VERBENACEAE. — CARYOPTERIS 379 



in petiolum brevem attenuata, margine revoluta integra, 1.5-2.5 cm. longa et 

 3-6 mm. lata, supra glabra, atroviridia, glutinosa, subtus vcnis glabrescentibus 

 initio glutinosis exceptis dense albido- v. cano-tomentosa, nervis utrinsecus 6-8 

 adsccndentibus supra obsoletis subtus colore fusco ab tomento albido bene distinctis 

 et conspicuis; petioli 1-2 mm. longi, minute villosuli, flavescentes. Flores pallide 

 coerulei, in cymis congestis plurifloris pedunculatis ex axillis foliorum superiorum 

 orientibus et in apice ramulorum saepius corymbum 2-3 cm. diam. formantibus; 

 pedunculi 0.5-1 cm. longi, minute villosuli; pedicelli breves ad 1 mm. longi v. fere 

 nulli; calyx 3 mm. longus, circiter ad medium 5-partitus, lobis angustc ovatis acuti- 

 usculis cinereo-tomentosis sed apice et ad costam saepe plus minusve glabrescen- 

 tibus et glutinosis; corolla circiter 6 mm. longa, extus tubo et margine labii in- 

 ferioris glabris exceptis dense cano-villosula, intus ad faucem annulo denso pilorum 

 albidorum instructa, labio inferiore simpliciter fimbriato-dentata tubum subae- 

 quante, lobis ceteris dimidio brevioribus ovatis obtusiusculis; stamina 4, labium 

 inferius subaequantia, loculis antherarum parallelis; stylus staminibus subacqui- 

 longus, apice bifido, ramis longiusculis. Calyx fructiferus 4-5 mm. longus; fructus 

 non visus. 



Western Szech'uan: Min River valley, alt. 1600 m., August 1903 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 4309). 



This species differs from the other species of the genus in the presence of a ring 

 of long white hairs closing the mouth of the corolla-tube and in the glutinous leaves 

 which are entire and whitish tomentose beneath and marked with dark veins. 



