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GESNERIACEAE 



RHYNCHOGLOSSUM Blume 



RHYNCHOGLOSSUM OBLIQUUM Blume Bijdr. (1826) 741. 



AMBOINA, Mahiya, Rel. Robins. 1729, August 12, 1913, on limestone rocks 

 at an altitude of about 300 meters. 



Burma through Malaya and the Philippines to Timor and Amboina, with 

 a variety in India. 



EPITHEMA Blume 



EPITHEMA BRUNONIS Dene. var. LONGIPETIOLATUM var. nov. 



A typo differt foliis majoribus, usque ad 12 cm longis, in- 

 ferioribus longe petiolatis, petiolo 7 ad 10 cm longo. 



The leaves are equilateral or nearly so, broadly subtruncate- 

 rounded to shallowly cordate at the base. The lower petioles 

 attain a maximum length of 10 cm, those of the upper leaves 

 shorter, rarely as short as 1.5 cm. 



Amboina, Halong, Rel. Robins. 1727, September 26, 1913, on limestone 

 rocks at an altitude of from 50 to 100 meters, flowers pale blue. 



TRICHOSPORUM Blume 



TRICHOSPORUM AMBOINENSE sp. nov. § Holocalyx. 



Frutex scandens inflorescentiis exceptis glaber ; foliis breviter 

 petiolatis, crasse coriaceis, in siccitate pallidis, ovatis ad elliptico- 

 ovatis, 3 ad 4 cm longis, obtusis ad brevissime late acuminatis, 

 basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, 

 solitariis vel binis, breviter pedunculatis subtrifloris, parce 

 pubescentibus ; calycis cylindraceis, subtruncatis, late breviter 

 denticulatis, extus parce pubescentibus, 8 ad 10 mm longis; 

 corolla coccinea, sursum gradatim ampliata, circiter 3 cm longa, 

 extus parce pilosa, tubo leviter curvato; capsulis 8 ad 17 cm 

 longis, circiter 3 mm diametro. 



Amboina, Mahiya, Rel. Robins. 1728, August 12, 1913, hanging over rocks 

 at an altitude of about 300 meters; locally known as manumpang. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with Trichosporum (Aeschy- 

 nanthus) volubile (Jack) Nees, from which it differs in its somewhat smaller 

 leaves; shorter, pubescent calyx; and distinctly longer corolla. 



ACANTHACEAE 



JUSTICIA Linnaeus 



JUSTICIA PROCUMBENS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 15. 



Rostellularia procumbens Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. 3 (1833) 101, 

 DC. Prodr. 11 (1857) 371. 

 Bali, Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2527, July 7, 1913. 

 Widely distributed in the tropics of the Old World. 



