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194 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
lata, lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, apice longe (saepe 
praelonge) acuminata, basi cuneata, margine argute atque sub- 
regulariter serrata, in sicco membranacea, supra atroviridis 
setulis paleaceis nitentibus hic illic conspersa ceterum glabra 
minute lineolata, infra pallidior glabra obscure vel vix lineolata ; 
nervi 5-8 paria. Inflorescentiae in axillis superioribus orientes 
pedunculis gracilibus ad 5 cm. longis glabris simplicibus vel 
pauciramosis folia reducta pauca gerentibus suffultae ; flores 
capitati plerumque 3-5-nati; bracteae ante anthesin deciduae 
non visae. Calyx 5-8 mm. longus setulis patentibus paleacis 
nitentibus glanduloso-capitatis dense indutus in lobos 5 in- 
aequales lineari-oblongos obtusiusculos fere ad imum_ fissus. 
Corolla circ. 3 cm. longa, fere recta, ut videtur pallido-purpurea, 
extra sparsim pilosula, intus glabra nisi ad fauces sparsim albo- 
villosulas ; tubus infra cylindricus, supra sensim ampliatus, lobis 
brevibus rotundatis. Stamina perfecta 4 filamentis glabris. 
Ovarium pilosulum. Fructus I cm. longus vel ultra, quoad 
formam ei S. fentstemonoidis subsimilis. 
“China :—West Hupeh. July 1901. Wilson. No. 2627.” 
This appears to be the Hupeh representative of the widespread 
and variable S. pentstemonoides, T. And. It is not conspecific 
with the plant collected in Nepal by Wallich. Central China 
sheets such as Henry, Nos. 2074 and 3052, are referable to 
S. hupehensis. 
Strobilanthes hygrophiloides, Clarke Mss. in Herb. Kew. descr. 
W. W. Sm. 
Species affinis S. fimbriatae, Nees; foliis utrinque setulis 
conspersis, floribus in axillis superioribus quasi-verticillatis bene 
notata. 
Planta erecta caulibus flexuosis dense albido- vel fulvido- 
hirsutis tarde glabrescentibus; altitudo non nota; rami in 
scheda circ. 30 cm. longi. Folia petiolo 1-2 cm. longo plus 
minusve alato hirsuto praedita; lamina plerumque 5-7 cm. 
longa, 2.5-3.5 cm. lata, nonnunquam ad 10 cm. longa, ad 5 cm. 
lata, elliptica vel ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata, 
basi late vel anguste cuneata, margine obscure et irregulariter 
serratula, tantum in foliis maximis serrata, in sicco chartacea, 
utrinque lineolata, supra atroviridis setulis conspersa, ad costam 
saepe densius, infra pallidior densiuscule setosula; nervi 5-7 
paria. Inflorescentiae in axillis superioribus orientes; flores 
I-3-nati, quasi-verticillati; pedunculi  pedicellique _nulli; 
bracteae bracteolaeque lineari-oblongae calycem aequantes vel 
paulo superantes plus minusve hirsutae. Calyx circ. I.5 cm. 
longus pilis articulatis hirsutulus in lobos 5, lineari-lanceolatos 
acutos fere ad imum fissus. Corolla 3.5-4 cm. longa, fere recta, 
