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Near Strobllantlics formosanus MOORE ; but differs from it in having glab- 

 rous leaves and in the lanceolate acuminate bracts. The leaves of S. fonno- 

 xtmus are hirsute, and the bracts of the same species are ovate and nearly 

 obtuse. 



StrGbilanth.es longespicatus HAY ATA sp. iiov. Caulis erectus 4 ped. 

 altus ramosus, ramis subtetragonis glabris. Folia oblonga vel oblougo-lanceo- 

 lata 13 cm. louga 4 j- cm. lata apice acuta basi cuneato-attenuata margine 

 obscure remoteque serrulata chartacea utraque giabra, venis venulisque utraque 

 pngine elevatis, pstiolis 2-3 cm. longis. Flores quasi-spicati, spicis axillaribns 

 vel terminalibus 10-15 cm. longis ; ilores ad nodos spicte oppositi sessiles 

 bracteis singulis bracteolis duabus instructi ; bracteis lineari-lanceolatis Ijcm. 

 longis 5 mm. latis apice ahteuuatis ad summum obtusis basi truncatis hand 

 contractis chartaceis concavis ad rhachiii aclpressis glabris ; bracteolis lineari- 

 .lanceolatis minoribus 2] mm. longis 1]- mm. latis apice acnminalis basi obtusis 

 glabris margine hirsutis iutus glabris erectis ad calycem adpressis. Calyx 

 -erectus (tubus brevissimus 2 mm. longus) fere 5-partitus, segmentis erectis 

 linearibus sequalibus 13 mm. longis 2-3 mm. latis apice acuminatis margine 

 hirsutis iutus extusque glabris dorso 1-eostatis, costis plus minus carinatis. 

 Corolla cyliudrica 5 cm. louga fauce 1.1 cm. lata basi subito contracta ad tubum 



1 cm. longum 3 mm. latum abeuns extus giabra recta haud vel vix recurva ; 

 limbus subpatens 5-lobatus, lobis subtequalibus triaugulari-rotundatis 8 mm. 

 longis totiusque latis apice obtusis retusis. Corolla extus giabra intus deorsum 

 tenuissime barbata. Stamina didynama, filamentis cum tubo corollas alte 

 connatis hirsutis, partibus liberis 2-10 mm. lougis, posterioribus brevioribus 



2 mm. longis, anterioribus longioiibus 10 mm. longis, antheris 2-locularibus 

 oblougis apice tmncatis basi alte 2-lobatis, lobis obtusis glabris, loculis 

 parallelis. Stylus filiformis 3 cm. longus hirsutus apice plus minus incrassatus 

 recurvus, lobo postico obsolete. Ovarium cylindiico-oblongum :apice pauce 

 hirsutum. CapsuLi linearis giabra 17 mm. longa 4 mm. lata. Semina 4 

 oblongo-rotundata 3 mm. longa valde complanata hirsuta, retinaculis acutis. 



HAB. Taito : Haroye, leg. KOBAYASHI, Oct. 1907, No. 6011. 

 Remarkable for the very long erect spikes with acuminate persistent 

 bracts. 



