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NEW INDIAN DID Y MO CA R PI. 
Herba gracilis, debilis, circiter 8— 10 cm, alta, caule flexuoso sparse albo- 
pilosulo. Folia radicalia nulla ; caulina 2 — 3, paria, in apice approximata 
vel nonnunquam 1 — 2 inferiori parti caulis addita, superiora fere sessilia, 
inferiora 3 — 20 mm, petiolata, 3-8 cm. longa, 2—3 5 cm. lata, ovata vel 
obovata vel elliptica, apice acuminata vel obtusa vel rotundata vel etiani 
emarginata, basi rotundata vel cuneata, margine serratulata vel sub- 
integra, ciliata, supra capillis albo-nitentibus plus minus ve dense adpresse 
pilosula, infra parcius ; nervi utrirque 6 — 7, supra immersi, infra distinc- 
tiores. Mores 2 — 3, in axillis superioribus, pedicellis circiter 1 cm. longis. 
Calyx 8 — 10 mm. longus, 3 mm. latus, tubulosus, dense adpresse albo- 
nitenti-pilosulus, intus glaber, in lobos lineares acutos pilosulos ad tertiam 
partem fissqs. Corolla 4 — 5 cm. longa, in medio 1 cm. lata, a basi 2 mm. 
late ampliata, lobis quinque subaequalibus ; in sicco tubus atro-purpureus, 
fauces et' lobi albo-lutei. Stamina duo, inclusa, antheris cohserentibus, 
tilamentis pilosulis; staminodia duo. Ovarium lineare, breviter stipitalum, 
pilosulum, stigmate circulari indiviso. 
Burma : — Gokteik Gorge, altitude No. 1,500 ft. Lace , 4,152 ! Types 
in the herbaria of Calcutta and Kew. 
Didymocarpus Hodge ri Smith et Banerji, sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate D. cyanea Ridley ex Malaysia sed foliis basi 
plus minusve rotundatis adpresse pilosis flore minore tubo angustiore, 
colore diverso distincta : habitu inflorescentia calyce 5-partita pubes- 
cente accedit. 
Herba fere acaulis. Folia radicalia vel subradicalia, ssepius 2 — 4, 
opposita, insequalia, elliptica vel ovato* elliptica, apice obtusa, basiinaequa- 
liter cordatula vel rotundata, 10 — 15 cm. longa, 5 — 8 cm. lata, crenato- 
serrata, supra adpresse cano-pilosa, subtus pallidiora, glabrescentia venis 
pilosis exceptis, glandulis minutis sparsis instructa, venis utrinque 7—8 
vix prominentibus ; petioli 4—6 cm. longi. In-florescentice cymosse pauci- 
florge, ssepius 3— 5-floriferaa, longepedunculatse, 1 — 3 in axillis foliorum 
subradicalium ortse, foliis breviores ; pedunculi suberecti, flexuosi, circiter 
10— -15 cm. longi, glandulose albo-pubescentes ; pedicelli circiter 1 — 2 cm. 
longi ; bracteae lineares vel lineari-lanceolatae, circiter 5 mm. longac^ 
glandulose albo-pubescentes. Calyx usque ad imum in 5 — ^6 lobos sube- 
rectos lineares vel lineari-lanceolatos circiter 1*2 cm. longos capillis albis 
glandulosis sparse indutos partitus. Corolla circiter 3 cm. longa, glabra, 
in sicco rubra, purpureo-lineata ; tubus cylindricus, 2*5 cm. longus, basi 
2 mm. latus, superne gradatim ad 5 mm. ampliatus ; lobi insequales, 
rotundati, patentee. Stamina duo antica perfecta, filamentis glabris infra 
medium tubi insertis, antheris connatis ; staminodia tria. Ovarium lineare, 
