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angustata, usque ad 8 cm. longa, et 2°6 cm. lata, in-pagina utraque 
glabra, costa in pagina superiore sulcata, inferiore prominente, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 infra prominentibus supra 
subprominentibus, nervis tertiariis reticulatis. /nflorescentia 
fere spicata, hirsuta, usque ad 1°6 em. longa; bracteae lanceolato- 
lineares, 4 mm. longae; bracteolae subulatae, 1:5 mm. longae; 
pedicelli brevissimi. Calyx fere ad basem 5-fidus, segmentis 
lanceolato-linearibus acutis 6 cm. longis dense glandulose-hir- 
sutis. Corolla alba, extra dense hirsuta, tubo cylindrico in parte 
superiore leviter ampliato 1 em. longo basi1°3 mm. fauce 2 mm. 
diametro, lobis subaequalibus 6-5 em. longis 3-4-5 cm. latis. 
Stamina fertilia duo 7 mm. supra tubi basem inserta, filamentis 
1 mm. longis, antheris 2 mm. longis; pollinis granula ellipsoidea 
52 p longa 32» diametro. Discus inconspicuus, vix 0-5 mm. altus. 
Ovarium eylindricum, 2 mm. altum, 0-75 mm. diametro, minutis- 
sime puberulum; stylus 1-1 cm. longus, inferne hirsutus. 
Cotomsia. Fusagasuga, white hedgerow flower in lanes and 
paths between coffee plantations, fl. April, Mrs. J. A. Tracey 24; 
Arizal, in forest shade, 1700 m., fl. May; Kalbreyer. 
Arber parva, trunco erismis instructo cortice pallido, 
ramulis albis juventute dense pubescentibus. Folia  sub- 
verticillata, obovata vel elliptica, acuminata, basi cordata, 
9-20 cm. longa, 4:5-6:5 cm. lata, glabra, nervis lateralibus 
10-30 utrinque, petiolo tomentoso brevissimo. Racemi 
cm. longi, axillares (etiam in foliorum delapsorum axillis); 
rhachi pedicellisque pubescentibus; bracteae 3 mm. oyatae, 
obtusae; pedicelli articulati, 3-5 mm. longi. Calyz in alabastro 
apice extremo pubescens, ceterum glaber; sepala circa 7 mm. 
bracteis parvis 1-2 lanceolatis instructi. Sepala inaequalia, 
exteriora late ovata, subito acuminata, paucis ciliolis exceptis 
labra. Ovarium leviter trilobum, minute squamatum vel tuber- 
culatum, tuberculis apicibus 1-2 setis simplicibus instructis; styli 
extus leviter setulosi. Capsula triloba, circa 1-2-1:3 cm. diametro, 
tuberculata, demum glabra. Semina brunnea, globosa. 
pia. Orissa: Angul; in rocky ravines of the mountains of 
Mayurbhanj, Comber. 
his species is named after Mr. Comber, of the Tudian Forest 
Service, who kindly visited one of the localities in Angul, where it 
grows, until he had collected all stages of the flower and fruit. 
_ slightly modify the description of the genus as originally pub- 
lished in Hooker’s Icones (Vol XVI, 1887, PL 1687). hot 
