Plate 2440. 



POGOSTEMON FORMOSANUS, Oliv. 



Labiat.e. Tribe Satureine^. 

 P. formosanns, Olii\ (sp, nov.) ; parce strigilloso-pubescens v. gla- 



bre^jcens, foliis longiuscule petiolatis rhomboideo-lanceolatis ovatisve 

 acutis V. acuminatis basi cuneatim angustatis lobato- (interdum pro- 

 funde) dentatis, tioribus subsessilibus adscendentibus in cyinulas 

 5-8-iloras breviter pedunculatas dispositis, cymulis (verticillastris) in 

 spicas densas subcontinuas paniculatas dispositis, bracteis bracteolisque 

 linearibus calyce dimidiobrevioribus, calycis parce pubescentisdentibus 

 subulato-lauceolatis ciliatis, corolby lobis a^quilongis 2 lateralibus 

 labii superioris Cieteris obtusioribus et paulo latioribus. 



Hab. Formosa : Benkinsing (No. 70) ; Ape*s Hill, Takow (Xo. 

 1178), Dr. A. Henry. 



Folia supra et subtus pra^cipue in costa venisque parce strigillosa, 

 2^-4 poll. Jonga, 1^-3 poll lata ; petiolus 1-H poll, longus. Floret 

 lilacini. 



Kearly allied to Por/ofitemon Pafchonli^ Pell. {P. hei/npanvs, Bentli.), 

 from which it differs in the nearly uninterrupted spikes, the component 

 cyniulos of which are shortly but distinctly pedunculate, with their 

 llowers directed upwards, not radiately divergent as in the sessile 

 cyniules of F, Patchouli^ and in the small, short, and linear bracteoles, 

 besides the more acute lubing of the leaves. Dr. Henry describes the 

 root as having a ^peculiar, strong odour.' — D. Olivek. 



Fig. I. Detached flowor and bracteoles. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Ovary and base 

 of cal^-x-tube. 4, Stjle. 5. Nucules, 6. Detached nucule^ showirg inner angle. 

 All enlarged* 



