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224 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
rosea, ungue glabro supra paululo dilatato exauriculato circ. 
1.6 cm. longo in laminam obovatam circ. 1.3 cm. longam ad 
medium quadrifidam expanso, lobis interioribus oblongis erosulis 
exterioribus linearibus minoribus; squamae oblongae vel 
sublineares circ. 2 mm. longae incisae vel integrae. Staminum 
filamenta glabra. Ovarium anguste oblongum uniloculare basi 
parietum vestigiis instructum stylophoro duplo longius, stylis 
tribus coronatum. Capsula matura deest. 
Central China :—Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden 
from seeds sent by Mr Charles Marson Watson. 
Strobilanthes shweliensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. multidenti, Clarke et S. rhombifolio, Clarke ; 
a priore foliis basi rotundatis, flore fere dimidio minore inter alia 
divergit ; ab altera caule viscoso-pilosulo, foliis scabridulis 
majoribus, flore minore praeter alia signa removitur; a S$ 
scoriarum autem affini calycibus viscoso-pubescentibus differt. 
Planta circ. r m. alta erecta caulibus subquadratis primo 
dense viscoso-pilosulis tandem glabrescentibus. Folia superiora 
ad regionem inflorescentiae sessilia, inferiora petiolo 1-2 cm. 
longo subglabro suffulta; lamina majorum 12-15 cm. longa, 
circ. 7 cm. lata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata, 
basi plus minusve rotundata, margine crebre et regulariter serru- 
lata, serraturis utrinque circ. 50, in sicco submembranacea, tactu 
utrinque scabridula, lineolata, inter dentes sparsim ciliolata ; 
nervi ad 10 paria. Inflorescentiae amplae anguste paniculatae 
ad 30 cm. longae ; rhachis cum ramis ramulisque dense glandu- 
loso-pilosa ; bracteae sub anthesi deciduae. Calyx circ. I cm. 
longus pilis longis glandulosis dense indutus, in lobos 5 lineares 
fere ad imum divisus. Corolla 2.5—3 cm. longa fere recta extra 
glabra purpurea, intus glabra (nisi ad unum locum apud fauces 
albo-villosum) ; tubus infra cylindricus supra subito ampliatus, 
parte ventricosa paulo longiore, lobis rotundatis circ. 5 mm. 
diametro. Stamina 4 filamentis  glabris, polline typico. 
Ovarium minute pilosulum stylo gracillimo in parte inferiore 
sparsim pilosulo. Fructus deest. 
“ West China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in open 
situations by streams. Alt. 10,000 ft. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Plant 
of 3-4 ft. Flowers ruddy purple. Sept. 1917.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 16,107. 
UU Thunbergia salweenensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis T. maculatae, Lace a qua floribus kerme- 
sinis, calyce longiuscule denticulato glabro inter alia divergit. 
Planta scandens ad 1-5 m. attingens. Caules herbacei, glabri 
vel subglabri nisi ad nodos ubi pilorum albidorum subsetaceorum 
