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CVIII. LABIATE. 
[Gomphostemma. 
16 . GOMPHOSTEMMA, Wall. 
Robust half-shrubs with large leaves hairy, often with stellate 
hairs and usually white and reticulate beneath. Flowers large 
or medium in whorls often below the leaves rarely (Curtisii) lax 
cymose. Calyx campanulate, io-nerved, equally 5-toothed, 
Corolla-tube slender, inflate above, usually large white or yellow, 
upper lip galeate, lower lip broadly 3-lobed. Nutlets white, 
drupaceous. Species 26, Indo-Malaya. 
Corolla-tube nearly straight, throat narrow; nutlets 
solitary. 
Calyx-teeth triangular; corolla very slender small, 
yellow.(1) G. microcalyx 
Calyx-teeth long, subulate; corolla large, yellow . (2) G. crinitum 
Corolla-tube curved, thickened above; nutlets 4. 
Flowers in axillary whorls ; calyx grey-tomentose. 
Corolla yellow; style hirsute . . . . (3) G. Scortechinii 
Corolla white; style glabrous . . . . (4) G. oblongum 
Flowers at base of stem in lax cymes; calyx red 
not tomentose . . . , . . (5) G. Curtisii 
(1) G. microcalyx Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lix. ii. 316; 
lxxiv. lx. 723; Ann. Bot. Card. Calc, iii (2), 251, pi. 84. 
Stout herb 3 to 4 ft. tall, hoary-pubescent. Leaves oblong 
ovate acute, base cuneate, above minutely toothed, finely pubescent 
both sides, hoary beneath and reticulate, -4 to -5 in. long, 3 to 
3’5 i n - wide; petioles 1*5 to 2 in. long. Flowers few in tomentose 
small whorls below, leaves -35 in. across. Calyx *3 in. long; teeth 
triangular shorter than tube. Corolla-tube very slender, 1-25 in. 
long, orange yellow. Hab. Local in dense mountain forests, 
Perak, Tapah (Wray); Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Bujong Malacca. 
(2) G. crinitum Wall. Cat. 2159; Pram, l.c. 723; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc, iii (2), 254, pi. 88. 
Rather woody 3 to 4 ft. tall, hoary-pubescent. Leaves elliptic, 
short acuminate, base cuneate, entire or serrulate above short 
hairy, beneath grey tomentose, 8 to 12 in. long, 2-5 to 5 in. wide; 
petioles 1*5 in. long. Cymes rather lax, tomentose, 2 in. long, 
numerous. Bracts -5 to -75 in. long. Calyx as long; teeth long 
linear, subulate. Corolla 1-25 in. long, yellow. Hab. Mountain 
forests 1000 to 5000 ft. altitude, Johor, Bukit Jitan. Pahang 
River to Kwala Tembeling; Kwala Tahan. Selangor, Ulu 
Selangor; Ginting Peras. Sungei Ujong (Cantley). Perak, 
Temengoh; Ipoh (Curtis); Kamuning; Thaiping Hills; Gunong 
Kerbau (Robinson). Penang (Wallich). 
var. Griffithii Prain, l.c. 724; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. Lc. pi. 89. 
Outer bracts lanceolate. Leaves stellate pubescent on the back. 
Malacca, Chabau and Mt. Ophir (Griffith). Selangor, Batu Caves. 
Perak, Hulu Kwanga (Scortechini) and Gunong Hijau. Disirib. 
Tenasserim. Native name : Munjulong Bukit. Use ; A decoction 
administered after confinements. 
