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ceous, glabrous but erectpatently puberulent and very minutely 

 glandular under lens on the midrib above, patently puberulent 

 with very fine white hairs and very minutely glandular on the 

 midrib beneath, or patently puberulent with white hairs on 

 the midrib and veins and dispersedly very minutely glandular 

 under lens between veinlets beneath, dispersedly minutely sub- 

 elevato-punctulate on both surfaces under lens when dry, green 

 above, subglauco-paler and reticulato-nervated beneath, 2^-10 

 cm. long, 2-54 cm. broad, the lowest leaves sometimes reduced 

 in size and provided with a subulate dried scale-like apex ; 

 midrib prominent beneath ; veins about 5-9 on each side, erect- 

 patent, arcuate upwards, prominent beneath ; veinlets numerous, 

 elevato-reticulated, main ones numerous and close, transverse 

 between the veins ; petiole viridescent, canaliculated in front, 

 angustately marginate on edges, glabrous, 3|-6 mm. long. 

 Peduncles axillary in the axils of the apical and lateral leaves, 

 usually opposite, erect-patent, stout, glabrous, subcanaliculato- 

 flat in front, very angustately margined, 8-12 mm. long ; bracts 

 opposite, erectpatently patent, deltoid or subulato-deltoid, 

 acuminate, entire and glanduloso-ciliated on margin, glabrous 

 and often subcarinate dorsally, dispersedly glandular internally, 

 1-2 mm. long, green. Flowers small, about 13 mm. long, 

 geminate, white shaded with rose ; bracteoles opposite, usually 

 adnate to the basal portion of the ovary and shorter than it, 

 often connate with various degrees with the neighbouring one, 

 thick, ovato-oval, rounded and glanduloso-ciliated towards the 

 apex, concave and subdensely glandular within, convex and 

 glabrous dorsally, l-l^ mm. long. Calyx 1-li mm. long, 

 erect, viridescent ; segments deltoid or deltoid-subulate, acumi- 

 nate or shortly so, entire and glanduloso-ciliated on margin, 

 thickish, glabrous dorsally, dispersedly glandular internally. 

 Corolla deeply and widely 2-lipped, glabrous or sometimes 

 thinly glandular-hairy below externally, pilose below internally, 

 lip at length reflexed ; upper lip broad and oval, 4r-lobed ; 

 lateral lobes oblong, rounded-obtuse at the apex; inner 2 lobes 

 oval, rounded-obtuse at the apex ; lower lip augustetely oblong, 

 rounded-obtuse at the apex ; tube shorter than the lip, enlarged 



