SPECIES. ASIATICAE. 193 
“ Upper Burma :—Kachin Hills, north of Myitkyina, on 
road to Kanpti Long via Malihka branch.” Toppin. Nos. 
4183, 4244. 
This is so near the Khasian plant that I have not given it 
more than varietal rank. 
° Strobilanthes Hancocki, Clarke Mss. in Herb. Kew. descr. 
W. W. Sm 
Species ex affinitate S. pentstemonoidis, T. Anders. a quo 
foliis chartaceis, inflorescentiis strobiliformibus inter alia 
recedit. 
Planta 30-40 cm. alta erecta caulibus flexuosis gracilibus 
teretibus glabris vel cito glabrescentibus. Folia superiora 
sessilia vel fere sessilia, mediana petiolo 3-5 mm. longo sparsim 
pilosulo suffulta ; lamina plerumque 6-9 cm. longa, 2~4 cm. 
lata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi plus 
minusve late cuneata, margine crenato-serrata, in sicco chartacea, 
utrinque lineolata, supra atroviridis ad costam marginesque 
pilosula ceterum glabra, infra pallidior glabra ; nervi 5-7 paria. 
Inflorescentiae ramulos terminantes strobiliformes ; aggregatio 
bractearum circ. 4 cm. longa; bracteae circ. 1.5 cm. longae, 
ellipticae vel ovatae, sub anthesin plus minusve persistentes, 
lineolatae, subglabrae. Calyx ad 1.5 cm. longus in lobos 5 
lineari-oblongos acutos lineolatos ad margines sparsim pilosulos 
fere ad imum fissus. Corolla 4-5 cm. longa, plus minusve 
curvata, purpurea; tubus basi cylindricus, supra sensim 
ampliatus extra glaber, intus hic illic prope fauces longiuscule 
albo-villosus; lobi rotundati 5-6 mm. diametro. Stamina 
perfecta 4 filamentis albo-villosulis polline typico. Fructus im- 
maturus apice albo-villosulus. 
“ China :—Mengtsz mountains, Yunnan. Rocky places. 
Flowers blue. Sept. 1893.” Hancock. No. 104 in Herb. Kew. 
“‘Mengtsz, grass mountains. 6000 ft. Purple flowers. 
Henry. No. 10,027 in Herb. Kew, et Edin. 
““Mengtsz, south mountains. 3000 ft. Purple flowers. 
Henry. No. 10,027A in Herb. Edin. 
(0° Strobilanthes hupehensis, W. W. Sm. _ Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. pentstemonoidei, T. Anders. a quo foliis vix 
glabris, bracteis longe ante anthesin delapsis, calyce pilis longis 
patentibus paleaceis glanduloso-capitatis dense obsito inter alia 
divergit. 
Planta 40-60 em. alta ut videtur, erecta, caulibus flexuosis 
gracilibus angulatis glabris. Folia petiolo circ. 1 cm. longo 
glabro lineolato suffulta; lamina 9-14 cm. longa, 2.5~4 cm. 
