198 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
WO Strobilanthes polyneuros, Clarke Mss. in Herb. Kew. descr. 
m. 
Species distinctissima ex affinitate S. fimbriatae, Nees ; foliis 
magnis multi-nervatis inter alia bene notata. 
Planta ad 1.8 m. alta; caulis (pars minima visa) lignescens 
crassus. Folia superiora tantom visa sessilia vel petiolo brevis- 
simo crasso praedita ; lamina 13-30 cm. longa, 5-II cm. lata, 
elliptica vel late lanceolata, apice longiuscule acuminata, basi 
cuneata, margine subregulariter serrulata, in sicco papyracea, 
utrinque lineolata atque glabra, supra atroviridis infra brunneo- 
olivacea ; nervi 12-20 paria utrinque plus minusve conspicul 
subparalleli. Flores in spicas axillares congestas brevi-pedun- 
culatas bene bracteatas circ. 4 cm. longas dispositi; pedunculus 
circ. 1 cm. longus ; bracteae steriles circ. I cm. longae foliaceae 
ovatae basim spicae amplectentes ; bracteae fertiles et bracteolae 
2-2.4 cm. longae basi lanceolatae supra longissime subulato- 
acuminatae apice ipso saepe inflexae minute fulvido-pilosulae. 
Calyx circ. 17 mm. longus in lobos 5 lineares apice longe sub- 
ulatos fissus. Corolla circ. 4 cm. longa fere recta purpurea ; 
tubus basi cylindricus mox sensim ampliatus extra glaber intus 
sparsim puberulus, lobis rotundatis circ. 6 mm. diametro. 
Stamina perfecta 4 filamentis hirsutulis. Ovarium apice vil- 
losulum stylo dense patenti-villoso. Fructus deest. 
“ China :—Mengtsz, Yunnan ; south mountains. Alt. 5000 ft. 
» Shrub 6 ft. Purplish flowers.” Henry. No. 10,352 in Herb. 
Kew. 
wor ee eae: aaa Clarke Mss. in Herb. Kew. descr. 
sue ex ES S. pentstemonotdis, T. Anders. a quo 
caulibus petiolisque hirsutulis, foliis inaequalibus, inter alia 
recognoscitur. 
Planta 25-60 cm. alta erecta vel basi decumbens caulibus 
tortuosis vel flexuosis gracilibus plus minusve dense fulvido- 
hirsutulis. Folia petiolo 3-10 mm. longo fulvido-hirsutulo 
praedita; paria valde inaequalia; lamina majorum 6— 
longa, 2.5-3-5 cm. lata, ovata vel elliptico-ovata vel lanceolata, 
apice caudato-acuminata, basi plus minusve late cuneata, 
margine irregulariter serrata, in sicco chartacea, utrinque 
lineolata, supra setulis paleaceis paucis conspersa, utrinque ad 
costam nervosque minute fulvido-pilosula, nervis 5-6 paribus , 
folia minora I-2 cm. longa. Inflorescentiae terminales et in 
axillis superioribus orientes, pedunculis circ. 2.5 cm. longis 
hirsutulis suffultae ; flores capitati, plerumque 3-nati ; bracteae 
es lineolatae cito deciduae. Calyx 5-8 mm. longus 
