SPECIES ASIATICAE, 187 
undique plus minusque fulvo- vel rufido-hirsutulus. Folia 
ternata vel opposita, petiolo 2-3 mm. longo dense hirsutulo 
suffulta ; lamina 2.5-4.5 cm. longa, 7-10 mm. lata, anguste 
lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, apice acuta vel obtusius- 
cula, basi cuneata vel subrotundata, margine integra vel obscure 
crenato-serrata, coriacea, opaco-viridis, supra glabra, infra plus 
minusve dense fulvo-hirsutula, costa media infra eminente, 
nervis in sicco subobscuris. Inflorescentiae in axillis foliorum 
superiorum ortae, in specimine nostro biflorae; pedunculi ad 
7-5 cm. longi, gracillimi, flexuosi, infra hirsutuli, supra glabri 
vel mox glabrescentes ; bracteae circ. 2.5 mm. longae, ovatae, 
glabrescentes ; pedicelli 7-8 mm. longi, glabri. Flores circ. 
4 cm. longi, violacei. Sepala 3 mm. longa, 1.5 mm. lata, ellip- 
tica, apice indurato-apiculata, fere glabra. Corollae bilabiatae 
angustae tubus circ. 2.5 cm. longus, basi cylindricus pilis arti- 
culatis albidis dense indutus, supra paulo ampliatus glabrescens ; 
lobi rotundati. Stamina perfecta duo, staminodia 2, inclusa. 
Stigma breviter bilobum. Fructus deest. 
“Upper Burma :—Valley of Naung-chaung. Alt. 6000- 
7000. ft. In forest or open but sheltered places. Undershrub 
on moss-clad tree trunks and rocks. Flowers violet. Augus 
1914.” F.K. Ward. No. 1895. 
‘SY Peristrophe yunnanensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis P. speciosae, Nees a qua bracteis valde 
diversis, floribus dimidio minoribus inter alia recedit; quoa 
bracteas species haec potius ad P. bicalyculatam, Nees 
S : 
Planta 1-2 m. alta habitu P. speciosae, Nees. Caules sulcati 
flexuosi graciles substraminei glabri, juveniles minutissime 
cinereo-pubescentes. Folia (superiora minora tantum visa) 
2.5-3 cm. longa, circ. 1 cm. lata, lanceolata vel ovata, petiolo 
I-3 mm. longo minutissime pubescente praedita, apice longius- 
cule acuminata, basi plerumque cuneata, integra, in sicco 
tenuiter membranacea, supra sparsim puberula (ad costam 
densius) ultimum glabrescentia, infra ad costam nervosque 
primo dense pubescentia. Inflorescentia ampla cymis laxe 
paniculatis ; cymulae ultimae bracteis 3 mm. longis linearibus 
basi praeditae ; bracteae florales plerumque 4, lineari-lanceo- 
latae, acutissimae, 6-7 mm. longae, extra dense cinereo-pube- 
scentes, margine plus minusve scariosae ;_ bracteolae 2 bracteis 
subsimiles 5-6 mm. longae; flores in quoque capitulo brac- 
tearum plerumque solitarii. Calyx 5-6 mm. longus fere ad 
imum in lobos 5 lineares acutos fissus glaber vel subglaber. 
Corolla circ. 1.8 cm. longa roseo-lavendulacea extra minute 
pubescens: Stamina 2 filamentis supra glabris infra pube- 
