724 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



hoary-pubescent or scabrid. Leaves opposite, herbaceous, dark-green, 

 pubescent above, hoar\- beneath -with a close stellate tomentum, or 

 softly pubescent, elliptic-ovate or oblanceolate, acute ; base cuneate, 

 entire ; margin elsewhere entire or serrate; 8 to 12 in. long, 2-5 to 5 in. 

 wide ; petiole "5 to Vo in. long, scabrid. Flowers in rather lax, rarely 

 condensed, many-flowered axillary cymes ; bracts lanceolate, ovate- 

 lanceolate or linear, -5 to "To in. long. Calyx •? to -lo in. long ; teeth 

 long, linear- subulate, considerably longer than the tube. Co?"oZ?a yellow, 

 l*2o in. long, sUghtly puberulous externally ; the throat naiTow. Style 

 and ovary glabrous. Nutlets smooth, glabrous. 



Yae. typica. Bracts all lanceolate-acute or linear, almost as long 

 as the calyx ; leaves closely tomentose beneath ; petioles 1"5 in. long. 

 G. crinitum, Wall. Cat. {uti supra) ; Benth. in "Wall. PI. As. Ear. II. 12, 

 in Lab. Gen. & Sp. 648, and in DC. Prodi-. XII. 552 ; Miq. El. Ind. Bat. 

 II. 987 ; Hook. f. PL Br. Ind. lY. 698 {partly) ; Prain Ann. Boy. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. III. 254. G. parviflorum, Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 648, and in 

 DC. Prodr. XII. 551 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 987 {not of Wall.). 



Pexaxg: Wallich 2159 1 '. Peeak: Kampong Kota, TP>a^ I Sungei 

 Ujong, Bidhy 1870 ! — Disteib. Indo-China. 



Yae. Griffithii, Prain Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Gale. III. 254. Outer 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate obtuse, distinctly shorter than the cal}^ ; leaves 

 softly pubescent beneath ; petioles -5 in. long. 



Malacca : Mount Ophir and Chabu, Griffith 4042 I Peeak : Gunong 

 Ijok, Scortechini 51 Ulu Kwangsa, Scortechini 9281 



Sect 2. Eu&0MPH0STE3iMA, Prain. Corolla-tube inciu'ved, glabrous 

 within, longer than the cal5\x, the limb campanulate, the lips 

 large. Nutlets usually 4, smooth or punctulate. 



3. GoMPHOSTEMMA ScGBTECHixii, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LIX. 

 ii. 315 (1890). A coarse perennial herb, 3 to 5 ft. high. Stems stout, 

 erect, sulcate, woody, scabrid. Leaves opposite, herbaceous, dark- 

 green, sparsely hirsute above, closely tomentose on the ner\-es, other- 

 wise sparsely tomentose beneath, elliptic-oblong or obovate, acute; 

 base rather long-cuneate ; margin entire or serrate ; 6 to 12 in. long, 

 3 to 6-5 in. wide; petiole usually short, sometimes obsolete, occasionally 

 as much as 1 in. long. Flowers in many-flowered rather dense axillary 

 whorls ; bracts subulate, -2 in. long, as long as the pedicels. Calyx 

 •75 in. long, prominently ribbed, hirsute within ; teeth lanceolate, 

 longer than the tube. Corolla yeUow, 2-25 in. long, distinctly incurved, 

 tomentose externally ; limb -35 in. wide. Style hirsute towards the 

 apex, with spreading hairs ; ovary densely villous. Nutlets white, 



