

MELISSIFOLIA. 



.'09 



G. ovatum has been 



specimens of G. ovatum vab. / 

 toothed calyx, the shorter narrcr 



ggested, and in externals large forms of this 



K>€< 



,l 



The tubers among the roots, the c ured and 



good deal resemble 



character 



never exhibited 



bracts, and the stellate hairs 



on the 



longer 



either 



r] per 



ince of the If a vet 



var: 



G. ovatum. Dr. Wallich originally gave this* plant the 



of G. cratum) amply distinguish th 



n > 



fro 



issued it as 



M 



nspecific with G. meliwfi. 



nnme of G. radiean, but Aiteruards 



it is so unlike that species that the 



the remaining member of the group 



points 



require to be d\\«lt upon 





23. 



Gomphostemma velutinum Bcnth. (1829). 



Humi 



basi 



caule gracili distincte sulcato d 



tegra cuneatis vel 



fob 



utrinque densissir. 

 ovatis oblongisve, 



stellato 



subtruncatis margine cetcrum obtuse 



long 



pctiolntis ovatis 



crflciHast) 



brevib 



iquis lanceolatis, omnib 



paucifl 



d 



dtntatis 



h. bract* 



np 



t<'uti> 



< xtrrioribi 



ahjeis viridis dense molliter 



cal) 



breviorib 



bracteoli* 



!» 





dentibus lanceolatis 



flava antice incurva, extus villosa, caly 



Benth.. 



2-pl 



ong 



tylo 



bo .'oquilongin, coj 



Wall. Cat. n. 2709 (1829), Wall. PI. As. B 



:i 



b 



G. velutinum 





649 (1835) et DC. Prodr. xii, 552 (1848) 



' 



Walp 



Bep 



n (1841), Lab. Gen. ,1 



Brit. Ind. iv, 699 (1885 



898 (184 



Book 



n 



In Assam infer 



Khas 



in "montibus Silhet > ,, Bruce (Wall. Cat. n. 2709) 



in in 



4.000 



p. s. 



m 



» 



Hooker et Thomson ! Oldham 



Clarke n. 45942 



apud Mansniai, 4,000 p. 8. m. 



Caulibus 8 



12 cm. longis ascendent ibus 



vel prostratis, rami's ascendentibus, rndicibus 



nibus fibrosis, petiolis 1 — 4 cm. longis, laminis 3 — 6 cm. long 



his 2 



latis, verticillastris sub-6-floris, bracteis 5—8 mm. longis his 1 



longo 

 latis. 



3 mm 



boo 4 mm. lato — tubo calycig 6 mm. longo, dentibus 7 i 



parte tubi a?quali 14 mm. long* 



corolla 30 



mm. longa 



lon^ r 



lbo 



3 o cm . 



| 



1 mm. 



basi 2 mm. 



postico 6 mm. longo h 



8 mm 



lat 



margine integ 



8 mm. lato, labio 



longo 



labio antico 8 mm 



h 



16 



mm 



ato. nuculis maturis 



dum comm 



Plate 98A. Gomphostemma velutinum Benth. Specimen from Silhet, B 



( Wall, 



Cat. rt. 2709) 



A very distinct 



ignisable by the dense tomentum 



both surfaces of the 



- 



and rema 

 This is the 



'kable in having a 



uniform stellate tomentum on the upper surfa 



as 



as 



th 



l 



of the genus 



a\ 



lower. 



4*« 



Gomphostemma ovatum Wall. (1828). 



i 



H 



caule gracili 



bsulcato scabro 



• ♦ 



petiolatis mem! 



hispido-pubescentibus subglabrisve 



parce 



truncatis vel raro cuneatis 



aminis ovatis late ellipticis apice obt 



supra 

 basi 



margine 



crenato-dentatis, verticillastris multifl 



den 



-is 



b 



exterioribus fol 



obtusis marline crenato-serratis calycem excedentib 



.oliquis ovato-acutis calycem asquantibus, bracteolis linearibus brevibn 

 bus lanceolatis tubo brevioribus, corolla flava apice antice incurva cah 

 extns puberula, stylo glabro, nuculis brunneis glabris 



, calycis virid 

 ;e sub-4-plo 



extus laevibus intus : 



denti 

 giore 



j 



ugortii 



Ann. Eoy. But. Garo. Calcutta Vol. Ill 



