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9TEX0ST0MA. 



verticitlaslris multifloris densis in axillis inferioribus et secus caulem aphyllum dispositi 



bracteis lineari-lanceolatis integris calyce paruai brevioribus, calycis viridis dentibus basi 

 triangulari lineari-lanceolatis tubo longioribus, corolla sulphurea fere recta calycem 3-plo 

 excedente, extus parce puberula, stylo glabro, nuculis brunneis glabris Iambus. 

 G. Thoinsoni Benth. Mss. ex Hook, f, f Flor, Brit, Ind, iv, 698 (1885). 



In Assam inferiore ; in montibus Khasia apud Cherrapunji, 3,500 p. s. m., Hook 



et Thomson !' 



^ 



Caulibus 60—100 cm. altis, petiolis (summia brevioribus exceptia) 4—7 cm. longis 

 aminis 12—25 cm. longis his 7—12 cm. latis basi abruptius attenuatis, verticillaatris 

 sub-24-floria, bracteis 9—12 mm. longis sub-1 mm. latia, cahjce 14 mm. longo hoc 

 4 mm. lato— tubo calycis 5 mm. longo, dentibus 9 mm. longis his basi 2 mm! latis 



olios tubo 25 mm. longo— parte tubi sequali 19 mm. longa, limbo 3 5 mm. lat 



V 



O 



labio postico 4 mm. longo hoc 3 mm. lato, labio antico 7 mm. lono- hoc 7 

 iato, nuculis maturia 6 mm. longis his 3 mm. latia. 



mm 



Plate 85. Gomphostemma Thomsoni Benth, Specimena from Cherrapunji, Hooker 



Thomson 



One specimen (fruiting) of the original gathering of this species in the Calcutta Herbarium h 

 been figured. Another (in flower) has been very kindly communicated by the Director, Royal Gardens 



Kew. The only characters wherein the plant differs from Watt. Cat. 2158/2 (the specimen 

 marked " Gentea Mts. - in the Wallichian Herbarinm) are its condensed instead of la* whorls and 

 the fact that some of the whorls in the fruiting specimen are on the stem below the leaves. There 

 is so htt e douot that these plants are conspecific that it is ouly the absence of a gathering ' /„. 

 Ou locata, showmg both la, and dense whorls that has prevented the formal reduction being proposed 

 The probable true natural position of the plant is shown in the note at the end of the account of 



the group 



9. Gomphostemma parviflorum Wall (1828). 



Elata erecta caule robusto subtercte, follis petiolatis rugosia elliptico-ovatia acutia 

 basi attenuatia margine aerratia, aupra hirautis aubtua caulibua petioliaque laxe albo- 

 tomentosis, verticiUastris multifloris laxis utrinque cymia evolutia, rariaaime denaia, bracteis 

 lanceolatis ovatisve calyce breve pedicellate longioribus, calycis dense albo-tomentoai 

 aentibus lanceolatis tubo brevioribus, corolla flava fere recta calyce plus 2-plo lon^re 



parce puberula, stylo glabro, nuculis brunneis glabris lambua 



Var. typica; bracteia lanceolatia acutis, calycis dentibus lanceolatis tubo fere 



sequilongia.— G. parviflorum Wall., Cat, n. 2158/1 [Herb. Heyne] (18*5) 

 et n. 2158/E (1829); Benth,, Wall. PI. As, Bar, ii, 12, in parte (1831); 

 Hook, /., Flor, Brit. Ind. iv, 697, in parte (1885).— G. dichotomum Zoll. et 

 Mor., Syst. Verzeichn. 54 (1846); Walp., B e p. vi, 684 (1847); Benth., DC. 

 Prodr. xii, 552 (1848); Miq., Flor. Ind. Bat. ii, 986 (1856).— G. multi- 

 florum Herb. Linn. Soc, quoad Wall Cat. nn. 2158/1 et 2158/E vix 

 G. multiflorum Benth. > 



In Assam inferiore ; in montibus Khasia, 4,000 p. s. m., Hooker et Thomson ! Andersonii 

 mercenar.! Oldham! Mann! apud Mauamai, Clarke n. 16003! in collibus Manipur, 3-4,000 

 p. s. m. Watt, n. 7396! in collibus Lushai apud Lengti, Prazer (bis)! iu collibus 



