354 Cvi. GESNERAOE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [DidT/mocarpus. 



short, capsule slender. D. primnliefolia, Gardn. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 478 ; 

 £ot. Mag. t. 5161 . — Ceylon ; in the Hantam range near Eandy, Gardner, Thmaites. 

 — Petiole 5-2 in. Sepals ^ in., narrowly oblong, white-pilose, not tomentose. 



Vae. recedens ; leaves large, base attenuate, cymes compoan'd. — Ceylon ; Walle- 

 kelly Hill, alt. 2000 ft., Beckett. — Leaves 6 by 4 in., thinly white-strigose above, 

 rusty-pubescent on the nerves beneath, much thinner in texture than in the type ; 

 petiole scarcely \ in, Peduncles up to 8 in, 



36. J>. ^occosB,^ Thwaites JEnum. W7 ; leaves obovatecreniilate tomen- 

 tose above pale fulvous-floocose beneath, sepals ^ in. narrowly oblong floo- 

 cose, corolla-tube ventricose. 



Cetion ; alt. 2000 ft.. Central Province, near Dolosbage, Thmaites. 



Leaves 6 by 3J in., obtuse, attenuate at the base ; petiole 2 in. Peduncles 6 in., 

 floccose; cyme 7-fld., densely floccose. Corolla J in., pale purple ; mouth contracted. 

 Capsule 1 in., linear, follicular. — ^Nearly allied to 2). Mumboldtiana. 



37. D. zeylanica, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. 119; leaves long- 

 petioled cordate-ovate or round crenate or serrate densely strigose on both 

 surfaces, cymes few-fld., coroUa-tube nearly ^ in. ovoid-cylindric lobes \ in, 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 266; Thwaites Enum. 207, D. longepetiolata, Gardn. in 

 Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 475. 



Ceylon, alt. 5-6000 ft. ; near Adam's Peak, Walker, Thwaites. 



Leaves 2—3^ in. diam., subobtuse; petiole ^5 in. Peduncles 2-4^ in., hairy, 

 3-9-fld. Sepals ^— ^ in., linear, pubescent with yellow hairs. Corolla white, tube 

 dark-purple. Stigma oblique, orbicular. Capsule early glabrate. 



38. D. ovalifolia, Wighi Ic. t. 1351, and III. t. 142, fig. 6 ; leaves 

 ovate crenate white-strigose on both surfaces, peduncles 3-5-fld., corolla 

 broadly campauulate gibbons, base saccate, capsule 1 in. 



S. Deccan Pehinsttia ; Courtallum, Wight ; S. Tinnevelly, alt. 5000 ft., 

 Peddome. 



Leaves 3 by 1} in., obtuse, base rounded, shallowly crenate, above densely 

 beneath chiefly on the nerves strigose ; nerves 8-12 pair, parallel ; petiole 1-4 in. 

 Peduncles 3i in. Sepals ^ in. Corolla i-| in., blue-yellow, nearly glabrous. 

 Filaments short ; antbers glabrous. Ovary pilose ; style about as long as the ovary, 

 nearly glabrous, stigma small subcapitate. Capsule Imear, straight or somewhat 

 oblique at the base, 



39. D. missionis, Wall. Cat. 6396 ; leaves ovate or elliptic entire 

 strigose on both surfaces, cymes subracemose many-fld., corolla funnel- 

 shaped nearly symmetric. DC. Prodr. ix. 266. D. membranacea, Bedd. 

 Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 176. 



Decoan, Herh. Madr. S. Teavancoee ; Pachemallay, alt. 2000 ft., Beddome. 



Leaves 3J by 1-lJ in., scarcely acute, base rounded, membranous ; hairs brown 

 in Wallicli's dried example, white in Beddome's fresh ones ; nerves 5-6 pair ; petiole 

 l-2i in. Peduncles 8 in., hairy ; pedicels 0-J in., often in distant pairs. Sepals 

 ^\ in., lanceolate-subulate, hairy. Corolla | in., glabrous, pale blue. Anthers 

 Hiiuutely hairy. Style as long as the ovary, glabrous, stigma unilateral oblong. 

 Capsule nearly 1 in., linear; subfoUicular (Beddome), or 2-valved (DC). 



40. D. repens, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 120 ; creeping, leaves long- 

 petioled ovate-cordate serrate softly villous on both surfaces, peduncles 

 1-5-fld. 



Tbavaucoee and Tinnevelly, alt. 1-3000 ft, ; Beddome. 



Stem slender, hairy ; nodes distant, rooting, bearing one leaf and one peduncle. 

 Leaves 3 by 2 in., acute ; petiole 4 in. Peduncles 3-5 in., villous ; pedicels sub- 



