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v. late ovata, basi late cuneata Vv. subtruncata, apice sub- 
et sub-erosa. Rami florales volubiles ad axillas foliorum 
bini superpositi, ramo axillari inferiore unifloro, superiore laxe 
cymoso bracteis foliis conformibus. Flores magni pentameri 
pedunculis volubilibus. Calyx infra tubulosus, tubo non fisso 17 
mm. longo submembranaceo 5-alato brevissime coronato corona 
integra purpurascente, supra cupulato-explanatus foliaceus cupulo 
8 mm. longo lobisque 4 mm. longis ovatis erectis acutis uninerviis 
reticulatis margine sub-erosis. Corolla cceruleo-purpurea striis 
magis intense coloratis notata 6 cm. longa supra late campanulata 
infra obconico-tubulosa, tubo ex ore calycis breviter extenso intus 
staminum filamentis bialatis alligatis munito; lobis 8 mm. longis 
triangulari-deltoideis acutis margine iditegris, plicis rotundatis 
crenulatis brevibus. Staminum filamenta 5 mm. lata complanata 
inclusa. Dicsus 5-glandulosus. Ovarium longe stipitatum ; stylus 
infra ramos brevis 5 mm. longus, ramis 4 mm. longis. Capsula ex- 
serta fusiformia complanata marginata 3 cm. longa, stipite longiore ; 
semina discoidea late alata 2 mm. diam 
“Climber of 10-20 feet. Flower: bluish purple, markings a 
deeper shade. In bamboo brakes and on scrub at an elevation of 
8-11,000 feet. Ming-Kwong-Irrawaddi divide. Lat. 26° N. Upper 
ae Oct. 1905. soe on Irrawaddi-Salwen divide above Pien- 
& Forrest. No.8 
Quite as showy as C. Trailliana, from which it is easily distin- 
guished by its cordiform leaves on longer petioles, its smaller flowers 
with calyx never splitting and bearing foliaceous erect sepal lobes, 
its capsule with very long stipe and short style. 
PLEUROGYNE. 
Pleurogyne Forresti, Balf. fil. Sp. nov. Plate xviii. 
Annua radice tenui, ad 2°5 dm. alta, omnino glabra, erecta, 
gracilis, caule obscure quadrangulari a basi vel e medio ramoso. 
Folia basalia sub anthesi nulla, caulinia elliptica v. sublanceolata v. 
7 mm. longis. Corolla fere ad basin soluta segmentis ellipticis 
subacuminatis 12 mm, longis; foveole duz prope basin cujusque 
