368 cvi. GESNERACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Jerdonia. 



Scapes slender, few-fld. ; bracts small. Sepals 6, lanceolate. Corolla pale 

 lilac with red lines ; tube elongate, swollen upwards ; limb oblique, 2-lipped; 

 lobes 6, OTate, obtuse, nearly equal Stamens 4 perfect ; filaments short, 

 dilated upwards, 2 spurred; anthers connivent, cohering by their apices, 

 2-ceUed ; cells ellipsoid, divergent at base, early divaricate and confluent. 

 Ovary ovoid ; disc annular ; style linear, stigma small scarcely 2-lobed ; 

 placentas 2-partite into 2 flat plates bearing ovules on both faces. 

 Capsule broadly ovoid, acute, loculicidally |2-valved; placenta scarcely 

 altered in fruit. Seeds funicled, ellipsoid, subumbonate at the apex, smooth, 

 testa striate coarsely reticulate. 



J. indica, Wight Ic. t. 1352, and III. t. 159 bis,&g. 2; Bot. Mag. 



t. 5814. 



S. Deccan Peninsula ; Nilgherry and Auamally Hills, and Bolimputty near 

 Coimbatore, Wight. 



Stem 2 in., thick, creeping, upwards (witii the innovations) rufous-hirsute or 

 woolly. Leaves alternate, dense, 2J by 2 in., obtuse at both ends, entire, rufous-ciliate 

 on the margin, mature glabrate above, rusty puberulous on the nerves beneath ; petiole 

 2-4 in. Scapes 2-4 in. , rufous-pilose ; bracts ^^ in., sublinear ; pedicels -,^5-^ in., in 

 fruit somewhat thickened upwards. Sepals 1^ in., rusty puberulous. Corolla ■^ in. ; 

 lobes ^ in. diam. Filaments sparsely pilose. Ocarg and style glabrous. Capsule 

 ^ in. long and broad. 



XVIII. XiEFTOBCSA, Benth. 



Shrubs. Leaves opposite, often crowded. Peduncles filiform, lax, few- 

 fld. ; bracts small, linear ; pedicels capillary. Calyx small, 5-fid. Corolla 

 small, campanulate, slightly gibbous at the base, white; limb obscurely 

 2-lipped ; lobes 5, subequal, round. Stamens 4 perfect, included ; anther- 

 cells ellipsoid, divergent at the base, ultimately confluent at the apex. 

 Ovary sessile, ellipsoid ; disc ; style linear, stigma small subcapitate ; 

 placentae deeply intruded, of 2 plates, bearing ovules on both faces. Capsule 

 linear or oblong, septicidally 2-valved ; margins of the valves iuflexed 

 bearing the placentEe, valves soon or late 2-partite. Seeds minute, ellipsoid, 

 smooth. — Species 2, in N. and E. Bengal. 



1. Xi. multiflora, Gamble Darjeeling List, 58 ; leaves elUptie acumi- 

 nate at both ends pubescent, capsule % in. linear 2-valved late or scarcely at 

 all 4-valved. Championia multiflora, Clarke Comm. 4' Cyrt. Beng. t. 68. — 

 Cyrtandracea n. 100, Griff. Itin. JVotes, p. 107. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan, alt. 3000 ft., frequent ; &r)ffith, J. D. S., &c Assam ; 

 Griffith. KhasiaMts.; alt. 2000 ft., frequent. 



A shrub, 2-6 ft. Leaves attaining 4 by Ij in., minutely crenulate, hairy on both 

 surfaces or at least on the nerves beneath ; petiole |— | in. ' Peduncles J-1 in., 

 often several fascicled on shortened lateral branches, 1-5-fld., pubescent ; bracts \ in., 

 linear ; pedicels ^f in. Calyw ^ in., persistent ; teeth linear, pubescent. Corolla 

 i in., glabrous. Ovary minutely glandular; style glabrous, about as long as the 

 ovary. Capsule glabrous, acute, beaked by the style ; valves 2, often remaining 

 attached at the apex or on one side (in the manner of Loxocarpus), ultimately again 

 2-partite. 



2. Ii. g-labra ; glabrous, leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends, 

 capsule i in. oblong 2-valved nearly from the first 4-valved. Cheilosandra 

 leptopus, Oriff. ms. ; Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1025. 



ITPPEK Assam ; Mishmee Hills, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3843). 



A shrub, closely resembling L. pubescens, but altogether glabrous. Petioles 



