VERBENACEAE. — CARYOPTERIS 379 
in petiolum brevem attenuata, margine revoluta integra, 1.5-2.5 cm. longa et 
3-6 mm. lata, supra glabra, atroviridia, glutinosa, subtus venis glabrescentibus 
initio glutinosis exceptis dense albido- v. cano-tomentosa, nervis utrinsecus 6-8 
adscendentibus supra obsoletis subtus colore fusco ab tomento albido bene distinctis 
et conspicuis; petioli 1-2 mm. longi, minute villosuli, flavescentes. Flores pallide 
coerulei, in cymis congestis plurifloris pedunculatis ex axillis foliorum superiorum 
orientibus et in apice ramulorum saepius corymbum 2-3 cm. diam. formantibus; 
pedunculi 0.5-1 em. longi, minute villosuli; pedicelli breves ad 1 mm. longi v. fere 
nulli; ealyx 3 mm. longus, circiter ad medium 5-partitus, lobis anguste ovatis acuti- 
usculis cinereo-tomentosis sed apice et ad costam saepe plus minusve glabrescen- 
tibus et glutinosis; corolla circiter 6 mm. longa, extus tubo et margine labii in- 
ferioris glabris exceptis dense cano-villosula, intus ad faucem annulo denso pilorum 
albidorum instructa, labio inferiore simpliciter fimbriato-dentata tubum subae- 
quante, lobis ceteris dimidio brevioribus ovatis obtusiusculis; stamina 4, labium 
inferius subaequantia, loculis antherarum parallelis; stylus staminibus subaequi- 
longus, apice bifido, ramis longiusculis. Calyx fructiferus 4-5 mm. longus; fructus 
non visus. 
Western Szech'uan: Min River valley, alt. 1600 m., August 1903 (Veitch 
Exped. No. 4309). 
This species differs from the other species of the genus in the presence of a ring 
of long white hairs closing the mouth of the corolla-tube and in the glutinous leaves 
Which are entire and whitish tomentose beneath and marked with dark veins. 
