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gracilliraum longiusculum desinentia, utrinque prsecipue infra in 

 venis obscuriuscnle strigillosa ; vence laterales primarise utrinque 

 ca. 8 ; stipiilce triangulares apice rotunda tie mox reflexa? persistentes. 

 liifl orescent ia pro rata paucitiora laxiuscula axillaris subumbellata, 

 pediDiculo manifesto apice bracteis duobus lanceolatis acutis glabratis 

 onusto. Pedicelli graciles, plerumque eonspicui. Calycis lobi inter 

 breviores, attenuati tamen, lineari-lanceolati acuti pro i-ata elongati 

 subglabri, ovarium densissime griseo-strigosum duplo excedentes. 

 Corolla inter minores tubularis insuper extus strigosa infra glabmta. 



No. 1411. " Climbing in Amomum-ihickQt by stream, forest. 

 Corolla dark-greenish-purple." 



Allied to S. venosa, and distinct in the venation of the leaves, 

 the few- flowered, lax inflorescence with manifest bracts, and th^' 

 relatively long calyx-lobes. Leaves ±: 8 cm. X 4 cm., with stalk 

 from 1 cm. to more than 3 cm. long ; stipules -dhoxit 5 mm. or longti-, 

 and 4 mm. broad at base. Peduncle ± 6 mm. ; bracts 5 mm. x 

 1*2 mm. ; pedicels .up to about 3 mm. Calyx-lohes, as much as 5 mm. 

 long ; ovary little more than 1 mm. in depth. Corolla about 

 1 cm. long ; the lobes, short and narrow, apparently remain erect. 



Bertiera (§ Capitate) bityensis, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramulis junioribus dense griseo-sericeo-tomentosis ; jiores 

 denso in capitulo sessili terminali dispositi ; calycis ubique densissime 

 sericei limbus subinteger v. obscure necnon brevissime lobatus. 

 Fructiis (maturum non vidi) verisimiliter inter minores necnon 

 sessilis. 



(See key to species in my Monogr. in Journ. Bot. 1. 117 (1912).) 



No. 1289. " Shinib, forest." Externally this species resembles 

 P. gloliceps K. Schum. ; but it may be distinguished readily by the 

 form and lobing of the calyx. 



The thickness of a branch 3 dm. from the apex is but 3 mm. 

 The mature leaves are pergamaceous, about 17 cm. long and 5*5 cm. 

 broad, with petiole rarely longer than 6 mm. ; the leaf-surface is 

 glabrous above, except for the sparsely strigose midrib ; the undei'- 

 side is rather densely silky upon the main veins, and sparsely silky 

 between them. The membmnous stipules are lengthily oblong, 

 as much as 1*5 cm. long, but not more than 4 mm. broad, not 

 noticeably acuminate, but with acute apex, and strigose dorsal midrib 

 so prominent as to be almost carinate, the blade of the stipule being 

 glabrate. Capitulum 3-4 cm. in diameter. Calyx barely 5 mm. 

 long. The tube of the corolla consists of a lower subcylindrical 

 portion, 5-6 mm. long, and an u])per subglobular part 4 mm. long 

 and 4 mm. in diameter ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, with very acute 

 apex, 2-5-3 mm. long. Anthers linear 3"5-3-8 mm. long. 



Taeenxa btpindensis Wernham in Cat. Talb. Nig. PI. 180. 

 Chomelia hipindensis K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxiii. 339 

 (1903). 



No. 1380. "Vine on undergrowth, forest. Corolla sap-green." 



Take>>a el-WO-fusca S. M<iore in .lourn. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 302 

 (1900). Choinclia favo-fusca K. Schum. loc. cit. supra. 



