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orbicularia, maxima cum petiolo 7 poll. longa, sed s:pius dimidio 
minora, acuminata, basi rotundata vel plus minus cuneata, 
crenato-dentata, interdum irregulariter, utrinque villosula, subtus 
pallidiora; petiolus gracilis, laminam sspe zquans. ‘Flores albi 
(teste Henry), parvi, 7-8 lineas longi, subsessiles, verticillastris 
sessilibus multifloris densissimis, bracteis minutissimis vel obso- 
letis; calyx levitér obliquus, subinflato-tubulosus, extus longe 
hispidulo-pilosus, intus obscure parceque strigillosus, 10-nervis, 
nervis alternis sinuum obscuris, subequaliter 5-dentatus, dentibus 
brevibus deltoideis apice callosis; corolle dense sericeo-villose 
tubus angustus, fere rectus, intus annulatus, quam limbus fere 
duplo longior; limbus subzqualiter bilabiatus, labio postico 
erecto angusto concavo, labio antico subequaliter angusteque 
3-lobato lobis rotundatis ; stamina 4, breviter exserta, filamentis 
leviter barbatis, antherarum loculis divaricatis ; stylus inequali- 
ter bifidus, stamina equans. Nucule glabri, triquetre, truncate. 
Huren: Ichang, Patung, Nanto and mountains to the north-^ 
ward (4. Henry, 720, 1575, 1910, 3576 !). Herb. Kew. 
qo? 2. Phlomis gracilis, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba perennis ?, erecta, hispidula, caulibus tetragonis gracili- 
bus rigidis retrorsim strigillosis simplicibus vel supra medium 
pauciramosis, internodiis inferioribus quam folia ssepius longiori- 
bus. Folia petiolata, tenuia, fere membranacea, lanceolata, cum 
petiolo usque ad 4 poll. longa, utrinque sepius longe attenuata, 
acuta, supra basin attenuatum crenato-serrata, utrinque precipue 
secus costam venasque minute strigillosa. Flores albi, maeulosi 
(teste Henry), 8-9 lineas longi, brevissime pedicellati, in quaque 
axilla szepius 2-4, interdum solitarii, interdum 5-6 aggregati; calyx 
turbinatus, retrorsim strigillosus, 10-nervis, dentibus e basi lata 
subulatis patentibus tubum fere s: quantibus ; coroll: tubusomnino 
inclusus, intus supra medium annulo piloso lobato instructus ; 
labium postieum extus pilosum, erectum, complieatum, stamina 
amplectens, quam tubus dimidio longius; labium anticum patens, . 
trilobatum, sinuatum ; stamina 4, leviter exserta, antherarum 
loeulis parallelis. Nucule (mature non vise) triquetrz, glabre, 
apice truncate simul rugose. 
Hvuveu : Ichang, Nanto and mountains to the northward 
CA. Henry, 2089, 4111 !). Herb. Kew. 
Allied to P. rugosa, Benth., in the long ealyx-teeth, but 
differing in the very short corolla-tube as well as in the foliage. 
