ON PLANTS FROM ANNAM. 151 



Corona with leaves 6 mm. long. Anthers .25 mm. long. Pollinia 



ovoid, .15 mm. long. Stigma abaut 1 mm. in diameter. 



Appears from Costantin's clavis (1. c. 106) to come nearest 



T. "Pierre i Cost., differing from it in shape of leaves and short 



petioles, shorter inflorescences, and smaller flowers with broader calyx 



segments and coronal leaves united to the stamens throughout except 



for the gibbous base. 



164. Hoya parasitica Wall. 



Dalat, 5,000 ft, 



Distrib. India, Malay Peninsula, Siam, Cochin-China. 



ACANTHACE/E. 



By S. Moore. 



165. Strobilanthes (Eustrobilanthes, Bracteat^) squalens 



S. Moore, sp. no v. 



Verisimiliter frutex vel suffrutex. Hamuli subteretes foliosi 

 scabridi. Folia obovata vel late obovato-oblonga obtusa nonnunquam 

 breviter cuspidato-acuminata basin versus in petiolem brevem gradatim 

 attenuata margine obtuse dentata vel solum undulata pergamacea 

 utrobique scabrida. Spied pedunculatse foliis breviores densiflorse. 

 Bractece lanceolatse obtusae uti inflorescentige axis scabride hispidis- 

 simse. Bracteolce parvulae filiformes calyce plane breviores. Galycis 

 segmenta fere usque basin divisa linearia obtusa hispidissima. Corollw 

 flavae intus albo-pilosse tubus inferne tenuis a medio inflatus limbi lobi 

 postici paullo altius connati. Stamina 4 filamentis in membranam 

 corollas omnimodo adnatam connatis. Staminodium O. Ovarium apice 

 glandulosum. Stylus breviter puberula. Capsula oblonga apice 

 subpungens microscopice puberula 4-sperma. Semina, complanata sub- 

 orbicularia margine pilis hygroscopicis copiosissime induta. 



Daban, 650 ft. 



Leaves up to 10 x 5.5 cm., more usually about 8x3 cm., some- 

 times reduced to 6 x 2.5 cm. or even less, grey-green when dry, very 

 scabrous; petioles about 5 mm. long. Spikes On 5-25 mm. long pedun- 

 cles, up to 3 x 1.5 cm. Bracts mostly about 1.5 cm. long, in the middle 

 5 mm. wide. Bracteoles only 2.5-3 mm. long. Calyx 7 mm. long. 

 Corolla 14 mm. long; tube barely 2 mm. wide below, in the upper 



VOL. IV, NO. 3, 1921. 



