Oongea.] on. verbenaobj!. (C. B. Clarke.) 603 



than tte calyx, glabrate without ; throat usually hairy, limb 2-lipped, upper 

 lip erect-patent of 2 linear-oblong lobes, lower pendent of 3 much shorter 

 obovate lobes. Stamens 4 ; anthers exserted, ovate ; cells parallel. Ovary 

 imperfectly 2-eeIled, 4-ovuled ; ovules pendulous from the apex of the axis ; 

 style filiform, shortly bifid. Drupe small, obovoid, nearly dry ; in the few 

 examples seen 4-seeded, 4-partite. — Species 4, Malayan. 



1. C. vestita, Grif. Notul. iv. 174, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 458, fig. 21 ; 

 branches patently fulvous-hirsute, leaves ovate villous beneath, involncral 

 bracts broadly eUiptio white-tomentose beneath, calyx white-hirsute teeth 

 ovate-lanceolate. 



Tenasseeim; Melfer {Kew Distrib. u. 6014); Mergui, and Donat Eange. alt. 

 1500 ft., Griffith. 



A large climber. Leaves 6 by 3 in., acute, base obtuse or shortly cordate, mature 

 scabrous-pabesceut above, villous and tomentose beneath ; petiole | in. Panicles 

 very large, bracts like small whitened leaves ; involucral bracts 1 by | in., not 

 attenuate at the base. Calyx |-^ in., funnel-shaped, lobed ^ the way down. Corolla 

 glabrous without, tube shorter than the calyx ; limb 2.1ipped, rose, somewhat brown- 

 striated, especially the upper lip (Griffith). Ouary glabrous, glandular upwards. Drwpe 

 nearly diy, obovoid, 4-partite. 



2. C. velutina, Wight Ic. t. 1479, 3 or 1S66 ; leaves ovate acumi- 

 nate mature glabrous, involucral bracts spathulate-oblong distinctly nervose, 

 calyx densely shortly hirsute teeth triangular. 



Tenassesim; at Mergui, Griffith (Herb. Propr. n. 838). Tavoy; Selfer (Kew 

 Distrib. u. 6012). 



A large climber ; branches closely pubescent. Leaves 5 by 2^ in., base obtuse 

 or rounded, young thinly sparsely pubescent ; petiole \ in. Fanicle large, more lax 

 than in C. vestita, closely pubescent, nodes' villous ; bracts IJ by ^ in., obtuse, base 

 attenuate, tomentose beneath. Calyx ^'va., lobed scarcely J the way down. Corolla 

 small, tube shorter than the calyx ; limb white, somewhat brown, streaked near the 

 base of the lobes (Griffith). Drwpe not seen. 



3. C. vlllosa, Wight Ic. t. 1479, 1, fig. B ; leaves ovate or oblong 

 mature villous beneath, involucral braflts spathulate-oblong, calyx tomentose 

 teeth shortly triangular. Eoscoea villosa, Roxb. Sort. Beng. 96, and Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 56, and Ic. Ined. at Kew. 



PEaiT; Rangoon (Roxburgh). MEK&irij Griffith (Kew Distrib. u. 6012, 

 partly). 



A large climber, resembling C. vehtUna, but the leaves very villous beneath, 

 ieowes in Roxburgh's drawing ovate, in Griffith's example oblong; glabrate above 

 except the midrib. Panicle large, very lax ; bracts uniformly 4 in Griffith's example, 

 3 (one of which is often bifid) in Roxburgh's picture; resembling in form the bracts 

 of C. velutina. 



4. C> tomentosa^ Moscb. Cor. PI. iii. 90, t. 293 ; branchlets tomen- 

 tose, leaves ovate acute softly hairy beneath, involucral bracts elliptic, 

 calyx shaggy toothed g- the way down. Wight Ic. t. 1479, 2 or 1565 ; 

 Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 623 ; Xurz For. FL ii. 256. Eoscoea tomen- 

 tosa, Soxb. Hort. Beng. 95, and Fl. Ind. iii. 57. Calochlamys capitata, 

 Presl Bot. Benierh. 149. 



Chittagong- ; Moxbttrgh. Buema ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6013). — Distbib. 

 Siam. 



A large climber. Leaves 3 by 2| in., base rounded or shortly cordate, minutely 

 setulose above, closely villous beneath. Braets 1 by J in., not attenuated at base, 

 tomentose, white or lilac-blue. Corolla white. 



