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EUGOMPHOSTE3IMA. 



his basi 2-5 mm. latis, corolla 32 

 8 mm. 



mm. longa 



parte tubi sequali 16 mm. longa, limbo 



lato, labio postico margine 



intejrro 5 mm. longo hoc 8 



mm. lato, labio antico 



> 



8 mm. longo hoc 16 



mm. lato, styli lobis perbrevibus; nuculis nondum maturis. 



Plate 101. Gomphostemma Pliilippinarum Benth. Specimen from Bohol, Cuming n. 



1840. 



This plant is very nearly related to O. oblongum, differing principally from the types of that 



species 



in having shorter 



calyx teeth, and hairs on the style. 



Though 



it is here allowed to 



retain the rank given it by Mr. Bentham, it is probably no more than a form of G. oblongum, 

 hardly separable even as a variety. 



13. 



Gomphostemma Scortechinii Pram (1890). 



Elata erecta caule subterete, foliis subsessilibus elliptico-oblongis vel obovatis acutis 



vel integris, supra sparse hirsutis subtus caulibus 



singulis pedi- 



basi attenuatis margine 



subserr 



petiolisque brevissimis pare 



tomentosis 



ticillastris multifloris, floribus 



cellatis, bracteis subulatis pedicellis rufo-tomentos 



aeq 



caly 



bus lanceolatis acutis tubum excedentib 



olla majuscula flava 



3-pio Ion 



© 



extus tomentosa 



tyl 



rufescentis denti 

 ?e incurva calyc< 



versus apicem pilis divergentibus parce hirsut 



mentis brunneis apice hispidis sublsevibu 



Var. it/pica; laminis margine serratis vel integris. 

 In peninsula Malayana; Perak, in Gunong Tujok, Scortechini (bis) ! 



Var. ? IMferi; laminis margine 



/., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 697. 



crenatis. — G. oblongum var.? Helferi Hook 



In Burma inferiore; Tenasserim, Heifer n. 4043! (calyces 3 ex Herb. Kew. bene- 



volenter coinm. tantum vidi). 



Caulibus 60 — 100 cm. altis, petiolis 



his 12 — 16 cm 



attenuatis. 



1 cm. longis, laminis 20—30 cm. Ion** 



subtus parce tomentosis vel nonnunquam glabriuscul 



sensim 



verticillastris sub-20-floris, bracteis 8 mm. longis his 



0*5 mm 



cellis 8—10 mm 



longis, cahjee 22 mm. longo hoc 7 mm 



lato — tubo 



longo, dentibus 12 mm. longis his basi 4 mm. latis, corolla 60 



aly 



basi 



latis, pedi 



10 



mm 



mm 



quali 35 mm. lo 



lion 



long 



parte tubi 



limbo 11 mm. lato, labio postico margine sub-2-dentatim emar- 



i longo hoc 21 mm. lato, lobo 



ginato 9 mm. longo hoc 12 mm. lato, labio antico 12 mm. . 



medio oblongo margine truncato, nuculis 8 mm. longis his 55 mm. latis 



Plate 93. Gomphostemma Scortech 



Praia. Specimen from Perak, Scortechini 



The typical form of this plant seems very distinct, and is characterised by having dense whorls, 



hich are pedicelled. Its nearest ally is G. oblongum, from the type of 



the individual flowers of 



which it differs in having serrate leaves, a rusty tomentum and a hirsute style. 



The crenate leaves of the plant here considered a possible variety at once bring it near to 

 G. oblongum, with which species Sir Joseph Hooker has tentatively placed it. But the caly 



is unlit 



that of typical G. oblongum, and the 3 calyces examined by me agree so 



G. Scortechinii— one of them, moreover, has 

 leaves are crenate 



preferable in the meantime to remove 



sely with those of 



pedicel 4 mm. long — that in spite of the fact 'that the 



character which does not hold good in any other member of the Lueida) 



seems 



from G 



