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192 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
longus glanduloso-hirsutus in lobos 5 lineari-oblongos apice 
spathulatos ad imum fissus. Corolla fere 4 cm. longa leviter 
curvata pallido-purpurea (?); tubus basi cylindricus, mox 
subventricoso-ampliatus glaber; lobi rotundati circ. 5 mm. 
diametro. Stamina perfecta 4 filamentis glabris, polline typico. 
Fructus calycem aequans clavato-oblongus apice villosulus 
seminibus 4 sericeis circ. 3 mm. diametro 
“ China:—Mi-lé district, Yunnan; in mountain wood. Purple 
flowers.”” Henry. No. 10,319 in Herb. Kew. 
S Strobilanthes Cyclus, Clarke Mss. in Herb. Kew. descr.W. W. Sm. 
Species ex affinitate S. yunnanensis, Diels a quo foliorum 
forma atque inflorescentiis subverticillatis inter alia differt. 
Planta circ. 40 cm. alta; radix crassa; caules plures erecti 
vel suberecti saepe flexuosi pilis longis articulatis fulvidis vel 
albidis plus minusve dense induti. Folia aequalia petiolo 2-5 
mm. longo dense piloso praedita; lamina 2.5-5.5 cm. longa, 
2-4.5 cm. lata, late ovata vel rhomboidea vel fere orbiculata, 
apice rotundata vel obtusa, basi late cuneata vel subrotundata, 
margine crenata nonnunquam obscure, in sicco papyracea, 
supra opaco-viridis subdense setoso-pilosa minute lineolata, 
infra pallidior praesertim ad costam nervosque (4-5 paria) 
setoso-pilosa. Inflorescentiae terminales et axillares sub-capi- 
tatae vel breviter spiciformes quasi-verticillatim dispositae, 
basi foliis reductis bene cinctae et suboccultae ; flores ex collec- 
tore coerulei; bracteae bracteolaeque lineari-oblongae circ. 
8-10 mm. longae pilosae. Calyx circ. 7 mm. longus in lobos 
lineari-oblongos pilosos ad imum fissus. Corolla 2 cm. paulo 
superans fere recta; tubus basi breviter cylindricus, mox (sed 
sensim) ampliatus, extra glaber nisi prope lobos; corolla 
inaperta fronte longiuscule albo-pilosula; lobi subrotundati 
circ. 5 mm. diametro dorso albo-pilosi. Stamina perfecta 4 
filamentis glabris polline typico. Ovarium apice pilosulum. 
Fructus circ. 7 mm. longus pilis apice persistentibus. 
“China :—Yunnan; Mengtsz, grassy mountain at 7000 ft. 
Growing in clumps. Blue flowers.’”’ Henry. No. 10,159 in 
Herb. Kew. et Herb. Edin. 
Vicinity of Yunnan-sen. Maire. Nos. 730, 1878 in Herb. 
Strobilanthes fimbriatus, Nees var. majusculus, W. W. Sm. 
Var. nov. 
A typo foliis duplo majoribus circ. 12-nerviis subtus vix 
vel obscure lineolatis ad costam nervosque apeeain puberulis, 
corolla ad 5 cm. longa differt 
