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EUGOMPHO STEMMA 



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19. G-omphostemma pedunculatum Bentk. (1885). 



ata C aule basi prostrato, foliis longe petiolatis ovatis acutis basi parum 



attenuatis margine serratis, supra hirsutis subtus caulibus petiolis pedunculisque dense 

 tomentosis, verticiUastris multifloris cymis laxis utrinque evolutis, bracteis rubidis late 

 ovatis margine serratis calyce longioribus, bracteolis oblongo-lanceolatis, calycis rubidi 

 extus bracteisque molliter hirsuti, dentibus late ovato-triangularibus tube brevioribus 



olla sulphurea antice incurva calyce plus 2-plo longiore, extus glabrescente, stylo glabro 



nucuUs pallidis glabris punctulatis.— G. pedunculatum Bentk. Mss. ex Book. /., Flor. Brit 



Ind. iv, 696 (1885). 



In Assam inferiore: in montibus Khasia, infra Nurtiang, 2—3,000 p. s. m., Hooker et 



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Caulibus plus 100 cm. longis flexuosis, prostratis, basi radicantibus apice tantum 

 ascendentibus, foliis longe distantibus, petiolis 3*5—5 cm. longis, laminis 7—30 cm. longis 

 his 4— 15 cm. latis, cymis 2— 8 cm. longis in axillis inferioribus et secus caulem aphyllum 

 dispositis. bracteis 0-5—1-5 cm. longis his 0'5— 1 cm. latis alternis bracteolis 5—15 mm. 



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bis 3—8 mm. latis, calyce 12 mm. longo hoc limbo 5 mm. lato— tubo calycis 65 

 mm longo, dentibus 5*5 mm. longis his basi 3 mm. medio 4 mm. latis, coroVw tubo 25 

 mm. longo— parte tubi sequali 16 mm. longa hac 3 mm. lata, parte inflata 9 mm. longa, 

 limbo 8 mm. lato, labio postico 5 mm. longo hoc 9 mm. lato, labio antico 6 mm. longo 

 hoc 15 mm. lato, nuculis late ovatis 6 mm. longis his 4 mm. latis. 



Plate 91. Gomphostemma pedunculatum Benth. Specimen from Nurtiang, Khasia, 



Hooker § Thomson. 



The specimen figured is an example of the original gathering, but is evidently (ef. the original 

 description) not very typical. The species is nearly allied to G. Carttsii from Penang and Perak; hut 

 its peduncles, bracts and calyces are more hirsute, its bracts are much larger, and its calyx teeth are very 

 different, being much wider and a good deal shorter; the leaves also are larger than in the Malayan 



plant. 



20. Gomphostemma Ourtisii Train (1890). 



Elongata caule ascendente scabro, foliis longe petiolatis oblongo-ovatis acutis basi 

 parum attenuatis margine denticulatis, supra hirsutis subtus petiolisque adpresse tomen- 

 tosis, verticiUastris multifloris cymis laxis utrinque evolutis, pedunculis glabris, bracteis 

 anguste ovatis longe acuminatis margine integris calycem sequantibus rubidis, bracteolis 

 lineari-lanceolatis, calycis rubidi extus bracteisque parcissime puberuli dentibus e basi 

 triangulari longe lineari-lanceolatis tubum excedentibus, corolla alba antice incurva calyce 

 2-plo longiore, extus puberula, stylo glabro, nuculis pallidis glabris punctulatis. 



In Peninsula Malayana ; Penang, Curtis n. 1310 ! Perak, in Larut, Scortechini 

 n. 924! Wray n. 1233! 



Caulibus flexuosis basi haud radicantibus 90—120 cm. altis, foliis distantibus petiolis 

 3—12 cm. longis, laminis 8—12 cm. longis his 5—7 cm. latis, cymis 5—6 cm. longis 

 secu3 caulem aphyllum tantum dispositis, bracteis 10—15 mm. longis his 4 — 5 mm. 



latis, alternis, calyce 14 mm, longo hoc 5 mm. lato— tubo calycis G'o mm. longo, dentibus 



7-5 mm. longis his basi ipsa 3 mm. latis, triente imo subito attenuatis ceterum lanceolato 

 subulatis, corolhe tubo 25 mm. longo— parte tubi sequali 14 mm. longa, parte inflata 



