PARVI FLORA. 





^Tkl^ rT lmg ' /*? m 82 " ! et ad Koda,a ' ^' v ~- «. 5>2 



3 000 p. , n,, Prater! In BuBMi inferiore; &m ^ jn y * ^ ,T ™ 



Java, prope Kiamis in sylvis, 3,200 p. s. m., Zolling 



Speciminum typicorum a eel. Wallich ex « Ilcrb. Sleync" sub Cat. lith. n. 8168/1 

 distnbutorum incerta manet sedes ; vix tamen ex India Australi cum a P1 JImm 



plurimis neque, uti dicit ill. Bentham (Lab. Gen. et Sp.), ex Napalia recipi po, 



Birmannica 



for 



Var. farinosa ; bracteis ovatis acutis vel obtusis, calycis dentilm* triangularity* 



tubo manifesto brevioribus.— G. parviflorum W«U. Cat n. 2158/2 wt part, 

 (1828) et n. 2158/D (1829); jfc»tf., ?la//. P/. A$. Ear. ii, 12, ,n part< 

 (1831); #<*>£./., P/or. £r*. Ind. iv, 697, »; ;>arfc (1885).— G. niultinorum 

 Benth., Lab. Gen. et Sp. 648 (1835) et DC. Prodr. xii, 552 (1848); W/>.. 

 Rep. iii, 897 (1845).— Leonurus farinosus Hum. Mss. ex Wall., in. in < 



Lith. [n. 2158/D] (1829) 



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In Himalaya orfentali; Sikkira, 4,000 p. s. m., Hooker! Punkabari, 2,000 p. g. 

 T. Thomson! Kurz ! Nagree, 3,000 p. s. m., T. Anderson! Mungpoo, 3,000 p. 8. m., K,»< r 

 ad ripas riv. Ryang, 2,000 p. s. m., King! in valle fl. Teesta, 1,000 p. g. m., Clark* 

 n. 13674! apud Badaintan, 2,000 p. s. m., Gamble! In Assam inferiore ; in collibus Mikir. 

 Jenkins! in montibus Khasia, Griffith n. 241! Mann! apud Cherrapunji, 3,000 p. g. m.. 

 Gallatly! Silhet, DeSilva [Wall. Cat. n. 2158/2 in parte]! Goalpara, Hamilton [Wall O 

 n. 2158/D] (bis)! 



Caulibus 250—300 cm. altis crassis lignosis, petiolis 2 — 4 cm. longis, Iaminis 18 — 25 

 cm. longis bis 7 — 10 cm. latis, verticillastris raro condengatis gapiggime cyrnig 4 — "> cm. 

 longis evolutis, bracteis 14 — 16 mm. longis his in var. ///pica 2 — 3 mm. latis in 

 var. farinosa 7 — 10 mm. latis, pedicellis 1 mm. longis, calycc adpresse tomentoso 10 — 1 

 mm. longo hoc 4 mm. lato — tubo calycis 7 mm. longo, dentibus var. typiccr 5 mm. loBgi 

 var. farinosce 3 mm. longis his basi 2*5 mm. latis, corollw tubo 20 — 22 mm. longo basi 

 2 mm. lato— parte tubi aequali 16 — 18 mm. longa, limbo 3*5 mm. lato, labio posticr* 

 5 mm. longo hoc 3*5 mm. lato, labio antico 6 mm. longo hoc 7 mm. lat , nucuhs 

 maturis 6 mm. longis his 3 mm. latis. 



Plate 86. Gomphostemma parviflorum Wall. var. typica. Specimen from Manipur. 



Watt n. 7396. 



Plate 87. G. parviflorum Wall. var. farinosa Prain. Specimens from Assam, 

 Wallichian Herbarium nn. 2158/2 and 2158/D at Calcutta. 



The synonymy of this species is somewhat involved, and the confusion extends to its nearest 

 ally G. crinitum, in connection with which the question will be found fully discussed. The two vari< 

 are ordinarily quite easily distinguished by their bracts, but intermediate forms are very common, 

 and the specific rank {G. multiflorum) given by Bentham to var. farinosa cannot be sustained. In 

 the Linn. Soc. Herbarium the whole species now stands as " G. multiflorum " ; herbaria, therefore, 

 which follow the arrangement adopted there know G. parviflorum Wall. (1828) as G. multiflorum 

 "R th (1835 N and know as " G. parviflorum" another species. But Sir Joseph Hooker has pointed 

 out (Flor. Brit. Ind. iv) that G. multiflorum Benth. is really G. parviflorum Wall., and has abandoned 

 Mr. Bentham's specific name in favour of the true one. The typical variety sometimes much resembles 

 typical G. crinitum, but a diagnosis is usually easily effected by means of the whiter tomentum, the 

 shorter not subulate calyx teeth, and the different bracts. 



Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta Vol. III. 



