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Pirate 78.— Afridia nepetwformis Duthie. A-portion of plant of short-styled form,—of natural 
sise. B—portion of plant of long-styled form,—of natural size. Fig. 1, side-view of single flower of 
А; 2, corolla of ditto, laid open; 3, side-view of single flower of В; 4, corolla of ditto, laid open; 
5, calyx and pistil of B; 6, single stamen of В; 7, four-lobed disk; 8, ripe nutlets; 9, single 
nutlet; 10, seed,—all enlarged. 
6.7.0. 
PLATE 79, 
86. Сүмховтаснүом Listert Prain in Јошт. As. Soc. Beng. lxix. 2. 171 (1900), 
Natural order Acanthacez. 
A small undershrub, a foot high or less; leaves oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
tapering gradually in the posterior half to a petiole 1—2 em. long, margins entire, 
nerves 19—14 pairs slightly arched !forward, minutely puberulous on both surfaces, 
attaining 20 cm. long by 8 cm. wide, broadest at junction of anterior and middle third; 
panicies chiefly from the axils of the lower leaves and the scars below these, 4—6 cm. 
long, branchlets subspicate; flowers solitary or clustered; bracts small linear; sepaís 5 mm. 
long, linear; corolla puberulous; anthers spurred at base, linear-oblong; style puberulous ; 
capsule 1°25 ст. long, narrow, glabrate; seeds ovoid, compressed, muriculate. | 
CHITTAGONG: Demagiri, in rocky places; Lister?! 
Very closely related to Gymnostachyum latifolium Т. And. and, along with that 
species, standing markedly apart from the other Indian species of Gymnosiachyvm. It 
is, however, very distinct from 6. latifolium in the different folliage, the smaller 
flowers with different anthers, and the smaller capsules. 
Prate 79.—Gymnostachyum Listeri Prain. 1, flowering plant; 2, fruiting twig,—of natural size; 
3, flower; 4, calyx; 5, flower-bud, opened; 6, corolla, laid open; 7, 8, stamens; 9, ovary; 10 
capsule, opened; 11, 12, seeds seen from either face; 13, seed, seen edgewise,—all enlarged. 
Ю.Е; 
PLATE 80. 
87. PERISTROPHE LONGIFOLIA King § Prain in Journ, Ав, Soc. Beng, lix. 2. 171 (19 00.) 
Natural order Acanthacee, 
An erect spreading herb; laves narrowly lanceolate, margin undulate, finely lineate 
on both surfaces, glabrous except the puberulous midrib both above and below, apex 
long acuminate, base cuneate, tapering to the petiole 1:25 cm. long, length 10—13 cm., 
width 1--25 cm.; panicles compact, bracts 2 сш. long, 4 mm. wide, minutely 
ciliate; calyz-teeth narrow lanceolate, short; corolla pale-pink to nearly white, 9:5 cm. 
jong, tube slightly exceeding limb; stamens with puberulous filaments; anther-cells linear» 
equal, but one more than half its length higher than the other. 
Urrer Burma: Kachin Hills, near Sadon, 3,500 ft.; Prain’s collector! UPPER Assam: 
Jaboca Naga Hills, near Baligan; Prain’s collector. 
This species, which was not previously represented at Kew or Calcutta, appears 
to come nearest the group of forms aggregated in the Flora of British India under 
the common name Peristrophe acuminata, but the larger corolla and different stamens 
Axx. Roy. Bor. Garp. Carc, Vor. IX. 
