314 D. Prain— Some additional species of Labiate. [No. 4, 



thyrsiflora Benth., DO. Prodr. xii, 248; Boiss., Flor. Orient, iv, 797; 

 Bnnge, Lab. Pers. 79; Begel, Acta Hort. Betrop. vi, 381 and ix, 567, 

 (Monogr. Eremostach. 41), t. 9, f. 4, 5. 



Western Panjab ; Suleiman bills, Duke; Assigned districts, Hamil- 

 ton; Lace. Distrib. Afghanistan {Griffith, Bellew) ; Belncbistan 

 (Stocks'). 



Rootstock woody, stem short rather thick simple leafless hoary 

 pubescent or glabrate 20 — 30 cm. high, radical petioles 3 — 6 cm. long, 

 laminse 5 — 8 cm. long 3 — 4 cm. wide, floral leaves 4 cm. long 1*5 cm. 

 wide, cymes 3 — 5 cm. long, bracts 20 — 30 mm. long 2 — 3 mm. wide, 

 pedicels 1 — 3 mm. long, calyx tube 17 — 28 mm. long 8 mm. wide, teeth 

 5 mm. long, corolla tube 22 mm. long, lips 9 mm. long, ovary densely 

 villous. 



51. GOMPHOSTEMMA Wall. 



1 b. Gomphostemma Wallichii Prain; stems densely tomentose 

 stout erect, leaves rugose, petioled truncate or subcordate at the base, 

 margin sei'rate, apex acute, densely tomentose beneath, spikes erect inter- 

 rupted, bracts truncate cordate at the base decreasing upwards, corolla 

 tube hirsute within more than twice as long as calyx. — G. strobilinum 

 TAR. elatius Benth. in Wall. Oat. n. 2151/2 and PI. As. Bar. ii, 12. — G. 

 strobilinum Benth. Lab. 647 and DO. Prodr. xii, 500 ; Walp., Bep. iii, 

 892 ; Miq., Flor. Ind. Bat. ii, 989 (all in part and not G. strobilinum 

 Wall. Cat. n. 2151/1. — G. strobilinum var. typica Hook. /., Flor. Brit. 

 Ind. iv, 696 (in part). — " G. elatius" Wall. wiss. 



Assam ; Naga Hills, Kohima, 4500 feet, Phesama, 4000 feet, Prain. 

 Upper Burma; Taong-doung Mts, Wallich ; Karen hills, O'Biley ; Shan 

 hills, at Pwehla, Gollett ; Maymyo, 4000 feet, King's collector. Distrib. 

 Western Yunnan. 



Stems 200 — 250 cm. high, petioles 1 — 2 cm., laminae 11 — 14 cm. 

 long-, 7 — 9 cm. wide, calyx 11 mm. long, corolla 30 mm. long, pale sulphur 

 or white, rarely pink, bracts quite sessile cordate at the base, lower 

 40 X 20 mm., upper 12 x 8 mm. 



The species resembles O. Heyneanum (G. strobilinum VAR. Heynea- 

 num Hook, f.) which is, however, distinct and is recognised at once by 

 its small purplish corollas hardly longer than the calyx. Its nearest ally 

 is G. nutans which has the same calyx and corolla, but differs in having 

 slender stems, small leaves and short drooping uninterrupted spikes. 

 It is much less like G. strobilinum (type), with which Mr. Bentham 

 associated it ; that species has larger leaves tapering towards the base, 

 calyx softly tomentose with long hairs, corolla somewhat shorter and 

 bracts much smaller, cuneate at the base and subequal along the spike. 



