ACANTHACE^E. 135 



margine interiore tenuiter recurvis dense ciliolatis. Corolla cylindrico-subcam- 

 panulata 3^ cm. longa apice gradatim latior 1-1^ cm. lata tenuissima glabra 

 apice 2-labiata, labro superiore breviore 2-lobato, labro inferiore longiore 3- 

 lobato, lobis requalibus rotundatis 4-5 mm. longis totiusque latis apice rotundato- 

 truncatis subintegris basi vix vel hand contractis. Corolla extus glabra intus 

 infra medium latere inferiore tenuiter longe barbata tenuissime venosa, venis 

 sursum plus minus reticulatis. Stamina inclusa inferiora 2 perfecta, superiora 

 2 ad staminodia reducta, stamina perfecta e basi corollas sursum ^ altidudine 

 oriunda, filamentis glabris latiusculis 5 mm. longis coniplanatis, connectivis fila- 

 mento subrequilongis vel eo brevioribus glabris apice latis loculum anthera3 

 singulum gerentibus, antheris uni-locularibus semi-rotundatis ei starninis al- 

 terius connatis. Staminodia 2 vermiformia 3-4 mm. longa cornplanata linearia 

 apice setosa. Discus ad basin stipitis ovarii situs annuliformi-cupuliformis 

 l^mm. latus i mm. altus. Ovarium lineare circ. 1cm. longum 1mm. latum 

 subcornplanatum stipitatum, stipitibus ^ cm. longis, stylo incluso circ. \ cm. 

 longo glabro apice 2-labiato, labris patentibus oblongis 2| mm. longis 1 mm. 

 latis obtusis. Fructus maturus ignotus ; prrematurus longe angustissime linearis 

 8 cm. longus 1 mm. latus giaber baud tortuosus. 



HAB. Boho, leg. H. INABA, Juli. (fl.), 1911 (typus!). 



Chirita anacliorata HAKCE ? in HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 212. 



Near C. anacliorata HANCE, but differs from it in the more minutely 

 serrulate leaves, in the calyx which is cleft to one third of the length, in the 

 much longer petioles and in the broader bracts. 



Aeanthaeese. 

 StrobUanthes BLUBIE. 



Strobilanthes flexicaulis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 50). Herba usque ad 

 1mm. alta. Caulis angulatus flexuosus, rarnis ramulis flexuosis glabris. Folia 

 alterna ovata vel oblongo-ovata 4i cm. longa 16mm. lata apice cuspidato- 

 acuminata ad sunimum obtusa basi rotundata ad extremitateni subito acuta 

 ad petiolum 3 mm. longum abeuntia margine serrata, costa venaque supra plus 

 elevata subtus minus elevata, venis lateralibus prirnariis utroque latere 4-5 

 arcuatis, utraque pagine tenuissime adpresseque pubescentia vel subglabrata in 



