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Lophantlius BKXTH. 



Lophanthus formosanus II AY ATA sp. \M\-.=Lophanthus rugosus HAY ATA 

 (Jen. Intl. p. 5G. (iion FISCH. et MEY.) Herba basi suffruticosa circ. 60cm. longa 

 erecta recta tetragona 3-4 nim. lata glabra. Folia opposita tenuitcr mcm- 

 branacea ovato-triangularia 7-9 cm. longa 4-4 J cm. lata apice acuminata l>asi 

 late truncata vel leviter cordata margine ]ra3ter basin acumenque crcnato- 

 (k-ntata. deutibus obtusissimis vel semi-rotundatis ascendentibus, supra glabra 

 subtus toiiuiter hirsuta impresso-punctata, subtns pallidiora, petiolis 2-3 cm. 

 longi*. Racemi terminates cylindrici, verticillastris a se 1-2 cm. remotis sur- 

 8iim plus approximatis, pedunculis racernorum 3-4 cm. longis, verticillastris 

 srssilibus vel pedunculatis 5-10-floratis, pediccllis J 1 mm. longis glabris. Calyx 

 tubuloso-campanulatus tenuiter liirsutus vel glabcr 7 mm. longus 3 mm. latits 

 15-iicrvatus apice 5-lobatus, lobis oblongo-triangularibus 3mm. longis 1^ mm. latis 

 apice acuminatis secus marginem et medium costatis basi baud contractis in- 

 tus glabri-s. Corolla tubulosa sursum 7mm. longa 2 3 mm. lata apice breviter 

 extus ]>revissiuie hirsuta 2-lahiata, labro superiore late rotundato 2 mm. lato 1 

 mm. longo apice 2-lobato, loljis i mm. longis. labro inferiore latissimo 3-loba- 

 to, ](l)o medio latissimc rotundato 3 mm. lato 1^ mm. longo apice rotundato 

 vel tenuiter emarginato basi contracto, lobis lateralibus ininutis late rotundatis 

 i mm. longis. Stamina 4 didynama, auterioribtis longioribus, erecta supra 

 labrum superius exserta, anthcris glabris olilongis, loculis parallelis, filamentis 

 glabris. stylo validiusculo apice breviter 2-iido. ramis sub^uilougis. Ovariuui 

 4-partittim, partibus obovoideis apice hirsutis vel pilis fasciculatis instructis. 

 Discus sub ovario aimularis ^ mm. altus aiiteriore elevatus. 

 HAB. Suisba, Shushugai, leg. C. OWATAIU, Jan. 1898. 

 Differs from L. rucjosus, by the much longer calyx and corolla. According 

 to BRIQUET (in Pfhmzenfarnilicn IV-3 a, p. 233), Agastadie is separated from 

 Lopliantltus by the position of stamens. In the former, the posterior stamens 

 are descending, while the anterior ones arc ascending ; in the latter genus, the 

 posterior stamens are ascending, while the anterior ones more or less straight - 

 patent. In my opinion, however, these differences in the position of stamens 

 arc not to be regarded as a sufficient character by which the two genera may 



