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Near StrobHdiitJia^ foriaosaims Mooke ; but difters fro:n it iu liaviiig glab- 

 rons leaves aurl iu tlie lauceolate acuuiiuato bracts. The leaves of /S. formo- 

 ■sanus are liirsute, aud the bracts of the same species are ovato aud uearly 

 obtnse. 



Strobilanth.es lons^espicatiis IIayata sp. nov. Caulis ercctus 4 ped. 

 tdtns ramosus, ramis subtetragouis glabris. Folia oblouga vel oblougo-lanceo- 

 Jata 13 cm. longa 4i cm. lata apice acuta basi cuueato-atteuuata margine 

 -obscure remoteque serrulata chartacoa utraqne glabra, veuis veuuUsqne ntraqne 

 pngine elevatis, patioHs 2-3 Cm. lougis. Flores quasi-spicati, sx^icis axillaribus 

 vel ti.>rminahbns 10-15cm. lougis ; ilores ad nodos spica3 oppositi sessiles 

 bracteis siugulis bracteohs duabns iustructi ; bracteis hueari-lauceolatis l.Jcm. 

 lougis 5 mm. latis apice atteuuatis ad summum obtusis basi trnucatis haud 

 contractis chartaceis concavis ad rhachiu adpressis glalris ; bracteoHs Hneari- 

 Lmceohxtis minoribus 2| mm. lougis l.\ uuq. hxtis apice acuniinalis basi obtusis 

 giabris margine hirsutis intus glabris erectis ad caljcem adprcssis. Calyx 

 erectns (tnbus brevissimus 2 mm. longus) fere o-partitus, segmentis erectis 

 linearibus JTequaHbns 13 mm. longis 2-3 mm. latis apice acnminatis margine 

 liirsntis intus extnsqne gialjris dorso 1-costatis, costis phis miuus cariuatis. 

 Corolla cyhudrica 5 cm, longa fauce 1|- cm. hita basi subito contracta ad tubura 



1 cm. longum 3 mm. latum abenns extus giabra recta liand vel vix recurva ; 

 limbus subpatens 5-lol)atns, lobis snl)cequaHbus triangulari-rotundatis 8 mm. 

 longis totiusque hitis apice obtusis retusis. Corolla extus glabra intns deorsum 

 tenuissime barbata. Stamina didynama, filamentis cum tubo coroUie alte 

 connatis hirsntis, partibus hberis 2-10 mm. longis, posterioribns brevioribus 



2 mm. lougis, anterioribus longioiibus 10 mm. longis, antheris 2-locularibus 

 oblongis apice truncatis basi alto 2-lobatis, lobis obtusis ghibiis, locuKs 

 paranehfi. S'ylus filiformis 3 cm. longus hirsutus apic9 plus miuus incrassatus 

 recnrvn^, lobo postico obsoloto. Ovarium cyliudrico-oblongum :apice pauce 

 Im-sntnm. Capsnla linearis glabra 17 mm. longa 4 mm. lata. Semina 4 

 oblougo-rotundata 3 mm. longa valde complanata hirsuta, retinacuhs acutis. 



Hab. Taito : Haroye, leg. Kobayashi, Oct. 1907, No. 6011. 

 Remarkable for the very long erect spikes A\it]i acuminate persistent 

 bracts. 



