03. RUBIACEJE. 93 



Mussaenda kotoensis HAYATA (PL IV.) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 143. 



Mussasnda macrophytta MATSUM. in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XIV. p. 147 : 

 MATSUM. et HAYATA Ennm. PI. Formos. p. 188, (non WALL). 



Shrubby herb, brandies terete, slightly angulate, with pith in the center, 

 leiiticels oblong, a few barbate on the nodes, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 

 somewhat larger, membranaceous or thinly chartaceo-membranaceous, oblong 

 or obovate-oblong, 20-24 cm. long 8-10 cm. broad, cuspidate-acuminate at the 

 apex, cimeate-acute at the base, slightly hairy on the costa and veins on 

 both surfaces, otherwise glabrous, lateral veins 9-10 011 each side, basal lateral 

 veins diverging with an acute angle and parallel to the margin, medial 

 lateral veins erect-ascending with an angle 40 from the costa, arcuate up- 

 wards, very pale on the lower surface, petioles 5 cm. long, stipules interpetiolar 

 very broad, 12 mm. broad 8 mm. long, barbate on the outside at the inser- 

 tion, smooth but setose on the inside, (s?ta finger-like, many,) 2-fid at the 

 apex, lobes divergent, margin ciliate and reflexed. Cymes terminal, 10cm. 

 long as broad ; floral leaves 1 or 2 somewhat larger, whitish membranaceous, 

 ovate-cordate, 11 cm. long, 7i cm. broad, cuspidate-acute at the apex, rounded- 

 cordate at the base or rounded-acute, shortly attenuate at the very base, 

 margin ciliate, scarcely hairy on the costa and veins on both surfaces, other- 

 wise smooth, distinctly 5-nerved, nerves divergent with an acute angle, bracts 

 palmately trilobed, densely hairy outside, scarcely hairy inside, densely hairy 

 on the insertion, central lobe narrowly acute at the apex, larger, 8 mm. long, 

 2 mm. broad, lateral lobes ovate-acute shorter. Calyx densely hairy cylindrical- 

 obconical, 5 mm. long, lobes triangulari- lanceolate, 8 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, 

 acuminate, densely hairy on the outside, scarcely pubescens on the inside. 

 Corolla-buds cylindrical, slightly dilata.te and acute at the apex, 5-costate 

 densely hairy on the outside, (hairs 2 mm. long), tube 23 mm. long, inside very 

 densely villosely barbate, glabrous near the base. Limbs of the corolla patent, 

 5-fid, lobes ovate, 5 mm. long, cuspidate-acute at the apex, hairy out- 

 side, glabrous inside, grayish rubescent in a dried specimen. Stamens inserted 

 on or near the base of the corolla, filaments short, 14 mm. long, anthers 

 linear 5i mm. long, connectives slightly produced, obtuse at the apex, with an 

 appendage at the apex of the cells, appendages obtuse. Style short, 3 mm. 

 long, 4-5-fid at the apex. Disk annular. 



