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STROBILANTHES Blume. 



Strobilanthes cincinnalis ('. B. Clarke sp. nov. 



Foliis (oppositis paullo inaequalibus) 9 cm. longis, 3 cm. latis, ellip- 

 ticis, utrinque attenuatis, paullo denticulatis, in facie superiore a 

 rhaphidibus minutis inspersis, in facie inferiore in nervo central i 

 puberulo-scabris; petiolo 5-8 mm. longo; inflorescentia 2-4-flora, cincin- 

 nali, noribus solitariis inter se 10-15 mm. distantibus; sepalis 12-15 mm. 

 longis, lineari-oblongis, obtusis, fusco-nigris, hispido-scabris ; capsula 15 

 mm. longa, glabra; seminibus 4, hygroscopice villosis. 



Luzon, Lepanto, Mount Data (4574 Merrill) November, 1905, 2,250 m. s. m. 

 Strobilanthes Wallichii Nees, affinis. 



