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(1841), p. 267 ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. X. p. 445 ; Forbes et 

 Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXYI. p. 119 ; Hemsl. in Gard. 

 Chron. (1889), p. 596 ; Engl, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. VI. p. 65 ; 

 Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, X. (1896), p. 66. 



A deciduous shrub, attaining nearly 2m. in height, opposite- 

 ly ramose ; trunk erect, often subtetragono-terete, often with 

 slightly prominent nodes ; bark fulvous, outer layer then 

 peeling ; branches slender, terete or sometimes subtetragono- 

 terete with 4 marginulate lines, pulverulo-tomentellose above. 

 Leaves opposite, rarely 3-verticillate, ovato-oblong, ovato-lan- 

 ceolate, lanceolate, or elliptical-ovate, attenuatedly long-acu- 

 minate with a sharp tip, lato-cuneato-acute or obtuse and 

 slightly decurrent to the petiole at the base, entire, membra- 

 naceous or chartaceo-membranaceous, green and glabrous above, 

 paler aud densely pulverulo-tomentellose beneath, 5-16cm. long, 

 lj-7cm. wide; midrib prominent beneath; veins about 5-7 on 

 each side, slender, erect- patent, arcuate upwards; veinlets anasto- 

 mosing beneath; petiole gracile, canaliculate in front, densely 

 pulverulo-tomentellose, 6-25mm. long. Thyrse terminal, usual- 

 ly solitary, sometimes ternary, usually elongate, 5-42cm. long, 

 often arcuato-cernuous, densely and unilaterally flowered ; rachis 

 slender, pulverulo-tomentellose; bracts linear, not exceeding the 

 calyx in height, pulverulo-tomentose, the basal ones usually 

 foliaceous ; cymes 3-7-15-flowered, bracteolate, very shortly 

 peduncled; peduncle lj-8mm. long; bracteoles minute and linear. 

 Flowers shortly pedicellate, 15-20mm. long, purple ; pedicel 

 usually shorter than the calyx; peduncle pedicels and bracteoles 

 pulverulent-tomentellose. Calyx ellipsoid- or oval- campan- 

 ulate, 2-3 mm. long, pulverulo-tomentellose, shortly 4-fid, peris- 

 stent; teeth erect, J of the tube in length, deltoid or subulatodel- 

 toid, obtuse- or acutish- tipped, sinuses obtuse or rounded some- 

 times acutish. Corolla long, subventricose and curved above 

 the middle, farinoso-viscidulous and pulverulo-puberulent exter- 

 nally ; the tube narrowly cylindrical, gragually enlarded above, 

 pilose above and pubescent below internally; limb about 6-7mm. 

 across, patent ; lobes rotund or ovato-rotund, rounded at the 

 apex, 2-3mm. long. Stamens 4, inserted usually above the 



