ACANTHACE^. 135 



margine interiore tenuiter recurvis dense ciliolatis. Corolla cylindrico-subcam- 

 panulata 3| cm. longa apice gradatim latior 1-1^ cm. lata tenuissima glabra 

 apice 2-labiata, labro superiore breviore 2-lobato, labro inferiore longiore 3- 

 lobato, lobis sequalibus rotundatis 4-5 mm. longis totiusque latis apice rotundato- 

 truncatis subintegris basi vix vel baud contractis. Corolla extus glabra intus 

 infra medium latere inferiore tenuiter longe barbata tenuissime venosa, venis 

 sursum plus minus reticulatis. Stamina inclusa inferiora 2 perfecta, superiora 

 2 ad staminodia reducta, stamina perfecta e basi corolla sursum ^ altidudine 

 oriunda, filamentis glabris latiusculis 5 mm. longis complanatis, connectivis fila- 

 mento subsequilongis vel eo brevioribus glabris apice latis loculum antherse 

 singulum gerentibus, antheris uni-locularibus semi-rotundatis ei staminis al- 

 terius connatis. Staminodia 2 vermiformia 3-4 mm. longa complanata linearia 

 apice setosa. Discus ad basin stipitis ovarii situs annuliformi-cupuliformis 

 1| mm. latus ^ mm. altus. Ovarium lineare circ. 1 cm. longum 1 mm. latum 

 subcomplanatum stipitatum, stipitibus ^ cm. longis, stylo incluso circ. ^ cm. 

 longo glabro apice 2-labiato, labris patentibus oblongis 2Jmm. longis 1mm. 

 latis obtusis. Fructus maturus ignotus ; prasmaturus longe angustissime linearis 

 8 cm. longus 1 mm. latus glaber baud tortuosus. 



HAB. Bono, leg. H. INABA, Juli. (fl.), 1911 (typus!). 



Chirita anachorata HANCE ? in HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 212. 



Near G. anachorata HANCE, but differs from it in the more minutely 

 serrulate leaves, in the calyx which is cleft to one third of the length, in the 

 much longer petioles and in the broader bracts. 



Aeanthaeese. 

 StrobilantJies BLUME. 



Strobilanthes flexicaulis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 50). Herba usque ad 

 1mm. alta. Caulis angulatus flexuosus, ramis ramulis flexuosis glabris. Folia 

 alterna ovata vel oblongo-ovata 4icm. longa 16mni. lata apice cuspidato- 

 acuminata ad summum obtusa basi rotundata ad extremitatem subito acuta 

 ad petiolum 3 mm. longum abeuntia margine serrata, costa venaque supra plus 

 elevata subtus minus elevata, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere 4-5 

 arcuatis, utraque pagine tenuissime adpresseque pubescentia vel subglabmta in 



