191 
This is a remarkable species belonging to the “ bracteate” 
group, most nearly allied to S. iodostegia, Hance in Journ, Bot. 1878, 
109, discovered by Hancock ‘in 1876, but readily distinguished 
by the much broader rounded bases of the stem leaves and the 
is very imperfect, but Mr. Spencer Moore has kindly referred 
us to a better specimen cailloatad. iccutty by Father Hughes in the 
same region. 
596. Gymnema Lacei, Crab [ Asclepiadaceae-Marsdenieae] ; a G. 
tingente, Mak ce et Arn., foliis oblongo-lanceolatis facile dis- 
tinguendum 
Caules eens teretes, praeter nodos parcissime puberulos 
bifacialiter puberuli. Folia ape oe ig pone apice plus minusve 
distincte acuminata, basi tunities nisi juniora obtusa, 5—7°3 em. 
longa, 1°3-2°3 cm. lata, membranacea vel rigide membranacea, 
margine integro recurvo, pagina superiore costa nervisque 
puberulis exceptis glabra, inferiore indumento ut in superiore sed 
paulo densiore, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 4 obliquis intra 
marginem arcuatis pagina utraque sicco subprominulis ; _petioli 
circiter 4 mm. longi, supra canaliculati, puberuli. Pedicelli 0°5 cm. 
longi, puberuli. Sepala late lanceolata, acuta, 3 mm. longa, 1°5 m 
lata, ciliolata. Corallae tubus sepala vix aequans; lobi oblongi, 
obtusi, 4 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati. Corona e lineis dunbus carnosis 
pubescentibus corollae lobis alternantibus et fere ad corollae tubi 
basem continuatis constituta. Antherae in appendicem membran- 
aceam productae ; pollinia oblonga, erecta. 
Inpo-Cuina. Upper Burma: Katha; Kadu, Lace, 4297. 
forma minor, Crab, a typo partibus omnibus minoribus differt. 
Inpo-Cuina. Upper Burma: Kyaukse Hill, Lace, 4871. 
Lace, 4871 is apparently only a starved form of No, 4297— 
— as to be no difference except in the size of the various 
parts and a very slight difference in the shape of the anther 
a pandage: 
597. Swertia Lacei, Crab [Gentianaceae-Swertieae] ; a S. striata, 
Coll. et Hemsl., foliis angustioribus, corollae nervis subobscuris, 
nectariis multo minoribus distincta. 
Herba erecta, parce ramosa, circiter 4 dm, alta, glabra. Folia 
sessilia, linearia, apice mucronulata, 1-3°8 cm. longa, rigidiuscula, 
margine recurvo, nervis lateralibus omnino obscuris. Cymae pluri- 
florae, ramulis axillaribus plerumque arcuatis ad 3 cm. longis gestae ; 
pedicelli ad 8 mm. longi. Sepala 4, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 4-5°5 
mm. longa, 1—-1°5 mm. lata. Corollae tubus brevis ; lobi lipeee vel 
obovata-elliptici, obtusi, 7 mm. longi, 5 mm. lati, intus nectaris 
oh epee breviter fimbriato ornati, nervis subobscuris. Fila- 
menta 3 mm. longa, inferne gradatim dilatata ; antherae 1 mm. 
longae. * Pistillum 4mm, altum, superne in stylum brevem attenuatum, 
glab 
Inpo-Caina. Upper Burma: Maymyo Plateau, 1050 m., 
Lace, 4373, 
