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anguste cylindrica, subuliformis, pierre torta, secundum nervos 
interplacentares dehiscens, basi a iceque Semina 
minuta, oblonga, utrinque minute apiculata. —Herbae perennes, 
caulescentes, tenuiter pannoso-tomentellae. Folia opposita, petiolata, 
plerumque arg Pedunculi azillares. Cymae multiflorae, 
primo tamen arcte congestae, strobilaceae, demum paulo solutae, 
bracteis ampli tarde deciduis instructae. Flores mediocres, roseae 
vel lilac 
~ Species unica asiae tropicae orientalis. 
* C. sinensis, Stapf, comb. nov. et deser. emend. 
Caulis brevis vel ad 20 cm. altus, ascendens, inferne nudus, cica- 
tricibus foliorum delapsorum obsitus et irregulariter flexuosus 
nodosusque cinnamomeo-tomentellus.*.; Foliorum lamina lanceolato- 
oblonga, rarius elliptico-oblonga, basi breviter vel longe acuta, apice 
breviter acuminata, subintegra vel crenulata, 7-13 cm. longa, 
3-5 cm. lata, supra primo arachnoideo-lanata, mox glabrescentia, 
viridia, infra cinnamomea, tenuiter pannoso-tomentella, nervis 
lateralibus infra prominentibus utrinque 9-12 ; petiolus longitudine 
varians, ad 6 cm. Gaccan Inflorescentiae sub anthesi ad 3-5 em. 
dein ad 2°5 em. longi; fide elli a i omnes inflores- 
centiae axes primo tamen magis minusve cae erst bracteae 
infimae saepe connatae, majores ad 2 cm. diametro, omnes inferne 
vel altius albae, superne viridescentes, apice purpureae, inferne lana 
detersili instructa, caeterum glabra. Sepala spatulata vel _spatulato- 
oblonga, 1-3 cm. longa, superne 4-6 mm, lata, praeter apicem ved 
purpurascentem alba. Corolla, lobis 5 mm. longis inclusis, 1°6-2 
longa, albida, lilacina vel rosea Capsula glabra, circiter 4 cm. 
longa, 2 mm. diametro. 7 ih t Phylloboea sinensis, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. 
tab. tie o 
CH upeh: Ichang; on cliffs, Henry ea 3958, 4158, 
6017 ; "Without exact locality, May, 1900, Wilson 8 
+s Burma. Northern Shan State : Gokteik nba 450 m., Lace 
4158, 
Forma macrophylla, ~Stap/- — ad 90 cm. alti. Foltorum 
laminae 12-27 em. longae, 4°5-12 cm. latae, ellipticie vel oblon ngo- 
ellipticae, rarius late eee ie: margine subintegrae, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque ad 15. Inflorescentiae magis compactae, demum 
_— as utae. 
na. Yunnan: Mengtze, on wooded cliffs, 1800 m., Henry “ 
11 2934. Szemao, in forests, 1200-1500 m., Henry 12 ,162a, 
12,1628, 12305 ; mountain forests, 1800-2100 m., Hancock, 
way Forma” maer macra, Stapf. Caules plerumque humiles. Foliorum 
minae ad 7 cm. longae, ad 4 cm. latae. Inflorescentiae 5~2-florae. 
Cuina. Yunnan: Manmei; south of a Red River, 1800 m., 
Henry 9630 ; Mengtze, 1800 m., Henry 983 
~ Phyllobooa —_ from Chlamydoboea veiy ee, in its 
y membranous leaves, peculiar green foliaceous glandular calyx, 
whose posticous sepals are fused into a trilobed lip, short filaments 
and straight short capsules which, apart from the subulate style 
measuring 4 mm. in length, do not ‘exceed lcm. The plate a te 
senting Pigliokcas amplexicaulis in Clarke’s Commelynaceae et 
