 

 on short axillary spurs, \-\ in., villous, upwards with the cymes glabrous ; bracts 

 ^\ in., round, coloured; pedicels ^ in., often in pairs. Sepals-^ in., ovate or elliptic, 

 obtuse or acute, glabrous, coloured. Corolla ^ in., glabrous, scarcely widened 

 upwards. Ovary and style glandular-pubescent; disc shortly cylindric. Capsule 

 subfoUicular, sometimes ultimately 2-valved. 



Sect. 4. Xeterolioea,, Senth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1022. Peduncles 1-3- 

 fld. short, or not elongate. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube cylindric. Disc 

 short-cyliudric. Capsule follicular, ultimately sometimes 2-valved. — Species 

 all Malayan. 



* Stem short; leaves crowded, elongate, many -nerved. 



26. D. crinita, Jach in Mai. Misc. i. ii. 1, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 33, t. 2, fig. 2 ; leaves alternate crowded elongate oblanceolate closely 

 serrate villous, corolla 1^ in. narrowly funnel-shaped, capsule 2 in. slender 

 linear villous. Wall. Cat. 779; DC. Prodr. ix. 265; Bot. Mag. t. 4554. 

 Henckelia crinita, Spreng. Syst. cum post. 13. 



Penang ; Wallich, Selfer. Singapoee ; Lohl. — Distbib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Stem suffEutescent, short, thick, hirsute. Leaves 6 by 1 in., acuminate, base 

 attenuate, subsessiJe, thick with shaggy hair ; nerves 25 pair. Peduncles 1-lJ in., 

 axillary or fascicled on shortened lateral spurs, or subconnate with the petiole ; bracts 

 minute linear. Sepals \-^ in., oblong, villous. Corolla nearly straight, scarcely 

 hairy without, pale purplish with yellow lines in the throat. Capsule follicular, 

 ultimately 2-valved. 



