^2 S. Kurz—JVeiv Burmese Plants. [No. 2, 



184i. RUELLIA MACROSIPHON, nov. sp. (R. sp. T. And. in Linn. Proc. 

 IX. 461 innota). 



Herba perennis ? subsimplex, 2-3 poUicaris, caulibus hirsutis, novellis 

 pilis albis crispis sublanuginosis ; folia lineari-lanceolata v. linearia, c. 2 poll, 

 longa, acuminata, in petiolum brevissimum attenuata, Integra, membranacea, 

 ciliata, utrinque prsRsertim secus nervos hirsutula ; flores magni, solitarii, 

 Ksessiles, bracteis 2 foliaceis pedunculum brevem axillarem terminantibus 

 insidentes ; bractese lineari-lanceolatae, calyce pluries longiores, structura et 

 indumento foliis similes ; calycis segmenta lineari-subulata, c. 2| poll, longa, 

 minute puberula ; corolla tubuloso-infundibuliformis, c. 2 poll, longa, extus 

 parce pilosula, lobis magnis rotundatis, tubo pollicari gracili in corollse par- 

 tem efflatam sensim ampliato ; stylus longissimus, parce hirsutus ; stamina 

 4, subsequilonga, inclusa ; filamenta gracilia, parce hirsuta. — Frome ? (Col. 

 Eyre). M. siiffruticosce, Roxb., arete affinis. 



185. Steobilanthes (Hemigeaphis) Buemaistica, nov. sp. 



Herba decumbens ramosissima pilis albis patentibus cum glanduliferis 

 intermixtis vestita, cauli ramisque 4-gonis ; folia ovata ad ovato-lanceolata, 

 basi in petiolum ^-2 poll, longum pilosum angustata, obtusiuscula, 1^-2 poll, 

 longa, membranacea, crenato-dentata, utrinque parco pilosa ; flores pallide 

 cyanei, passim solitarii et axillares, frequentius autem in spicas longiores v. 

 breviores foliaceo-bracteatas pilosas pedunculatas axillares et terminales dis- 

 gesti ; bractese ovato-lanceolatiB, obtusiusculae, integrae, parce pilosae et longe 

 ciliatse, inferiores usque ad 7 lin. longae ; bracteolye nullse ; calyx pilosus, 

 segmentis linearibus 4 lin. longis ; corolla rugata, 6 lin. circiter longa, gla- 

 bra, ore pubescens, sensim in tubum attenuata, lobis obtusis rotundatis ; 

 antherse 2-loculares, pallide violacese ; filamenta crassa, piloso-barbata ; sty- 

 lus insequali-2-fidus ; capsular 4 lin. longae, compresso-4-gonse, obovato-ii- 

 neares, acutse, glabrae, a basi fere 8-spermae ; semina plus quam ^ lin. in dia- 

 metro, anguste marginata. — Ava, Prome, Pegu. S. (Hemigrapliidi) Pa- 

 valce, quacum cl. T. Anderson confudit, affinis. 



186. Steoetlais-thes (Hemigeaphis) aijKSBTii.o^A. {Hemigr aphis glan- 

 dulosa, T. And. MS. in Kurz, And. Rep. App. B. 13.) 



Herba ramosa, glanduloso-puberula ; folia lanceolata v. oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, obtusiuscule acuminata, in petiolum glandulosum brevem attenuata, 

 2-2\ poll, longa (superiora minora) repando-dentata, prsesertim subtus 

 secus costam glanduloso-puberula, supra glabrescentia ; flores parviusculi, 

 pulclire lutei, in axillis bractearum foliacearum vulgo solitarii, spicas 1 v. 2 

 axillares et terminales interruptas longe-pedunculatas foliaceo-bracteatas 

 eflbrmantes ; bractese foliis caulinis similes sed multo minores, obtusae, supe- 

 riores sensim minores ; bracteolse calyce breviores, obovato-oblongae, viscoso- 

 hirsutse ; calycis segmenta lineari-spatulata, obtusa, glanduloso-hirta, c. 2^ 



