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usually villous within, 2-lipped ; the upper lip of 2 lol)es, the lower of 

 3, those of the upper lip the largest. Stamens 4 didynamous, inserted 

 in the throat of the corolla, exsert ; anthers oblong, the cells parallel. 

 Ovary imperfectly 2-celled, d-ovuled ; ovules pendulous from the apex 

 of the central placenta ; style filiform, shortly bifid. Drupe small, 

 obovoid, nearly dry, 1-seeded. Seeds conform to the drupe ; testa 

 membranous ; cotyledons fleshy, unequal, enclosing the remains of 

 part of the placenta ; radicle very small, inferior. — Disteib. Four 

 species, of Burma and Malaya. 



Clarke in Fl. Br. Ind. says the drupes are 4-seeded, but every specimen we have 

 examined affords one seed only, accompanied by the remains of the placenta and of 

 3 abortive ovules. 



Involucral bracts reaching 1'5 in. by -75 in., white-tomentose ; 



leaves beneath and inflorescence more or less ferruginous-villous, 



and with about 5 to 6 pairs of main nerves . . . . 1. C. vestita. 



Involucral bracts reaching 1*2.5 in. by -3 to -4 in., pale lilac, 



tomentose ; leaves beneath and inflorescence softly tomentose 



and with about 4 pairs of main nerves . . . . . . 2. C. tomentosa. 



1. CoNGEA VESTITA, Griff. Notul. IV. 174 and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 458, 

 fig. 21 (1854). A large climbing shrub ; branchlets patently fulvous- 

 hirsute, striate. Leaves submembranous ; ovate or elliptic, sharply acute 

 at apex, obtuse or shortly cordate at base ; upper surface scabrous- 

 pubescent, ferruginous-villous on the nerves, lower villous and grey- 

 tomentose ; 3 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. broad ; midrib slightly impressed 

 above ; main nerves about 5 to 6 pairs, curving upwards to and along 

 the margin ; transverse nervules many, but, like the reticulations, 

 obscure ; petiole "25 to -5 in. long, with long tawny hispid hairs. 

 Panicles very large; bracts leaf-like, whitened; involucral bracts 4, 

 very slightly connate at base, elliptic-obovate, often bifid at apex, 

 reaching 1-5 in. long by '75 in. broad, densely white-tomentose, with 

 prominent reticulations and 3 pairs of main nerves ; flowers rose- 

 coloured. Calyx funnel-shaped, ribbed, -25 to -35 in. long, densely 

 white-villous without and wi^thin ; teeth 5, triangular, acuminate. 

 Corolla-tvihe slender below, gradually widening upwards, -3 to "35 in. 

 long, glabrous without, also within except a thick villous ring below 

 the throat ; upper lip of 2 ovate-oblong erect or recurved lobes, lower 

 of 3 lobes half as long as the upper, the side lobes erect, the third lobe 

 decxirved, all thin, glabrous, with brown nervules. Ovary oblong- 

 obovoid, glabrous except a few glands at the tip. Drupe nearly dry, 

 obovoid. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 603. 



