ward to the Malayan Archipelago. The species of this 
subsection, the Breviflorae, are characterised by small flowers 
about an inch long and by purplish-black fruits. 
Description.— Shrub; branches slender, when young 
tawny-tomentose. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 
acuminate, base cordate, 1-34 in. long, 4-1 in. wide, densely 
hirsute on both surfaces; petiole 1-1 in. long. Panicles 
terminal, short; peduncles short; bracts subulate, pilose, 
x in, long; bracteoles ovate, ciliate. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, 
very short, with long hairs. Corolla 2-lipped; tube 4 in. 
long, densely yellow-pubescent outside ; upper lip 3—4-lobed, 
as long as tube; lower lip oblong, rather shorter than 
upper. Stamens exserted, subequal; filaments sparingly 
hairy below the middle; anthers about } in. long. Style 
exserted, 7 in. long, pilose. J ruit globose, purplish-black, 
3 I. across, crowned by the persistent. calyx-lobes. 
Fig. 1, flower; 2 and 3, anthers; 4, style :—all enlarged, 
