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subtus ad nervös hirta. Cincinni longe pedunculati, terminales et subterminales, panicu- 

 lati, multi- et densiflori, pedunculi hirti, pedicelli fulvo-sericei floribus breviores; calyx 

 usque ad basin fere partitus, 15 mm longus, post anthesin 22 — 26 mm longus, sepalis 

 ovatis, fulvo-sericeis, venosis, e basi ovata 3 — 4 mm lata acuminatis; corolla late cylin- 

 drica, tubus ca. 9 mm longus, sub insertione antherarum villosus, lobi lanceolato-ob- 

 longi tubo duplo breviores; antherae parce pilosae, paulo infra medium tubo insertae, 

 aristae glabrae antheris aequilongae; Stylus calyce duplo brevior. Nuculae triquetro- 

 ovoideae 7 mm longae, facie exteriore laeves, longitudinaliter carinatae, facie interiore 

 rugulosae, ad latera sub margine breviter ciliatae; margo latus, valde elevatus, distincte 

 et irregulariter dentatus. 



Nordwestmalayische und hinterindisch-ostasiatische Provinz: in Assam 

 und Manipur, nach Dünn auch in China. Khasia-Berge (Griffith n. 5989). Naga- 

 Berge bei Kohima, 1600m ü.M. (Meebold n. 5155). Manipur: Nungba, 1600m 

 ü.M. (Meebold n. 10809); ohne nähere Angabe, 2300 m ü.M. (Field [Wattj 

 n. 5894). — Blühend im November und Februar. 



Var. calcareum (Craib) Brand. — T. calcareum Craib in Kew Bull. (1914) 8. — 

 Caulis 1,2 — 1,5 m altus, subhispide albo-puberulus. Folia opposita, elliptica, apice 

 acute acuminata, basi attenuata, usque ad 28 cm longa, 11,3 cm lata, chartacea, supra 

 scabra, subtus molliuscule albo-puberula, nervi laterales utrinque 8 — 9, supra conspicui, 

 subtus prominentes; petiolus ad 7 mm longus. Paniculae terminales pyramidales ca. 

 24 cm longae et 15 cm diametro, bracteae lineares vel lineari-lanceolatae, ad 1,7 cm 

 longae; alabastra acuminata, ad 1,3 cm longa; calycis hispidi tubus sub anthesi 6 mm 

 longus, lobi 8 mm longi, 4, basi 5 mm lati; calycis fructiferi ad 2,7 cm longi lobi 

 recti; corollae albae tubus 8,5 mm longus, intus infra antheras densius villosus, limbus 

 ca. 2,3 cm diametro, lobi caudato-acuminati, 1 cm longi; antherae villosae longe acumi- 

 natae, 1 cm (acumine incluso) longae, exsertae; ovarium glabrum; Stylus 1,5 cm lon- 

 gus, glaber. 



Siam: Doi Chieng Dao, crevices of limestone rock, 900 m (Kerr n. 2856). — 

 Nicht gesehen. : Nach der Beschreibung nur durch die etwas breiteren Blätter und die 

 etwas breiteren Kelchzipfel von T. khasianum verschieden. 



22. T. Scottii Balf. f.! in Proc. Boy. Soc. Edinburgh XII. (1882) 81; Bot. Socotra 

 (1888) 184, t. 55. — Boraginella Scottii 0. Ktze. Bev. gen. II. (1891) 436. -- Frutex, 

 1 — 1 3 /4 m altus, ramulis validis albo-pruinosis. Folia opposita, magna, lamina late 

 ovata, 14 — 24 cm longa, l 1 /^ — 10 cm lata, apice acuminata, basi cuneata, utrinque 

 setulis brevissimis basi calcaratis obsita; petiolus 3 — i cm longus. Cincinni terminales 

 in paniculam magnam globosam corymbosam dispositi; pedicelli fructiferi calyce lon- 

 giores; bracteae magnae foliis similes; calyx usque ad basin fere partitus, 30 mm longus, 

 sericeo-pubescens, sepalis e basi cordata sensim attenuatis, uninerviis; calyx fructifer 

 40 mm vel ultra longus; corolla sordide alba, infundibuliformis, 37 mm longa, 40 mm 

 lata, lobis ovato-rotundatis, breviter apiculatis, tubo duplo brevioribus; antherae hirtae, 

 aristis glabris subaequilongis; Stylus in calyce fructifero 30 mm longus. Nuculae ob- 

 longo-ovoideae utrinque planae, 1 3 mm longae, facie exteriore minute et adpresse hir- 

 tellae, longitudinaliter carinatae, margine elevato, salis lato, irregulariter crenato cir- 

 cumdatae; cmbryo 10 mm longus, 9 mm latus, radicula brevissima. 



Socotra: oberhalb Kischeu, 900 m ü. M. (Schweinfurth n. 623). In den 

 höheren Gegenden der Haghier-Berge, 800 m ü. M. (Balfour n. 438). 



23. T. grandifolium Baker in Kew Bull. (1894) 29; Baker et C. 11. Wright in 

 Th.-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa IV. 2. (1905) 49. — Caulis herbaceus, setulis albis armatus. 

 Folia opposita, ovata, inferiora breviter petiolata, 10 — 15 cm longa, 6-8 cm lata, 

 superiora subsessiüa, basi late rotundata. Cincinni laxi, multiflori, pedicelli hispidi, 

 gracillimi, inferiores 3 cm longi; calyx usque ad 1 / 4 longitudinis suae connatus, 15 mm 

 longus, post anthesin 20 mm longus, lobis ovatis strigosis, longe cuspidatis; corolla 

 tafundibuliforarie, calyce paulo longior, paulum ultra medium connata, cuspis loborum 

 raborbictdarhnn duplo brevior quam lobi; antherae dense villosae, aristae inferne villosae, 



A. B n gl er, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryoph. siphonog.) 252. Cynoglosseae. 3 



