STBOBUJXA. 



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In Burma; Meaong, ad ripas fl. Irrawady, Wallich n. 2151/1! P«m i„ Yomah 

 Kurz nn. 597! 2412! 2413! apud Minrin, IVww/ 



Var. viridis; humilior caule distincte sulcato, bracteis acutis antice basique iutegris, 



foliis baud rugosis subtus nervis parce puberulis ceterum glabris.— G 



strobilinum TAB. viridis Book. /., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 69G (1885). -G 

 viride?, " G. strobilino valde anine" W«&, CW. n . 2103 (1328) — G 

 viride Wall ex £«,&, ir«//. P* As. liar, ii, 12 (1831), Lab. Gen e 

 Sp. 647 (1835) et DC. Prodr. xii, 550 (1818); Walp. } Up. \\\ 8 « ., 

 (1845); Mq./Flor. Ind. But. ii, 989 (1850). 



In Bukma inferiore; Tavoy, ft** (M*&, Orf. n. 2153)! Pegu, Km n. 595! 



Var. acaulis; humilis caule indistincte sulcato, bracf is apico acutis y c ] obt_ 



ulariter dentatis basi integris, foliis suhrugosi* subtus tomentos 



usii 



cm. 



verticillastris imis nonnunquam plus minus lax is subcymosim evolutis. 

 G. acaule Kurz ex Hook. /, Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 690 (1885 

 In Burma inferiore; Arracan, in colle Mingoo in Boronga ins., in sylvis, Kurz (bis) 



Caulibus var. typicce 40 — 130 cm. var. viridis 7—25 cm. vab. acaulis 3 ]2 



altis crassioribus obtuse tetragonis, petiolis in var. typica 0—2 cm., in relimiis 3 6 



longis, basi ssepissime persensim sed in var. acauli nonnunquam abruptius attenuati 

 laminis 14—40 cm. longis bis 9—14 cm. latis, bracteis omnibus 15—18 mm. longis b 

 20 — 22 mm. latis, bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis 0—8 mm. longis, calyce 11 mm. Ion 

 5 mm. lato— tubo calycis 6 mm. longo, dentibus 5 mm. longis bis basi 3 m ra " Jati.~ 

 oorollce tubo 14 mm. longo— parte tubi aequali 10 mm. longa, limbo 7 mm. lato, labi 

 postico 8 mm. longo hoc 8 mm. lato, labio antico 7 mm. longo boc 13 mm. lato 

 nuculis maturis 5 mm. longis bis 3 mm. latis. 



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Plate 76. Gomphostemma strobilinum Wall. var. typica. Specimen from Pe 



Kurz n. 2142 





Plate 77. G. strobilinum Wall. var. viridis Book. /. WalUchian Herbarium n. 21 



at Calcutta 



Plate 78. G. strobilinum Wall var. acaulis Brain. Specimens of same gathering 

 from Boronga, Kurz. 



The relationship of G. strobilinum var. typica to O. Wallichii has been discuMed under that species. 

 On the sheet of n. 2153 Dr. Wallich has written " Q. viride?" while in the catalogue itself he has 

 added the remark " G. strobilino valde affine. " Mr. Bentham in all his accounts has consistently given 

 the plant specific rank, but makes his diagnosis largely depend on the character " corolla-tube shorter 

 than in G. strobilinum. " The corolla-tube of var. viridis is indeed shorter than that of G. Wallichii 

 (which Mr. Bentham included in G. strobilinum), but not than that of G. strobilinum proper. The 

 character therefore fails, and the reduction effected by Sir Joseph Hooker {Flor. Brit. ltd. iv, 69G) seems 

 very just. The name given by Mr. Kurz to the third variety is somewhat unfortunate, only 3 specimens 

 in the two large gatherings that represent it being stemless. Though at first sight it appears a distinct 

 species, study of the extensive material at Calcutta convinces me that the plant might almost be 

 considered a state of var. viridis rather than a separate variety. It is of interest as combining the 

 dwarf habit, few-flowered spikes and petioled leaves of var. viridis with the harsher leaves, dentate 

 bracts, and closer tomentum of var. typica, but it differs from both in having some of the bracts obtuse, 

 and in having the lower whorls sometimes cymose, thus making the inflorescence thyreoid instead of 



spicate. 



