54 ICONES PLANTARUM. 



Plate 1468. 



GOMPHOSTEMMA CHINENSE, Oliv. 



Labiate, Tribe Peasie^. 

 G. chinense, OUv. (sp. nov.) ; stellato-tomentellum, caule erecto, 



foliis ellipticis v. ovato-ellipticis obtusis basi caneatis rotundatisve 

 longmscnie petiolatis, cymis plurifloris e basi caulis quasi radicalibus 

 pedunculatis bracteatis, bracteis calycem a^quantibus lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis intus glabratis extus stellato-tomentosis, calyce infundibulari 

 5-fido lobis lanceolatis acuminatis, coroUsD tubo elongate exserto gracili 

 Buperne leviter curvato infundibulari-dilatato ore bilabiato, labio 

 supenore concavo subintegro inferiore trilobato, staminibus inclusis. 



Hab, Amoj— interior, Swinhoe : Lo-fan-shan Mfcs., East River, 

 Bev. M. Faber. 



Caulis 1-2-pedalis obtuse tetragonus v. inferne subteres incano- 

 tomentosus. Folia membranacea undulate- denticnlata supra stellato- 

 pubescentia cum pilis simpKcibus sparsia, subtus reticulata cano- 

 pubescentia. Calyx 4-6.]in. longa, stellato-pubescens. Corolla 2 poll, 

 longa, glabrata v. puberula. — The specimen was communicated by 

 Mr. Ford of the Hong Kong Gardens. A second Chinese species 



9 described bj Hance (Lond. Journ. Bot., 1884, p. 231.) 



D. Oliyer. 



■^'^" ^' „^^^g™etit of leaf showing stellate and scattered simple hairs of upper 

 surface. 2. Caljx and subtending bract. 3-4. Stamens. 5. Ovary. 



Plate 1469. 



GALIUM CRYPTANTHUM, Hemsley. 



EuBiACEiE, Tribe Galie^. 



b,-r^,tn7'!!^?'l'*^' ^^"f ^' ^'P- ^^''^•); Perenne ? sparse raolliterquo 

 ternisr^t?^Ji ' angnlatis gracilibus, foliis brevitcr petiolatis, qua- 

 WnrSv """^'^ ^'^ P^^"^^*^' °^i«^*6 apiculatis trinerviis, floribus 

 «St bitn f'T''''T' -"^bc'""Jatis, nn.bellulis paucifloris ir.- 

 SntnL.tr ?r'%P''^°"""'''^*^«' P^'dnnculis folium srepius sub- 

 aqaant.bus, pcd-cclhs fmctu longioribus vel brevioribu.s coroL rotat«3 



