Ghinta.] cvi. gesnbraceje, (C. B. Clarke.) 359 



purple with yellow lines within. Ovary glabrous ; style minutely pubescent, stigma 

 unilateral deeply bifid. Capsule 4 in. and upwards. — The only species olCMrita in 

 lyhich the bracts are much less hairy than the calyx. 



H. C. Clarkels Hook. f. ; almost stemless, leaves ovate or elliptic 

 pubescent on both surfaces, calyx divided neai-ly to the base dusky villous, 

 ovary dusky pubescent. — Ohirita sp. n. 27, Serb. Ind, Or. H. f. Sf T. ' 



SiKKiM i Lachen, alt. 7-8000 ft., J. H. S. 



Radical leaves 4i by 3 in., shortly acute, base obtuse, crenate-serrate j petiole 

 1^-4 in. Peduncles 4 in., upwards (as the whole inflorescence) with many spreading 

 p:landular brown hairs ; bracts \ in., oblong ; pedicels 3-1, ^1 in. Calyx scai-cely 

 ^ in., segments wide-lanceolate. Corolla (uot expanded) of CHrita, glandular-villous 

 without. Stigma snbpeltate. Capsule elongate linear. — Seems near C. urtiocefoUa, 

 differing in the smaller calyx and indumentum. 



12. C. Kookerl, Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Seng. t. 70 ; leaves elliptic 

 acute hairy on both surfaces, peduncles 5-1-fld., bracts villous, calyx large 

 densely hirsute.— Ohirita sp. n. 22, Herb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



TJpPEB Assam; Mishmee Hills, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3826). Khasia 

 Mts., Griffith. 



Besembling generally C. urticiBfolia. Feduncles villous; bracts 1 in., ovate- 

 oblong, herbaceous ; pedicels |— § in., villous. Calyx | in. ; lobes ^ in., triangular- 

 lanceolate. Corolla nearly as of C. urticiBfolia ; ex Griffith "pale blue the lower 

 lip with 2 yellow lines. — Dr. £ing thinks this may be only a var. of C. urtioeBfulia, 

 the numerous examples of which are however very constant in the comparative glab- 

 rousness of their bracts. 



13. €■ acuminata, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. B,ar. 117 ; leaves elliptic or 

 ovate acuminate hairy on. both surfaces, peduncles many-fld., bracts oblong 

 villous, calyx divided hardly half-way down rusty villous. Clarke Comm. 

 Sc Cyrt. Beng. t. 81, not of A. DC. Incarvillea oblongifolia, Roxb. Fi. 

 Ind. iii. 113. Calosaome acuminata. Wall. Cat. 802. Babaqtes oblongi- 

 folia, DC. Prodr. ix. 260. .^ischynanthus acuminata, G. Don Gen. Syst. 

 iv. 657.— Ohirita sp. n. 10, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



Khasia Mis., Assam, Mishmee and CHiTTAGONa- Hili<s, alt. 500-3500 ft., 

 common. 



Stem 2-6 ft., sometimes frutescent, closely villous upwards; Leaves opposite, 

 subequal, 8 by 3^ in. (sometimes larger often much smaller), closely serrulate ; petiole 

 4-3 in. Peduncles ^-2| in., villous, laxly dichotomous ; bracts and' bracteoles ^\ in. ; 

 pedicels | in. Calyx \ in. ; lobes scarcely ^ in., ovate, acute. Corolla 1 J in., tubulitr- 

 ventricose, yellowish-white (or fide Roxburgh somewhat marked with red), nearly 

 glabrous. Fertile j5Za»8e»fo dilated, minutely pilose. Ovary and style hairy; stigma 

 subpeltate, oblique, notched on one side, ultimately oblong bifid. Capsule 2-2^ by 

 ^ in. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, umbouate at each end, obscurely ribbed and minutely 

 reticulated. 



14. C. brevipes, Clarke ; nearly stemless, densely fulvous hairy, leaves 

 ovate or elliptic acute, peduncles short 1-2-fld., calyx 5-fid half-way down 

 lobes lanceolate. 0. speciosa var. a, Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Beng. t. 79, not 

 o/Xwz.— Ohirita sp. n. 21, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. S( T. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 1500-4000 ft. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3828), &c. 



Wiizome short, creeping with crowded nodes, very hairy. Leaves alternate, 

 crowded, attaining 10 by 5 in., serrate; petiole up to 8 in. Peduncles ^-1 in.; 

 bracts J in., oblong, densely villous; pedicels J-IJ in. Calyx | in,, lobes \ in. 

 CoroHa nearly 2 in., minutely pubescent without (probably whitej. Capsule i in., 

 woody, erect on the rigid thickened pedicel. — Kurz's C, speciosa from Yuuan has very 



