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sessilia, margine crenata, scabride albo-hirsuta, 1-1°5 cm. longas 
3-4 mm. lata, nervis utrinque 2-3 obscuris. Flores in paniculis 
paucifloris terminalibus subcorymbosis ; bracteae subulatae, 2-3 mm. 
longae ; pedicelli filiformes, 1°5-2 cm. longi. Calycis tubus 
turbinatus, albo-hirsutus, 3 mm. longus, conspicue nervosus ; lobi 
subulati, hirsuti, 2°5 mm. longi. Corolla an em — 
3x recurvis. Capsu ula ovoidea, apice ——- basi poris 5 rotundatis 
dehiscens. Semina ellipsoidea, laevia, m 
Inpo-Cuina. Southern Shan States aS in crevices 
of limestone rocks on the banks of the Salween vie at about 
200-250 m. altitude, W. A. Robertson 248, March 19 
723. Taxotrophis triapiculata, Gamble ea Moreae] ; 
T. javanicae, Blume, affinis, foliis conspicue spinoso-serratis emargin- 
atis mucronatis, emarginatura utroque latere spinosa et cum mucrone 
ideo triapiculata i insignis. 
Arbor parva, ramosissima, ramulis cinereis ultimis puberulis, 
stipulis novellorum acuminatis deciduis. Folia alterna, coriacea, 
glabra, ovata, apice emarginata, ob costam productam mucronata 
et ibi triapiculata, basi cuneata, marginibus cartilaginéis conspicue 
spinosa-serratis raro integris, 4-9 cm. longa, 3-5 em. lata, costa 
clavata, nervis utrinque 10-12 rectis parallelis prope marginem 
arcuatim junctis, aka intermediis multis etiam parallelis oder 
tione conspicua ; petioli subcrassi, ad 5 mm. longi, Juniores pube 
obtusae, puberulae, ciliatae, 1°5 mm. longae, vix 2 mm. latae, flores 
1-2 sessiles amplectentes ; perianthii lobi “4, ovati, hyalini, 1 mm. 
longi; Q in racemis 1-3-floris axillaribus pedunculati s puberulis ; 
pedunculi circa 3-4 mm. longi, bracteolis parvis distantibus ; 
pedicelli 1 mm. longi ; perianthii lobi 4, crassi, 2 exteriores oppositi, 
2 interioribus ; alo longiores, omnes ovarium arcte amplectentes. 
Stamina 4, perianthii ¢ lobis opposita; antherae orbiculares, in- 
ee filamenta 2 cm. longa, sub pistillo rudimentario 4—lobo 
varium ovoideum 3; stylus lateralis, brevissimus, cito in 
jidestase 2 subulata 2 mm. longa divisus; ovulum unum, ‘sub styli 
basi pendulum. Fructus non visus. 
Inpo-CHINA. Southern Shan States: Kengtawng ; Méng-Nai, 
along ge in damp limestone gravel, 240 m., W. A. Robertson 
254 to 2 March 1911. Cochinchina: Prov. Bien Hoa, “ad 
montem Le ” Pierre 3281, March 1877 
724, Bomarea alpicola, —— [A lid A lst i 
B. Caldasianae, Herb., affini qua’ differt partibus caine 
multo minoribus, pubescentia Ieaaiors, floribus vix } illius speciei 
aequantibus. 
Caulis (summitas tantum adest) valde tortus, satis dense pilosus, 
la. 
distanter foliatus. Folia brevissime (circiter 1 mm.) ta, 
oblonga, acuta, subcoriacea, valde nervosa, petiolo torto et facie —_ 
infera folii dense pilosa, cum petiolo ad 2°2 em. longa, 0°8-1 em. = 
lata. Bracteae numerosae, dense aggregatae, oblongae, utraque 
