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Sectio iii. BRACHYSTEMMA. 
Flores numerosi, in panieulis axillaribus vel terminalibus. Sta- 
mina 10, quorum 5 ananthera. Capsula depresso-globo<a, 
calycem non superans.—Herba Himalaica annua sub- 
scandens diffusa, foliis lanceolatis vel ovato-laneeolatis. 
161. A. NEPALENSIS, Spreng. Syst. Veg. Cur. Post. p. 181 
(1828); D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 216 (1828) (Brachy- 
stemma calycinum). 
a. himalaica, Williams. 
Panicula glabra vel parce puberula. Folia ovato-lanceolata. 
B. khasiana, Williams. 
Panieula villosulo-pubescens. Folia lanceolata (Griffith, in 
Herb. Kew.). 
A climber, often covering trees to a height of six metres from 
the ground. It commonly occurs at from 300-450 metres in 
the Himalayas. The species is overlooked in Mr. W. B. 
Hemsley’s * Index Flore Sinensis.’ 
Geogr. limits.—N. § W. Nepal. 
S. Prov. of Assam: Munipur (G. Watt, 1882). 
E. China: prov. of Yun-nan, var. B (Dr. J. Anderson, 
1868). 
" leonogr.— Fenzl, in Endl. Atakta, t. 16 (Brachystemma 
calycinum). 
Subgenus VI. ODONTOSTEMMA. 
Sectio i. BARBATA. 
Flores dichotomo-corymbosi, pedicellis elongatis erectis suffulti ; 
bracteæ foliaceæ. 
162. A. BARBATA, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxiii. 
P. 430 (1886) ; Pl. Delavay. p. 93. 
Caulis 15-25 centim., sepius solitarius, e medio divaricato- 
ramosus, dense glandulosus, viscidus. Folia pallide virentia, 
subtus glauca, oblonga vel oblongo-obovata obtusa, longe ciliata. 
pala lanceolata glanduloso-pubescentia. Petala rosea laciuiata, 
calyce sepius subduplo longiora. Ovula plura (6-7). 
