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3. FiLETiA ScoRTECHiNii, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. A much-branching 

 nearly glabrous undershrub. Leaves : blade in the typical collections 

 of Scortechini 2-5 by 1 in., elliptic, rather oblique ; nerves 5 to 6 pairs ; 

 petioles to -2 in. long ; in Wray 1505 the leaves are 4-5 by 1'75 in., 

 obovate with cuneate base (see also var. (3 below). Inflorescence a 

 simple spike 2 to 3 in. long ; flowers subsessile, in opposite pairs ; bract 

 •125 to -175 in. long, oblong. Sepals "25 in. long, linear-ligulate, 

 glabrous, hardly acute. Corolla -7 in. long, white or pale yellow, 

 furred in the throat but much less so than in F. paniculata. Stamens 

 and pollen as of F. paniculata. Style slightly hairy at the base. 



Peeak: Scortechini; alt. 4500 to 4900 ft., Wray 258, 1505. 



Var. f3 evolutior. Branches elongate, with long internodes. Leaves : 

 blade up to 5-5 by 2-25 in.; nerves 8 pairs; petiole up to -5 in. long. 

 Spike elongate, loose ; the lower pairs of flowers are far apart. 



Perak: Scortechini 306. 



This may differ specifically ; the flowers are exactly as of F. Scortechinii type. 



4. FiLETiA EiDLEYi, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. A much-branched nearly 

 glabrous undershrub. Leaves 3 by "75 in., oblong, narrowed at each end; 

 margins undulate ; petioles -25 to -35 in. long. Baceme 2 to 3 in. long, 

 rather loose, with opposite pairs of pedicelled flowers ; pedicels "125 to 

 •175 in. long ; bract oblong, shorter than the calyx. Sepals -2 in. long, 

 linear-ligulate, subobtuse, glabrous. Corolla -7 to ^8 in. long, white, 

 shaped as of F. paniculata. Stamens as of F. paniculata ; the anther- 

 cells rather narrower. Style thinly clothed with long white hairs. 

 Capside 1 in. long, clavate ; the 4 seeds in the broadly obovate top. 



Peeak: Bidley 9771. 



22. Lepidagathis, Willd. 

 Herbs or shrubs. Leaves entire, undulate or crenate. hiflorescence 

 of spikes, or of panicles narrowed almost to spikes, many-flowered; 

 bracts secund, usually longer than the sepals, elliptic or narrow-lanceo- 

 late, acute ; prophylla smaller than the bracts. Calyx divided nearly to 

 the base into narrow-lanceolate segments, whereof 2 are often larger, 

 2 are sometimes connate at the base. Corolla-tube cylindric ; limb 

 2-lipped ; the 5 segments not very unequal. Stamens 4, subsimilar ; 

 anther-cells 2, parallel, oblong, often minutely mucronate at the base, 

 at equal height or one slightly below the other ; pollen small, ellipsoid, 

 with longitudinal rows of large patches. Stigma nearly entire. Cap- 

 sule small, 2- or 4-seeded, conic, hairy at top. Seeds flattened, orbicular, 

 hygroscopically hairy on the margin or nearly glabrate. — Species 60, in 

 the hotter regions of the Old World ; 2 in America, 



