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196 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
molliter albo-villosis inter alia divergit ; in sectionem Alterni- 
floravrum, Clarke ponenda. 
Frutex 2—2.5 m. altus erectus ramosus ramis junioribus plus 
minusve albido-pilosulis, senioribus glabris pallido-cinerascen- 
tibus. Folia petiolo 2-4 cm. longo albido-pilosulo suffulta ; 
lamina 6-9 cm. longa, 2.5-4.5 cm. lata, ovato-lanceolata vel 
ovata vel subelliptica, apice longiuscule acuminata, basi cuneata 
in petiolum decurrens, margine remotiuscule serrata vel undulata 
vel subintegra, ciliolata, in sicco tenuiter membranacea, supra 
atroviridis pilis paleaceis hic illic conspersa subdense lineolata, 
infra multo pallidior ad nervos (4-5 paria) sparsim paleaceo- 
pilosula lineolata. Flores remoti ex axillis superioribus orientes, 
duo oppositi sed saepius unus evolutus alter vestigialis ; pedun- 
culus circ. 4 mm. longus albido-pilosulus (saepe brevissimus 
fere obsoletus), apice bracteolam circ. 2 cm. longam lineari- 
oblongam vel lineari-oblanceolatam ceterum foliis subsimilem 
gerens. Calyx 1.5-2 cm. longus in lobos 5 lineari-oblongos 
acutos dense albo-villosos praesertim ad margines ad basim 
partitus. Corolla 4-5 cm. longa, fere recta, basi cylindrica, 
supra anguste tubulosa sensim ampliata ad os (circ. 2 cm. latum 
in sicco complanatum), extra subdense albo-villosula, flavido- 
alba, roseo-suffusa, lobis rotundatis circ. 6 mm. diametro. 
Stamina 4; filamenta longiora plus minusve albo-villosa ; 
pollen generis. Ovarium dense albo-villosum breviter stipita- 
tum; stylus sparsim albo-villosulus. Fructus immaturus 
seminibus 4. 
“‘ China :—Mekong Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 
6000 ft. Open rocky situations. Shrub of 6-8 ft. Flowers 
yellowish-white flushed rose. July 1914.’ G. Forrest. No. 
12,882. 
Strobilanthes oresbius, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. inflato, T. Anders. a quo foliis majoribus 
latissimis subglabris margine grossidentatis inter alia facile 
recognoscitur. 
Fruticulus caules annuos erectos circ. I m. altos quadrangulos 
glabros vel glabrescentes emittens. Folia petiolo 2-8 cm. longo 
supra alato glabro suffulta ; lamina foliorum superiorum ad 17 
cm. longa, ad 11 cm. lata, ovata, apice longiuscule acuminata, 
basi cuneata in petiolum decurrens, margine grosse serrata, in’ 
sicco membranacea, supra opaco-viridis, glabra nisi ad costam 
obscure puberulam, sparsim lineolata, infra glabra brunneo- 
olivacea, nervis utrinque circ. Io subconspicuis. Inflorescentiae 
in axillis superioribus ortae spiciformes tortuosae 6—12-florae 
pilis glanduloso-capitatis dense obsitae pedunculo circ. 2.5 cm. 
longo suffultae ; flores I-2-nati, sessiles vel subsessiles ; bracteae 
