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oblong rounded. Stamens 2, filaments thick with slen- 

 der bases, anthers reniform. Style shorter than the co- 

 rolla pubescent. Stigma capitate. Capsule f inch rather 

 thick cylindric with a short beak. 



Pahang, Tahan River (Ridley 2165). 



Endemic. Quite unlike any other species of Didymo- 

 carpus known to me, and it might perhaps be generically 

 distinguished. 



5. Chirita, Buch-Ham. 



Herbs or slender shrubs. Leaves opposite often un- 

 equal, or whorled or alternate elliptic or ovate. Pedun- 

 cles axillary one or more flowered. Bracts free or 

 connate, small or large, calyx 5 lobed with acute lobes, 

 usually large. Corolla infundibuliform or tubular ven- 

 tricose blue or white, two lipped, lobes rounded. Stamens 

 2, filaments filiform geniculate, anthers rounded connivent 

 often hairy. Disc annular. Ovary cylindric linear. Style 

 usually long. Stigma ovate or narrow, bifid. Capsule 

 long cylindric. . 



Species 26. India, China and Malayjlslands. 



Bracts free. 

 Stem tall branched cymes axillary 1. C. elata 



Stem 12 inches or less, cymes subterminal. 

 Leaves ovate. Corolla 1 \ inch long 2. C. caliginosa 



Corolla | inch long 3. C. viola 

 Leaves lanceolate alternate 4. C. sericea 



Bracts connate B 



Tube J inch long, limb short 5. C. rupestris 



Tube very short, limb ovate 6. C. Glasgovii 



1. Ch. elata, Ridl., Journ. Linn. Soc, XXXII, 518. 



A tall rough herb 2 feet high, stem angled branched. 

 Leaves 3 to 6 inches long 1^-3 inches wide ovate in- 

 aequilateral acute toothed, hairy, with elevated nerves 



R, A. Soc/ No. 43, 1905. 



