Chirtia:] cvi. gesnerace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 357 



petiole J-2 in. Pedwacles 1-4 in., glnbrous upwards ; bracts J-| in., ovate, glabwus. 

 Sepals J-i in., elliptic-lanceolate. Corolla 1 in. diam., glabrous without, purple, 

 yellow-striped within. Filaments hairy at the tip. Onary glabrous; stigma uni- 

 lateral. Capsule 4 in. 



Vab. angusta; leaves narrowly lanceolate acute at both ends, nerves 6 pair, 

 flowers somewhat smaller and paler. Var. i8, Thwaites Haum. 208.— Ceylon ; between 

 Galle and Batnapoora, Thwaites. 



** Species of the Himalaya and Kkasia, Mts. 



4. C. bifolia, Bon Frodr. 90 ; stem 2-leaved, leaves sessile orbicular- 

 quadrate thinly villous on both surfaces, peduncles 3-1-fld., calyx deeply 

 5-fid villous. Boyle III. 204, t. 70, fig. 2 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 269 ; Clarke Comm. 

 4" Cyrt. Beng. t. 77. Calosacme lamplectens, Wall. Cat. 306. Henckelia 

 bifolia, Bietr. Sp. PL i. 574. 



Temperate W. Himalaya, alt. 6000 ft., from Gurwhal to Nepal ; WalUch, &c. 



Stem 3-6 in., simple, at flower-time leafless at the base, 2-leaved at the 

 summit ; one or two small bract-like leaves rarely added in the middle of the stem. 

 Leaves equal or unequal, or one suppressed, 3 in. diam., base cordate or in the 

 smaller attenuate, serrate. Peduncles 1-2, rarely more, rising between the two leaves, 

 usually 2-fld., about 1 in. ; bracts \ in., oblong, villous ; pedicels J in. Calyx J in. 

 and upwards, thin, snbcoroUoid ; lobes ^ in., broad-lanceolate. Corolla nearly 2 in., 

 almost straight, ventricose above the calyx, nearly glabrous without, purple-blue, 

 below yellowish. Filaments hairy at the top. Ovary and style pubescent ; stigma 

 peltate oblique, notched on the lower side. Capsule not seen. 



6. C< pumila, Bon Prodr. 90 ; small or large, leaves elliptic acumi- 

 nate mature pilose on both surfaces, bracts ciliate, calyx deeply 6-fid hirsute 

 with white hairs herbaceous. BC. Prod/r. ix. 269 ; Clarke Comm. Hf Cyrt. 

 Beng. t. 74. C. flava, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. 117. C. Bdgeworthii, 

 A. BC. Prodr. ix. 269. 0. diaphana, Boyle III. 204, name only. C. poly- 

 neura var. a, Clarke Comm. S( Cyrt. Beng. t. 75, not of Miq. Calosacme 

 flava. Wall. Cat. 801. Bonnaya humilis, Spreng. Syst., eurispost. 15. 

 Henckelia pumUa, Bietr. Sp. PI. i. 674. — Didymocarpus n. 18, Herh. Ind. 

 Or. H.f. Sf T. 



StTBTBOPioAi, Himalaya, alt. 1500-6000 ft., from Simla to Mishmee ; plentiful 

 in Sikkim and Bhotan. Khasia Mts., alt. 1-4000 ft., feommou. 



Stem (in well-developed examples) 20 in., erect, branched ; small examples with 

 few or 2 leaves not rare. Leaves opposite, often unequal, 5J by 2 in., closely serrate, 

 mature hirsute above with white hairs, pubescent beneath ; petiole f in. Peduncles 

 2 in., 5-1-fld. ; bracts | in., ovate or oblong ; pedicels f in. Calyx \ in. and upwards ; 

 lobes J in., narrowly lanceolate. Corolla IJ in., tubular-funnel-shaped, pubescent 

 without, j in. diam., purple-blue, yellowish below, sometimes pale-blue. Stamens 

 glabrous. Ovary and style nnbescent stigma unilateral, bifid. Capsule 4 in. and 

 upwards. 



€. C. dimidiata, Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Bar. 117 ; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate mature strigose above glabrous beneath, bracts thinly ciliate, 

 calyx 5-fid half-way down nearly glabrous whiteish. C. polyneura, var. /8, 

 Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Beng, tt. 76, 72, not of Miq. Calosacme dimidiata, 

 WalL Cat. 803. 



Sikkim, Bhotas, Assam, alt. 1500-4000 ft., frequent. Khasia Mts., alt. 1500- 

 3500 ft., common. 



Closely resembling C. pttmila. Pedicels shorter. Calyx J in. ; segments ^ in , 

 narrowly lanceolate. Corolla li-2 in., rather larger than of C. pumila, white, mouth 

 purple-blue, without the yellow tinge of C. pumila. 



