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pilose on the elevated nerves, which are impressed above, 2—4 cm. long, 

 1—2 cm. broad, secondary nerves 3 or 4 pairs, veinlets nearly parallel ; 

 petioles 3 mm. long, pilose-pubescent. Corymb shortly stalked or 

 subscssile, 2—4 cm. in diara., pilose-pubescent, dense flowered. Flowers 

 rather minute, 3 or 4 ram. across, Calyx-lohes 5, orbicular, pilose- 

 pubescent. Corolla rotate, glabrous, 5-lobed, lobes rotund. Stamens 

 5, inserted near the base of the corolla and alternate with its lobes, 

 long exsertcd ; filaments glabrous, reddisli, anthers shortly oblong. 

 Style short, thick. Fruit 



18. Rubiaceae 



31. Gallium sp. 



Sterile specimen, indeterminable. 



32. Mussendra pubescens Aiton f. ; De Candolle Prodromus IV. 

 371; Bentham, F1. Ilongk. 153 ; Fokb. et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXIII. 379 ; Hutchinson in Sargent, PI. Wils. III. 399. (At the foot.) 



Shrub, bracts white. 



19. Yalerianaceae 



33. Valeriana sp. (On the slope in moist places.) 



Herb, 3 dm. high or less, rather gracile, erect, glabrous ; internodes 

 elongated. Leaves opposite, 4 or 5 pairs present, pinnatisected, 2-3 

 juga, 4—6 cm. long (incl. petiole), submembranaceous, glabrous, seg- 

 ments elliptic, oblong, or ovate, obscureU' crenate or crenulate, acute or 

 obtuse, the lowest paired ones the smallest ; tlic terminal the largest, 

 1.5-2.5 cm. long. Petioles long or short, canaliculate above, more or 

 less ciliate along the margin. The lowest pairs of the leaves are nearly 

 at tlie very base of the stem ; tlie uppermost pair 3-5 sected, much 

 smaller than the lower ones, distant from the flower-cluster. Cyme 

 terminal 3 or 4cm. across, dense flowered, glabrous or pubescent except 

 the nodes which are furnished with a tuft of hairs. Bracts linear, 

 elongated, obtuse. Flowers rather minute, 2 mm. across, tinged with 

 purjile. Calyx glabrotis, cylindrical or angular, somewhat attenuted 

 towards the tip, 2 mm. long, limb obsolete. Corolla oi)en-campanulate, 

 limb 5-loljed, lobes ovate or subrotund. Stamens 3 exserted. Style 

 exserted, stigma colored, parted ? Achene glabrous, oblong, ovate, 

 crowned with the stigmatic remains. 



There are several species of the genus found in this region, but 



