258 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. lxxxii 



as much as 10. cm. long 2 mm. in diameter with cylindric 

 internodes reddened more or less as much as 1"5 cm. long 

 sometimes puberulous, prostrate at base ascending towards 

 summit and ending in one flower or becoming arrested and 

 forming a rooting rosette from which new stolons emerge. 

 Leaves of upper part of stolon very shortly petiolate, 

 opposite, thick somewhat fleshy, recurving about 2 cm. long 

 6 mm. broad above the connate vaginae of the nodal pairs, 

 vaginal sheath about 4 mm. long or less adpressed to stem 

 at mouth ; lamina linear-oblong narrowed to the apex 

 obtuse or acutish shortly mucronulate, margin finely 

 scaberulous, contracted at the base into a very short petiole 

 with somewhat membranous margins which are some- 

 what ciliate, upper surface dark-green somewhat glossy, 

 on both surfaces minutely whitely papillate, lower surface 

 paler with a slightly raised midrib; leaves of lower part 

 of stolon ovate or elliptic or oblong always obtuse. 

 Solitary terminal flower with a pedicel at most about 

 2 mm. long, reddened. Calyx about 8"3 cm. long much 

 shorter than corolla, 5-lobed ; tube funnel-shaped not split 

 about 1"5 cm. long 4*5 mm. in diameter reddish at base out- 

 side, thin, intracalycine membrane yellow-green truncate 

 somewhat vesicular white and membranous at the sinuses; 

 lobes nearly equal about 1 cm. long 2 mm. broad linear- 

 lanceolate acute and apiculate or mucronulate, in colour 

 like the foliage-leaves, not recurved, at base coutracted 

 and there vesicular on upper surface. Corolla obconoid- 

 tubular 5-6 cm. long ; tube within the calyx greenish- 

 white not tinted, expanded upwards showing outside 

 5 broad greenish-yellow bands (suflused faintly with 

 piuple) on median of petals (antipetaline), each band 

 with a central keeled purple line and on each margin 

 a broader similar ridge, the interpetaline areas deep 

 purple, inside smooth with some purple antipetaline spots, 

 throat Vjlack pui'plc: lobes 5 broadly triangular or rather 



Considering tlie large number of described (.'liinese species of which 

 I liave seen no autlienticated specimens, there is some risk of dn])lica- 

 tion in proposing another, but that is the only course open undci' the 

 circumstances. 



G. Veitchiorum is a larger, more robust jjlaut than (/. oriiata, with 

 relatively Viroad, oVjtuse leaves, larger flowers, with broader corolla-lobes, 

 and very broad toothed folds between them. The Howers are of an 

 intense blue with light longitudinal bands on the outside. 



