STEOBILIXA. 



In India Austral i 



249 



Courtall 



inonin T V ' L ° UrtaIIara > *<*»<> P«™tM, WW! in tractu Concan, Stock 

 in colhbus Anamallax, 4,000 p. s. m., Gamble n. 14628 I 



Var. Rotileri; caulibus distineta sulcatis subscabris, foliorum laminig apice obtu 



/ 



margine 



b 



Heyneanum JJM 



Cat 



Cat n. 2152/C (1> 



o 



3/adr 



^Moflrf n. 2152/C, ru My/'* (1329) 



basi cuneati* upico obtusis 

 Stachy 



G 



(1 



m,//. 



S. oriental 



p *yn. m 



Rotllcr J/ . m //«•* 



In India Australi ; Courtallam, Bottler ! in collibus Mudumall 



n. 17983! 



•i, 2,000 J s. in., Gamble 



Caulibus 60 



100 



alt 



16 



obt 



24: cm. longis his 10—15 cm. latis, bracteis inferioribus 25 



totragonis, peiiolii I cm. lonjris. \ lim \ 



mm. latis 



lqu 



1 



10 



mm. longis his 10 



& 



cah/ee 11 mm. longo hoc 5 mm 



. lato 



5 mm. latis, bractcolii 



35 mm. longis his 



20 



tubo caly 



mm 



dentil) 



4 Dl 



* m 



longis his basi 3 mm. latis, corollce tubo 10 mm. longo-parto tubi aquali 6-5 mm. Icn 



o postico 4 mm. longo hoc 7 mm. lato, labio i&ttoo 6 mn 



bo 6 mm. lato, lab 



longo hoc 11 



mm 



lis m 



mm 



Ion 



5 



his 3 



mm 



Plate 79. Gomphostemma Heyneanum Wall. var. typica. Sp 



fio 



lai hills. Gamble 



\namal 



14628 



Plate 80. G. Heyneanum Wall. var. Rottlcri / 

 Bottler (Wall. Cat. n. 2152/C). 



Specimens from Courtallam 



> 



% _ 



The most distinct species of the Slrobilina group ; diagnosed from all the other members by its small 

 blue-purple corolla. Its two varieties differ very considerably in stem and in foliage, but in both the 

 calyx, corolla, and nutlets are precisely the same. 



The separable forms constituting the group S( 



are 



of 



qual rank, and po»ibly 



next revision of the genus may demonstrate that it is sufficient to recognise within its limits 

 two species. These will probably be limited somewhat as follows ; 



A. G. stkobilinum Wall, augm.; corolla lutea, raro punicea calyoe multo longiore. 



Sub-sp. 1. genuina; herb® robust® spicis erectis. 



Var. a. elatius Benth. ; bracteis cordatis, spicis elongatis interrupt is oaulibus 



num var. elatius Benth. in Wall. Cat. 



elongat; 



G. strobil 



2151/2 (G. Wallichii Bra 

 ft. typica; bracteis cuneatis, spicis 



G. strobilinum Wall. C 



2 



continuis, caulibus elonga s 



Var. 7. nana : bracteis cuneatis, spicis brevioribus densis, caulibus brevib 



G. viride Wall. Cat. 215:; # G. acaule K\ 



Hook./., I, or. 



B 



J i id, 



Sub-sp. 2. nutans; herbse grac 



spicis nutantibus brevioribus densis, bract 



cuneatis = G. nutans Hook. /., Flor. Brit. Ind 



B. G. H 



Wall 



corolla purpurascente calycem vix excedente = G. Heyn 



21 



In the 



meantime, however, in the absence of the necessary intermediate forms, it is impossible to 

 formally propose these reductions. 



II. Hemsleyanum ; verticillastris remotis azittaribus, cahjee nee costato intus tubo dentibuique 

 hirsute, ovario glabro t nuculis late cblongis. 



