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basi rotundata vel subcordata, obscurissime dentieulata, utrinque 

 densissirne appresso-lanata, mollissima, supra argentea, subtus 

 fulva, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 7, subtus sat 

 conspicuis ; petioli crassi, fulvo-lanati, 2-3 # 5 cm. longi. Flares 

 parvi, in cymas densas compositas pedunculatas circiter 15 cm. 

 diametro dispositi. Inflorescentia omnino piloso-hirsata. Bracteae 

 angustae, quam flores breviores. Calyx dense albo-pilosus ; seg- 

 menta lanceolata, 6-7 mm. longa, acuta, erecta. Corolla sub- 

 bilabiata, circiter 1 cm. longa. Stamina 2 ; filamenta brevia, 

 carnosa, dolabriformia ; antherae magnae, arete conniventes. 

 Ovarium pubescens. Capsula linearis, matura ignota. 



Solomon Islands. 



M.Woodfi 



0^ 486. Pogostemon (Paniculata) Grriffithii, Prain [Labiatae- 



Satureineae] ; species distincta foliis eis P. elsholtzioidis, Benth., 

 simillimis sed floribus potius P. Heyneano, Benth., affinis. 



Herba erecta, ramosa, *5-l m. alta. Caiiles ramique graciles, 

 obscure 4-goni, appresse puberuli vel pubescentes. Folia ramisque 

 opposita, decussata, membranacea, ovato = vel oblongo-lanceolata, 

 apice acuminata, basi cuneata, margine basi integro excepto serrata, 

 utrinque sed praesertim subtus secus nervos parce subappresse 

 pubescentia, 10 cm. longa, 2*5-3 cm. lata ; petioli 1 cm. longi, 

 appresse puberuli. Verticillastri in spicis simplicibus 2-6 cm. 

 longis 8 mm. latis caules ramosque terminanttbus aggregati, 

 inferiores internodiis 5 mm. longis remoti, superiores approximate 

 Calyx anguste campanulatus, 4 mm. longus, extra parce pubescens, 

 lobis 5 anguste triangulis aequalibus tubo duplo brevioribus. 

 Corolla carnea, 7 mm. longa lobo antico ceteris parum ma j ore, 

 glabra. Filamenta subadscendentia, barbata. Styli rami subae- 

 quales, 25 mm. longi. Nuculae ovoideae, glabrae. 



BURMA. Hukung Valley, between Keouk Seik and the Serjjen- 

 tine Mines, 100-150 m., Griffith, 3962 [K.D.] 



This species, though very different in respect of inflorescenci , 

 bears, as regards leaves, a close resemblance to P. elsholtzioideSj and 

 was distributed under that name, with the number quoted above, 



in 1862-3. 



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A$ 487. Rheum globulosum, Gage [Polygonaceae-Rumiceae] ; species 

 nana, in grege Deserticolarum cl. Maximo wiczio propositi ponenda, 

 a caeteris tamen hujus gregis statura minima, habit u 1-foliato, 

 inflorescentia globoso-eapitata magnopere differt. 



Hi 



Rhizoma incrassa- 



tum, breve, repens, collo 6 mm. diametro, stipularum scariosarum 

 brunnearum reliquiis dense vestito. Folium solitarium, petio* 



cum 



niformis vel reniformi-orbicularis, basi cordata vel sinuata, apice 



integra vel obscure lobau 

 rppftprtim flimra corruirata 



longa 



i, 2-3 cm. lata ; petiolus 2 cm. longus, in faciem laminae 

 inferiorem radiatim in nervis latis regulariter iterum bifurcatis 

 productus. Inflorescentia simplex, globoso-capituiiformis ; capi- 

 tulum 1-2-2 cm. diametro ; pedunculus 3*8-5 cm. longus, termi- 

 nalis. Flores breviter pedicellati, 6 mm. longi. Perianthn 



