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TO LOWER SI AM. 153 



broadly lanceolate, 8 inches long by 3i inches wide, apex 

 acuminate, obtuse, basecuneate, nerves 8 pairs meeting in 

 loops some distance from the margin, midrib prominent 

 beneath, nerves elevate beneath, not above, bundles of 

 raphides numerous and conspicuous when dry, petiole 1 to 

 half an inch long. Inflorescence 8 to 10 inches long, 

 thickly hairy. Flowers subsessile in whorls, J- to i an 

 inch apart. Bracts linear, acute, i inch long or less, 

 Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, narrow, free nearly to the 

 base, hairy, Corolla i inch long, hairy outside, tube short 

 and stout, upper lobe green with pink spots, oblong obtuse, 

 lower 3 lobed, lobes oblong, obtuse, hairy outside, green, 

 Stamens 2 exsert, anthers elliptic, hairy on the back, cells 

 parallel separate with a short mucro at the. base, filaments 

 long, linear. Disc cup shaped, hairy. Style hairy. Capsule 

 glabrous, half an inch long, 2 seeded. Seeds flat, pale, 

 rugose, reticulate. 



Kedah. Woods at Gunong Geriang (1504!)), Bangta- 

 phan, in damp shady places (Keith). 



A stout branched shrublet about 2 feet tall, glabrous, 

 except for the inflorescence, which curiously resembles 

 that of Eranthemum. caudi folium, Clarke. 



J. rupcstris, n. sp. 



Stem slightly woody, slender, terete, branched, gla- 

 brous below, younger parts with a line of curly white hairs 

 on each side, branches opposite, whole plant about 12-18 

 inches tall. Leaves opposite, equal, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 at both ends, 5 inches long, 1 inch wide or less, subcoria- 

 ceous, adults glabrous except the midrib on both surfaces, 

 covered with appressed yellowish hairs, petiole i inch 

 long, winged to base, margined with curly hairs> Flower 

 spikes terminal on the ends of the branches subcylindric, 

 obtuse, 1 inch long. Bracts orbicular, petioled, nearly 4 

 inch long, green, apex rounded, bright green, pubescent, 

 margins with slightly longer hairs. Calyx shortly tubular, 



R. A. Soc, No. 59. J9H. 



