Puate 2670. 
BOTRYOPLEURON VENOSUM, JHemzsl. 
(and dissections of B. stenostachyum, J/ems!.) 
SCROPHULARIACER. 
Botryopleuron, /emsl. (gen. nov.). A Calorhabdo differt caulibus 
vagantibus vel prostratis, racemis axillaribus amentiformibus, coroll 
limbo subeequaliter 4- lobato, staminibus longe exser 
B. venosum, Hems! ; Calorhabdos venosa, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxvi. p. 197. . 
subcoriacea, Nese usque ad 5 poll. ‘ain pt 8 sepius breviora, 
" ; 
latorum glaber. Corolle tubus subcylindricus, intus filamentaque 
barbati. To 2, postica, exserta; staminodia nulla. Capsula 
oligosperm 
Curva: Ningpo mountains, Chekiang, Faber ; Ichang, Nanto and 
norrsth to the northward, A. Henry, 55, 2187, 4638. 
Botryopleuron as here understood, including four species, namely : 
Lk —— Hemsl., syn. Calorhabdos venosa, Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn, Soc. xxvi. p. 197. 
mac een amen Hemsl. ., syn. Calorhabdos stenostachya, Hemsl. 
oc. . 196. 
1 - latifolium, Hemsl., syn. Calorhabdos latifolia, Hemsl. loc. cit. 
p. 196, t. 4. 
4, B. axillare, Hemal. , syn. Calorhabdos axillaris, Benth. et Hook. £. 
Gen. se il. p. 963 ; Pederota axillaris, Sieb et Zuce. Fl. Jap. Fam 
Nat. 20. 
The priety of giving this little group of plants generic rank will, 
I think, “ask be disputed. In the first place, their habit is so entirely 
