STEXOSTOMA-.XIVEra, PABVIFLORA. 



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glabro, nuculis pallide brunneis glabris vix rugosulis.-G. niveum Hook. /., FUr. Brii 

 Ind. iv, 697 (1885).— G. parviflorum Herb. Ind. Or. II. f. et T.T., nee Wall. 



In Assam superiore et inferiore ; in montibus Alisbmi, Griffith ; in montibus Khasia, 

 3—4,000 p. s. m., Hooker et Thomson ! Mann ! 



^ Caulibus crassis 80—120 cm. altis obtuse tetragonis, petiolis 0-2 cm. longis, lamina 

 i persensim attenuatis 15-40 cm. longis his 6-13 cm. latis, bracteis 9-22 mm. 



bas 



longis his 2—12 mm. latis, calyce 10 mm. longo hoc 3 mm. lato (calyce fructige. 

 45 mm. lato)-tubo calycis 6 mm. longo, dentibus 4 mm. longis his basi 2 mm. latis, 

 corolla? tubo 16 mm. longo-parte tubi aquali 11 mm. longa, limbo 4 mm. lato, labia 

 postico 4 mm. longo hoc 3'5 mm. lato, labio antico 5 mm. longo hoc &5 mm. lat- 

 nuculis saspissime solitariis, nonnunquam tamen 2 vel 3, oblongo-ovatis 5 mm. longif 



his 2*75 mm. latis 



Plate 83. Gomphostemma niveum Hook, /. Specimen from Khasia, Mann. 



A very distinct species; recognisable at onoe by its close short white tomentum. 



IV. Parviflora; verticillastris remolis azillaribus vel seem caulem aphyllum dispositis, 

 calyce parum costato intus tubo dentibusque hupidulo, ovario glabro, nuculis ov( his 

 apicem angustatis. 



versus 



7. Gomphostemma microcalyx Pram (1890). 



Elata erecta caule robusto sulcato, folds petiolatis oblongo-ovatis acutis basi attenuatis 

 margine integris vel minute late dentatis, supra hirsutis subtus ntrvis tantum vel 

 sequabiliter tomentosis, petiolis caulibusque scabris, verlicillastris paucifloris densig in 

 axillis inferioribus et saepissime secus caulem aphyllum tantum dispositis, bracteis ovato- 

 lanceolatis integris calyce brevioribus, cabjeis viridis dentibus brevibus trianijularibus tubo 





multo brevioribus, corolla aurantiaca fere recta calycem 4-plo excedente Jauce perangusta 

 extus parce puberula, stylo glabro. 



In peninsula Malayana; Perak, in Larut, 1,800—2,000 p. s. m., Kunstlcr n. 2155 ! 

 Scortechini n. 842! Wray n. 835! in Ulu Bubong, Kunstlcr n. 104551 



Caulibus 60 — 150 cm. altis, petiolis (summis brevioribus exeeptis) 4 — 5 cm. longis, 

 laminis 12 — 15 cm. longis his 7—9 cm. latis, basi abruptius attenuatis, verticillastri 

 sub-6-floris, bracteis 6 — 7 mm. longis his 2—3 mm. latis, calyce 7 mm. longo hoc 4 mm. 

 lato — tubo calycis 5 mm. longo, dentibus 2 mm. longis his basi 2 mm. latis, corolla; tubo 

 26 mm. longo — parte tubi aequali 22 mm. longa, limbo 2*5 mm. lato, labio postico 4 mm. 

 longo hoc 2 mm. lato, labio antico 7 mm. longo hoc 5*5 mm. lato, nuculis maturia 

 ignotis, immaturis glabris laevibus. 



Plate 84. Gomphostemma microcalyx Prain. Specimens from Larut, Kunstler 



n. 2155. 



Mr. Hemsley has suggested that this may be only a starved form of O. parviflorum. But the suitei 

 of specimens at Calcutta are very large and very uniform, and the much smaller and shorter calyx with 

 diminutive teeth, together with the much narrower-throated corolla, appear to make it very distinct from 

 any of the other forms of the Parviflora group. 





8. Gomphostemma Thomsoni Bcnth. (1885). 



Elata erecta caule gracili subterete, foliis petiolatis oblongo-ovatis acutis basi 

 attenuatis margine crenulatis, supra hirsutis subtus petiolis caulibusque tomentosis, 



Ann. Koy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta Vol. Ill 



