SPECIES ASIATICAE, 183 
mm. longo pilis lisdem dense obsito suffulta ; lamina ad 3.5 cm. 
longa, ad 1.4 cm. lata, lanceolata rarius subelliptica, apice 
obtusiuscula, basi cuneata, integra, membranacea, pilis longis 
albis supra sparsius infra densius praedita. Flores in axillis 
fere omnibus orientes circ. 4-fasciculati; bracteae 5-10 mm. 
longae, orbiculari-spathulatae vel obovatae, ut folia indutae ; 
bracteolae parvae oblanceolatae vel lineares similiter in- 
dutae; pedicelli brevissimi. Calyx pallide viridis 5-6 mm. 
longus in lobos lineari-lanceolatos acuminatos ad costulam 
albo-pilosos fere ad imum fissus. Corollae circ. 9 mm. longae 
pallido-flavidae extra albo-pilosulae tubus limbo paulo longior 
supra ampliatus; limbi labium posticum brevissime bifidum, 
anticum trilobum lobis brevibus mediano majore. Stamina 2 
filamentis infra pilosulis antherarum loculis inferioribus longi- 
uscule albo-calcaratis. Ovarium maturum glabrum seminibus 
quatuor minute tuberculatis. 
“‘ China :—On the Tong Shan in the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. gooo ft. Plant of 10-16 inches. Flowers 
pale yellow. Open stony situations. Sept. 1913.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 10,996. 
The densely white-haired stems mark this out from J. 
quadrifaria, Wall. and its allies. 
yS) Justicia microdonta, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis /. Gendarussae, Linn. f. a qua foliis longe 
recedit. 
Frutex ad 2 m. altus ramosissimus caulibus primo sparsim 
pilosulis mox glabrescentibus cinerascentibus. Folia petiolo 
circ. I cm. longo sparsius pilosulo praedita ; lamina ad 6.5 cm. 
longa, ad 3.5 cm. lata, plerumque ovata, apice obtusiuscule 
brevi-acuminata, basi late cuneata in petiolum longe decurrens, 
integra, tenuiter membranacea, supra opaco-viridis ad costam 
nervosque marginemque fulvido-pilosula ceterum minute 
pubescens, infra subolivacea tantum ad costam nervosque 
pilosula. Inflorescentiae spiciformes 7-10 cm. longae ramulos 
terminantes interruptae; pedunculus brevis; rhachis plus 
minusve dense pilosula; flores 2~4-fasciculati pedunculis 
secundariis pedicellisque brevissimis suffulti; bracteae bracteo- 
laeque 3-5 mm. longae lineari-lanceolatae pilosulae. Calyx circ. 
5 mm. longus pilosulus in lobos lineari-lanceolatos acutos fere 
ad imum fissus. Corollae circ. 1.3 cm. longae albae roseo- 
tinctae extra plus minusve pilosulae tubus limbo paulo longior 
basi latiusculus supra sensim ampliatus ; limbi labium posticum 
breviter bifidum, anticum trilobum lobis 4~5 mm. longis intus 
pilosulis margine minute ciliatis. Stamina 2 filamentis infra 
-complanatis pilosulis, antherarum loculis inferioribus minute 
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