POGOSIPHOX— STBOBILINA. 



Braeteis exterioribus caljce longioribus, corolla tubo 



calyce multo longiore : 

 o. braeteis exterioribus ovatis obtusis, calycis dentibus 



tubo brevioribus, corollae labio postioo integro 

 foliis majusculis obtusis supra pilis strict is 



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iltilloris 34. G. c ;/itm. 



p. braeteis exterioribus oblongis acutis, oalycis 



dentibus tubo reijuilongis, coroll® labio poftico 

 emarginato, foliis minoribus ocut is supra glaber- 

 rinm, verticillastris pauciiloris 25. 0. met "olium. 



[The letters to the left indicate the probable limits of the natural species existing in 



the genus.] 



CHAPTER III.— DESCRIPTIONS OF BPECI1 3. 



GoiirnosTKMMA "Wall. (1828). 



Calyce sequali 5-dcntato campanulato extus tnmentoso, corol e tubo basi tenui 

 superne in faucem amplam dilatato, labio postico fornicato antico patents 3-1 < »bo, fila- 

 mentis pubescentibus, antherarum loculis parallelis trausversis nudis, ovario 4-pnrtito, 

 stylo apice 2-fido, nuculis areola latiuscula paruni oblique uflixis, pericarpio crauius- 

 culo, cotyledonibus inaequalibus. 



Pogosiphon Prain (1890); corolla? tubo inlus hirsuto, parte aBquali calyce 



breviore, limbo latiusculo labiis minoribus, nuculis 2-3. 

 I. Strobilina; verticillastris in spicam terminalem congestis, calyce nee costato intus tubo 

 glabro dentibus hirsuto, ovarto glabro, nuculis ovato- oblong is. 



1. Gomphostemma Wallichii Prain (1890). 



Elata erecta caule robusto vix sulcato, foliis rigide rugosis petiolatis basi truncal * 



vel subcordatis ovatis apice acutis margine serratis, supra hispidis subtus petiolis cauli- 



busque dense floccoso-tomentosis, spica erecta plus minus interrupta, braeteis seasilibus 

 basi late cordato-ovatis margine regulariter sciTatis, sursum decrescentibus, calycem 

 superantibus, ealycis palltde viridis tubo dentibus longiore, corolla sulphuroa alba vel 



X _ m •% • — — — „ «... X«* i-v *-w %-%Hh Afi * ^v •% \ \ ♦ »-» r» n r^ f I A A I iron & *■% 



x^v, punicea calyce 3-plo longiore, apice paruni incurva, tubo medio iutus antice hirsuto 

 fobio postico extus parce puberulo corolla ceterura glabrescente, stylo glabro, nuculis 

 nizrh rugosis glabris.-Gr. strobilinum var. elatius Henth. in Wall. Cat. n. 2151/2 (1828) 

 t PI As Mar. ii, 12 (1831).— G. strobilinum Bent/i., Lab. Gen. et Sp. 6 17, in parte 

 (1835) et DC. Prodr. xii, 550, in parte (1848); Wtifa Pep. iii, 890, in parte (1845) ; 

 Mia. Flor. 2nd. Bat. ii, 989, in parte (1856); Clarke, Jour. Linn. Soc. «v, 68 





n«89l • nee WulL-G. strobilinum vae. typica Hook. /., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 690 



»«rfe ( 1885) • «« Wofl.-O- elatius IFiiS. « *• * *«■»• <««"• *"»<■ 

 In A ssam superiore ; in collibus Naga apud Kohima, 4,500 p. s. m. ct prope Pho 

 4 000 d s m Clarke, Prain! In Burma superior*; in collibus Taong-doung, lUllich n. 

 2151/2! in Karenee, ff Riley! in collibus Slum .pud Pwel.la, 0*«/^ad Maymyo, 4,000 



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p. s. m.-, iT%» 



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prope Kendat, Prascr I In Yunnan occidental 



, Anda 



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