Gomphostemma.] —cxm. tasata. (J. D. Hooker.) 699 
Stem 2-3 ft., flexuous, rooting for halfitslength. Leaves membranous, sometimes 
sparsely hairy above, nerves beneath puberulous, base acute ; petiole 3-1 in.. Bracts 
ovate or lanceolate. Corolla 1% in. long, pubescent ; throat inflated, 4 in. diam. 
Nutlets scarlet. 
13. G. velutinum, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 13, Lab. 649, 
and in DC. Prodr. xi. 559; densely velvety-tomentose, stem prostrate 
rooting below, leaves 11-2 in. thick petioled elliptic subacute crenate, 
whorls few-fld., bracts equalling the calyx slender, calyx 4 in. villous, teeth 
lanceolate. Wall. Cat. 2709. 
ASSAM, Sinner and Kuasta Mrs., ascending to 4000 ft. ; Wallich, &c. 
Stem flexuous or tortuous. Leaves the smallest of the Indian species, equally 
velvety on both surfaces; base cuneate ; petiole 3-1 in. Corolla 1 in., tube rather 
short; throat long, moderately inflated. 
14. G. ovatum, Wall. Cat. 2155; stem short suberect, petioles whorls 
and leaves beneath softly tomentose, leaves 4-6 in. long-petioled broadly 
elliptic obtuse crenate puberulous above, whorls few-fld., bracts longer than 
the calyx ovate leafy, calyx 4 in., teeth narrowly lanceolate, corolla 14 in., 
tube and throat long. 
TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 3—4000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stem ascending or suberect, not creeping, 10-12 in. Leaves membranous, base 
cuneate; petiole 1-3 in. Bracts as in G. strobilinum. Corolla pale yellow, 
pubescent, tube gradually dilating into the funnel-shaped throat. 
15. G. Mastersii, Benth. in Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T.; stem short 
ascending and leaves beneath and whorls pubescent or tomentose, leaves 
petioled 4-8 in. broadly (rarely narrowly) elliptic ovate obtuse toothed or 
crenate pubescent or setose or subsilky above, whorls few-fld., bracts equal- 
ling the calyx lanceolate with filiform points, outer sometimes ovate, calyx 
1-1 in., teeth lanceolate, points very slender, corolla 2 in., tube long. G. 
melissæfolium, Wa. Cat. 2157, in part. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 3000 ft. ; J. D. H. Assam, Kuasta Mrs., ascending to 
4000 ft., SILARET and CACHAR; Wallich, &c. . 
A very variable plant, possibly not distinct from G. ovatum. Root-tubers fusiform, 
l-lin. long. Leaves in some specimens with long spreading hairs on 4 e "pper 
surface, in others with deep irregular crenatures, in others with a roun or ever 
cordate base; petiole 1-23 in. Whorls occasionally shortly peduncled (as in 
pedunculatum). Corolla pubescent, ochreous, yellow, tube gradually dilating i 
the throat. 
52. LEUCOSCEPTRUM, Smith. 
A tomentose or villous shrub or small tree. Leaves large. Whorls in 
dense olada terminal spikes, bracts large, transversely oblong caducous. 
Calyx campanulate decurved, teeth rounded. Corolla minute, o ed 
lobes rounded, upper largest. Stamens very far exserted, filamen s yery 
long, straight in flower, diverging, pubescent below ; anthers reni Hm 
l-celled, very short. Style-arms minute, subulate. —JNut/ets elong 
cuneate, triquetrous. 
L. canum, Sm. Exot. Bot. ii. 113, t. 116; Benth. in Wall. Bo As. 
Rar. i. 58; Wall. Cat. 2093. Teucrium macrostachyum, Wall. in iB ent]. 
Lab. 664; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xi 574; Gamble Ind. Timbers, 302, and 
List of Trees, &e., of Darjeeling, 62. Clerodendron Leucoicep rm H 
Prodr. 103. Buddleia, Griff. Notul. iv. 125; Itin. Notes, n. , 
