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intus fauce Siecentelic Kee 4, infra faucem inserta, corollam 
aullo excedentia. Ovarium biloculare, miltiovulatutn ; ; stylus 
filiformis, apice breviter 2-ramosus, /r uctus ovoideus, crustaceus ; 
semina minuta, numerosa, angulata 
Ng-shi-shan, June, 1909. collected by Katsumata, Honghong 
Hlerb., 664 
cet with H, uncinella, Hook. et Arn., but distinet in the 
cuneate base of the leaves and in the suppression of the upper 
internode whereby a whorl-like arraheenent of four large leaves 
subtends the inflorescence as in 
\2h\ Hedyotis cryptantha, Dunn, sp. nov. Herba perennis, procum- 
_ bens, 30-40 cm, alta, praeter flores glabra; caulis inter folia 
angulata, robusta. ola = caernlescentia, anthesi ex nodis 
paucis summis magna, erecta, approximata, flores obtegentia, ceteris 
ob bases tantum persistentes internodia brevia inferiora ape 
elliptica, utrinque angustata, nginaarees basi dilatata, 20-30 cm. 
longa, papyracea, venis marginem approximantibus 62 =p ; 
stipulae magnae, margines foliorum basi dilatatas jungentes, in 
lobum 1-2 cm. longum anguste triangularem dentatum expands 
Flores in elomerulos 2 2.5 em. longos axillares collecti, albi, 2 em. 
longi, subseasiles ; ; bracteolae lineari-lanceolatae. Ca aly 15 em. 
longus, lobis 4 linearibus take, 6—8-plo longioribus. . Corolla 
tubulosa, intus fauce tomentella, 1:7-1°8 cm. longa, lobis angustis 
tubo 6-plo brevioribus patentibus. Antherae in tubo infra 
tomentum inserta et eo sessiles. Ovarinm o 
multi-ovulatum ; stylus 5 bud corollae sequilonpas, sate Pgs ges 
ovulis, membranacea, indehiscens ; semina minuta, angula 
On level oe ground near Hong-ta village, June 7th, 1893, 
Hongkong Herb., 
Though differing | in no way generically from L/edyotzs this curious 
species is rather divergent in habit from any of that genus previously 
nown from the region, having its clusters of white flowers almost 
hidden among the large leaves. 
Tora OB ithe alge Craib 
Alr from Yunnan, Cochin China, and Siam. 
an useetis satel Dunn sp. nov. Arbor parva vel frutex ; 
aulis = adpresse —— mox arar Folia gg retin bor oe 
7 mm. ‘longi. Calyx 6 
linearibus “tubo birovikee apice libero bis emcee Corolla tubu- 
losa, extus sericea, intus infra faucem tomentosa, calyci ee: mag 
