1893.] D. Pram — A review of the genus Colquhounia. 37 



(1829) ; Lab. Gen. & Sp. 644 (1834) ; DC. Prodr., xii, 457 

 (1848). 

 Nepal ; on Slieopore, Wallich I 

 Scandent ; this variety is represented only by specimens collected 

 by Wallich ; the leaves have larger teeth and somewhat resemble those 

 of 0. elegans, which is however always a shrub. It is quite as entitled 

 to specific rank as is C. vestita ; if treated as a species it ought to be 

 known as G. parviflora. 



var. 8. mollis Prain ; leaves crenate, crenations very small, 



tomentum dense, rusty, permanent ; flowers large, orange 



or red. C. mollis Schlecht., Linnaea, viii, 681 (1851); 



Walp., Ann., v, 689 (1858). G. tomentosa Houllet, Rev. 



Hortic, (1873), 131. G. vestita Benth., DC. Prodr., xii, 457 



(1848) not of Wall., the Assam, plant only: Hook, f., Plor. 



Brit. Ind., iv, 674 ( 1885) excluding the Kamaon plant ; not of 



Wall. : Collett & Hemsley, Journ. Linn, Soc. xxviii, 116 



(1890) ; not of Wall., G. vestita var. rugosa C. B. Clarke Mss. 



Sikkim ; Balasun, King's collector ! Bootan : Griffith I Mishmi ; 



Griffith n. 4028 (Kew Dist.) ! Khasia; Mairung, Simons! Oldham ! Clarke 



n. 16138 ! Shillong, Mann ! Collett I Dingling, Clarke n. 5900 ! Cherra, 



Hooker and Thomson ! Clarke n. 5322 ! Manipcr ; Kassome, Watt n. 5123 ! 



Burma ; Shan hills at Pwehla, Collett ! 



An extremely distinct form, always a shrub, and easily recognised 

 by its stout virgate habit and by its nutlets with very short wings. 

 This might be still considered specifically distinct even if C. vestita were 

 merged in C. coccinea, and if looked upon as a good species it ought to 

 bear the name G. mollis Schlecht. The leaves differ from those of 

 G. coccinea in being always crenate, and from those of C. vestita in the 

 small size of the crenations, and in the rusty, not white, tomentum. 



2. Colquhounia elegans Wall., emend. 



Tomentum of simple hairs on stems and serrate leaves ; hairs 

 on the corolla few-celled, glandular at the base ; wings of nutlets entire, 

 acute, longer than body of nut ; calyx teeth acuminate. 

 Indochina ; S. China. 



var. a. typica ; whole plant densely,, softly tomentose ; flowers 

 in very dense many-flowered axillary heads ; corolla dark-red 

 or salmon-coloured, with or without crimson spots, tube 

 long, throat wide. G. elegans Wall., Cat. n. 2084 (1829); 

 Benth., Bot. Reg., xv, sub 1292 (1829) ; Wall., PI. As. Ear., 

 iii, 43, t. 268 (1832) : Benth., Lab. Gen. & Sp. 645 (1835); 

 DC. Prodr., xii, 457 (1848) : Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind., iv, 074 

 (1885); Collett & Hemsley, Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii, 116 

 (1890). 



