406 



rectum cum labio infimo efficiens. Capsula ovoidea, in calyce 

 inclusa; semina globosa, longitudinaliter brunneo-costata. — 

 V. caerulea, Coll. et HemsL in Jouru. Liiiii. Soc, "vol. xxyiii, 

 p. 101, vis Linn. 



Indo-Chixa; Burma: Slian Hills Plateau; Eoni, 1540 m,, 

 Collett 469; Maymyo Plateau, 1050 m., Lace 3151, 4845, 

 5488, 5505. 



Strobilanthes mogokensis, Lace [AcantKaceae-Ruellieae] ; a 



S. tamburense, C, B. Clarke, spicis angustioribus, bracteis lanceo- 

 lato-oblongis, corolla longiore recedit. 



Frutex lignosus, caulibus sulcatis pallide brunneis praesertim 

 ad nodes lenticellatis ; ramuli juventute pilis albis glandulosis 

 transverse septatis tecti, demumglabri. Folia late ovata, breviter 

 acuminata, sumnio apice obtusa, inferiora basi truncata vel subito 

 anguste cuneata, superiora truncata, sessilia, anguste cordata, 

 usque ad 6 cm. longa, 4-5 cm. lata, cbartacea pilis albis latis trans- 

 verse septatis pagina utraque glanduloso-pubescentia, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinsecus 6-7 tenuibus supra conspicuis subtus promi- 



cm 



rum 



mulos 



breves laterales terminantes et pauce in foliis supremis axillares, 

 glanduloso-pubescentes, ad 5 cm. longae, vix 1 cm. diametro; 

 bracteae lanceolato-oblongae, 1 cm. longae; bracteolae anguste 

 lanceolatae, 7-8 mm. longae, ut bracteae extra glanduloso- 

 pubescentes, intra glabrae. " Calyx 1 cm. longus, fere ad basem 

 bilabiatus, labio altero magis minusve ad medium lobato altero 

 fere ad basem 2-fido, lobis omnibus lanceolatis acute acuminatis 

 ciliatis dorso glanduloso-pubescentibus intra adpresse pubescen- 

 tibus. Corolla arcuata, praeclare late ventricosa, 3 cm. longa, 

 extra sparse pubescens intra nisi ad staminum insertionem glabra, 



Stamina 4, fila- 



mm 



mentis fere glabris nisi ad basem. bvarium pilis erectis albo- 



^.x uiijim;. ajjiue ^jeuniceiiaxum, stylo Z'O cm. longo superne puis 

 longiusculis albis divaricatis instructo. Capsula 1 cm. longa, 

 apieem versus pubescens; semina 2-5 mm. longa, fere 2 mm. lata, 

 complanata, pilis brevibus elasticis tecta. 



Indo-Chika. Burma: Ruby Mines District, Bernardmyo to 

 Mogok, 1850 m., Lace 6018. 



Gutzlaffia gland ulosa, Lace [Acanthaceae-Ruellieae] ; babitu 



G. exareolatae* similis sed seminibus baud glabris difpert. 



Frutex, caule sulcato fere glabro. Folia ovato-lanceolata 



15 cm. long 



membran 



acuminata 



nore pilis albis crassis bic illic instructa, inferiore ad nervos pilis 

 adpressis reilexis dense instructa praetereaque pilis albis crassis 

 tranverse septatis ad nervos nervulosque praesertim superne et 

 margmem versus additis, nervis lateralibus utrinsecus 8-10 

 arcuatis supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus, acumine excepto 

 serrato-crenata, petiolo 0-5-2.5 cm. longo breviter pubescente 



*S''nti'^ ea^areoZafa, Lace. comb. nov. = Strobilanthes exareolatns, 



O. i?, Clarke, 



