﻿GMELINA CHINENSIS, Benth. 



Verbenace^:. Tribe ViticejE. 



G. Chinensis, Benth., Flora Eongkongensis, 272 ; foliis longiuscult 

 petiolatis ovato-ellipticis acutis basi cuneatis fcri] 

 subtus pallidioribus glanduloso-canescentibn-. 

 racemiformibus tomentellis, bracteis ovalibus acutis bad 

 calyce late campanulato dentibus minutis, corolla obliqua labio anticc 

 longiore extus superne pruinosa, labio postico bifido (v. corolla 4-loba 

 j ." ' • '•('•), fructu oblongo-ovoideo apice depresso endocarpio crassc 



Folia 3-4 poll, longa, lf-2f poll, lata ; petiolus f-lf poll, longus. 

 Calyx £ poll, latus. Corolla 1£-H poll, longa. Druva exserta £ poll, 

 longa. 



Known to us previously only from tbe solitary specimen, collected 

 by Mr. Wright and described by Mr. Bentham. Probably very local 

 in Hongkong. I have not found a seed in the two fruits examined, 

 which are unilocular with a very thick hard putamen. We have an 

 allied species from Hainan, collected by Rev. B. C. Henry, who 

 describes it as a fine tree ; flowers white-edged with purple centre. It 

 differs from G. chinensis in the broadly ovate-deltoid lobes of the 

 calyx. In other respects of foliage and inflorescence it corresponds 

 closely. The leaves beneath are minutely hispidulous as well as 

 glandular-hoary. It may be called G. hainanensis.—V. Oliver. 

 Fig. l. Calyx and style, showing unequally bifid stigma. 2. Stamen. 3. Ovary. 

 * ^me, longitudinal section. Enlarged. 



