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5. Steobilanthes rufo-strobilatus, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Branches 

 rufous-hairy, creeping, rooting at the base. Leaves opposite, nearly 

 equal, 4 by 2 in., cuneate at either end, crenate, nearly glabrate on 

 the upper surface; petiole '5 in. long. ifeacZs strobilate, 2 to 2-5 in. 

 long ; bracts (floral leaves) prominent even to the top of the head, •? by 

 •25 in., narrowed at either end; bracts -5 in. long, linear-spathulate, 

 densely rufous with several-celled hairs. Sepals 4 in. long, linear, rufous- 

 hairy. Corolla 1'25 in. long ; tube campanulate, curved ; lobes " purple " 

 (Scortechini). Stamens 4; filaments hairy. Ovary pubescent at the 

 apex, 4-ovulate ; pollen 70 by 40 ^u, longitudinally multi-striate. 



Peeak : Scortechini 225. 



6. Steobilanthes eufo-capitatus, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. " Shrubby 

 creeper, 6 to 8 ft. long." Branches rufous-hairy. Leaves subequal or 

 very unequal, up to 8 by 3'5 in., cuneate at either end, crenate; upper 

 surface nearly glabrate ; petioles -35 in. long. Heads sessile or 

 peduncled, 1 to 2 in. long, densely clothed with bright rufous several- 

 celled long hairs ; bracts (floral leaves) -75 by "125 in., linear, shaggy 

 on the margin, with rufous hairs '125 in. long ; bracts -25 to '35 in. 

 long ; rufous-hairy ; sepals linear, -25 in. long, rufous-hairy. " Corolla 

 white." 



Peeak : alt. 2500 to 3000 ft.. King's Collector 10935 ; Scortechini 6^. 



7. Steobilanthes eufo-paupee, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Slender, 

 procumbent, rooting at the nodes, pubescent. Leaves opposite, more or 

 less unequal, up to 2 by '7 in., elliptic-lanceolate, crenate ; upper surface 

 nearly glabrous ; petioles -125 to -25 in. long. Heads very small, 

 2- to 3-flowered; bracts (floral leaves) "25 to 1 in. long, very narrowly 

 spathulate, sparingly or obscurely hairy ; bracts -25 in. long, linear, 

 more or less rufous-hairy. Calyx -2 in. long ; sepals linear, pubescent, 

 with long several-celled straight rufous hairs at the tips. Corolla 1 in. 

 long, "blue" (Eidley), nearly straight, narrow- funnel-shaped. Stamens 

 4 ; filaments glabrous ; pollen 70 by 40 /x, longitudinally ribbed. Ovary 

 and style glabrous. Capsule with 4 hairy seeds. 



Peeak : Maxwell's Hill, alt. 3000 ft., Wray 4192 ; the Cottage, alt. 

 5000 ft., Bidley 5515. 



8. Steobilanthes Dyeeianus, Masters in Card. Chron. ser. 3, 

 XIII. 442 (1893). Shrubby, vagant. Leaves opposite, unequal, sessile ; 

 blade of the larger one up to 7 by 3 in., elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, 

 crenulate, nearly glabrate, often auricled at the base. Peduncles axillary, 

 1 to 3 in. long, with scattered, small, ovate leaves (-75 in. long), each ter- 

 minated by a strobilate spike 1 to 2 in. long, pubescent (without rufous 

 hair). Bracts -25 to -35 in. long, round-obovate. Corolla 1-3 in. long, 

 violet-bkie, Stamens 4 ; filaments glabrous ; anther-cells short-oblong ; 



