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the lobes nearly 38 times shorter than the tube; follicles oblong, 
nearly an inch long, diverging, almost beaked-acuminate, 1-3- 
seeded. 
T. ophiorrhizoides, Kz.—An evergreen shrub, 2-4 ft. high, 
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Has.—Frequent in the hill forests of the Martaban hills, at 3,000 to 5,000 
ft. elevation.—F'. Apr.—SS.—Metam. ; 
7. T. graciliflora, Wall.—Glabrous 3 leaves oblong, acute at 
the base, blunt-acuminate, on a 2 lin. long petiole dilated at the 
®, Membranous, 2-4 in. long; flowers about an inch long, on 
pedicels 3 times longer than the calyx, forming a naked, much dicho- 
tomously branched eyme on a 2-3 in. long peduncle arising from the 
fork of the branchlets ; calyx-lobes ovate, rather blunt ; corolla-tube 
very long, slender, the lobes oblong, 3 or 4 times shorter than the 
tube.— (DC.) 
HaB.—Tenasserim. 
neat, 
longer than the petiole, terminal ; pedicels 8 lin. long, divarieate ; 
calyx-lobes ovate, acute ; follicles 4-5 lin. long, ellipsoid, 1-seeded. 
— (DC. Prod.) 
HaB.—Ava bills. 
9. T, membranifolia, Kz.—An evergreen shrub, 3-4 ft. high, 
all parts glabrous ; leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, tapering 
Anto a 3 to 5 lin. long petiole, 3-5 in. long, long and thinly acumi- 
White, on very slender, 4-6 lin. long, glabrous pedicels, forming 
Usually paired, shortly peduncled, much dichotomously branched, 
glabrous, corymb-like cymes in the fork of the upper branchlets ; 
bracts none or very minute and deciduous ;. calyx minute, the lobes 
