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103. DiDYMOCARPUS MODESTA, Sp. IIOV. 



Stem slender or moderately stout ; woody, unbranched, 

 14 cm. tall, appressed, hairy. Leaves opposite in equal pairs, 

 lanceolate, acuminate at both ends ; entire, thin, glabrous 

 except the edges and nerves beneath, which are hairy, nerves 

 4 pairs ascending, 7 cm. long, 2.2 cm. wide, petiole .5 mm. 

 long. Flowers solitary, axillary, usually in the uppermost axil, 

 peduncle 5.5 cm. long, hairy. Bracts narrow, setaceous, 

 hairy, short. Calyx-lobes setaceous, deep purple, 2 mm. 

 long. Corolla tube narrowed at the base, gradually dilated 

 upwards, curved, sparingly hairy, lobes oblong, rounded half 

 as long. Stamens 2, included filaments from near the base. 

 From 3,000 to 5,500 feet elevation, var. b, minor. Leaves 5.5 

 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, peduncle 7 mm., much shorter than the 

 leaves. Corolla i cm. long. At 3,500 feet elevation. 



Perhaps nearest to D. parviflora, Ridl., but unbranched, 

 with larger leaves and a curved corolla, which appears to be 

 white or yellowish. 



104. Cyrtandra deciirrens, var. Wallichii. At 4,000 feet. 



105. Cyrtandra pilosa, Bl. At 4,000 feet. 



ACANTHACEAE. 



106. JusTiciA Inconspicua s/). nov. 



Weak branching, glabrous herb. Leaves alternate, thin, 

 ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, obtuse, base long, narrowed, 

 usually inaequilaterally, raphides short but very abundant on 

 both sides. 12.5 cm. long, 4.5 cm. wide or less, midrib scurfy 

 beneath, petiole i cm. long. Raceme terminal i cm. long, few 

 flowered, pedicel 2 mm. long. Bract narrow, lanceolate, acute 

 erect, appressed minutely mucronate with a broad, flat 

 elevated midrib, .5 mm. long, .1 mm. wide, as long as the 

 corolla tube. Corolla 1.2 cm. long, tube thick, upper lobe 

 narrowed, lanceolate, obtuse, lower with three short, blunt 

 lobes, pubescent outside. Stamens 2, filaments stout 8 mm. 

 long. Anthers 2, cells unequal, the lower one with a long 

 conic point, as long as the cell. Style glabrous. 



Alt. 3,600 to 4,000 feet. The flower appears to have been 

 yellow with purple veins on the palate. The bracts are more 

 or less tinted with purple. Allied to J . flaccida, Ridl. but with 

 a much shorter spike and bracts not as long as the flowers. 



Labiatae. 

 107. Gomphostemma crinitum, Wall. At 4,000 feet. 



Verbenaceae. 

 108. Vitex gamosepala, Griff'. At 4,500 feet. 



