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VERBENAGEM. 



104. Sphenodesma eryciboides, n. sp. 



Frutex scandens ; folia oblonga-lanceolata, acuta, petiolis brevi- 

 bus, gracilibus, puberulis, suffulta, basi acuta, integra, mernbra- 

 nacea, supra glabra, subtus palida et tenuiter pubescentia ; flores 

 parviusculi, sed conspicui, nivei, glomerati, racemos axillares for- 

 mantes et involucro minuto 6-phyllo sustenti ; involucri phylla in- 

 eequalia, spatulato-lanceolata, tomentosa, calycibus 5 — 6-dentatis, 

 albidis, extus dense tomentosis, intus dense sericeis, breviora ; corol- 

 lse limbus 5 — 6-lobus, lobis oblongis, obtusis, pubescentibus ; an- 

 therse 5 — 6, ininutao j capsulse calyce tuniido inclusa3. — Pegu (Dr. 

 Brandis). 



SOB OP SUE ARIA GEM. 



OpHioRHHiziPHYLLOisr, n. gen. 



Calyx 5-fidus, laciniis subulatis. Corolla sub-bilabiata, breviter 

 tubulosa ; tubus leviter curvus, sursum inflatus ; labium exterius 

 brevius, 3-lobulatum, interius 2-lobulatum, lobulis omnibus rotun- 

 datis, obtusis. Stamina fertilia 2, tubo corollpe intus piloso- annu- 

 late inserta, longissime exserta ; filamenta deflexa, corolla fere 

 duplo lougiora ; anther se 2-loculares, loculis discretis. Ovarium 

 2-loculare, ovulis plurimis axi centrali biseriatim inserta ; stylus 

 filiformis, staminum longitucline, longissime exsertus, apice brevi- 

 ter bilobus, lobis reflexis. Capsula oblonga, acutiuscula, sepalorum 

 longitudine, bisulca, 2-locularis et 2-valvis. — Herba foliis oppositis, 

 fioribus racemosis albidis v. rosellis. 



The position of the genus is between Pterostigma and Stemodia. 



105. O. macrobotryum, n, sp. 



Herba 2 — 3-pedalis, novellis puberulis ; folia longe-petiolata, 

 4 — 6 poll, longa, lanceolata v. oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque acumi- 

 nata, integra, membranacea, subtus in costa nervisque puberula, 

 discoloria ; petiolus %-2 poll, longus, puberulus ; racenii terminales, 

 puberuli, plerumque solitarii v. terni, bracteati ; bracteolse lineares, 

 sursum gradatim subulatse ; flores albidi v. carneo-albidi, brevis- 

 sime pedicellati ; corolla 3 lin. longa, lobis calycinis puberulis paulo 

 longior ; stylus et filamenta glabra ; capsula 3 lin. longa, glabra. 

 — Karen hills, Taipo-mountains, Thoungyeen. (Dr. Brandis). 



