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DISTB^]JUTIO^'•: COIfSPECTUS SPECIERirar.
The subjoined table allows the various divisions delimited by the
the districts composing cach :—
2S, with
Table XII.—Divisions of S. E. Asia indicated by ihe ¡/onus Gompiiostemma.
Division. Districts. Number of
species.
Perceutnge
endemic,
Number oi
natural
units.
Percentage
endemic.
I. CinxA I. S. E.China i 1U07, 1 100%
IL ISD0-CHI^•A 2. Burma; 3. Assam 14 92 10 9i-0%
III. Malaya 4. Malay Istbmus;
5. Mnlay Pecinsiik
; (5. Malay
Avciiipelngo; 7.
Pliilippines.
12 •90-r/o
'
90'6%
IV. 8. Soutb Indian
Peninsula-
2 100% 2 1007,
CHAPTER IL—CONSPECTUS SPECIEEUil.
GoMPnosTEMMA Wallich.
Calyx campanulatus 10-nervis »qualis 5-dentatus extus s£epe costatus. Corollw
tubus basi fomiis sicpissime essertus superne in fauoem sepias amplam iuflatus intus
siepissime glaber et semper esannulatus, limbua 2-labiatu3 labio postico erecto fornicato
integro vel emarginato antico patente late 3-fido. Stamina 4, pubescentia anticis
lougioribus sub galea ascendentia; antherfe per paria approximatas 2-loculares loculis
parallelis transversis nudis. Discus subgequalis vel postice in glandulam tuinens.
Ovarium glabrum vel rarius pubescens 4.partituui, stylus glaber vel rarissime apice pilis
divergentibus ornatus stigmate 2-fido lobis subulatis postico parum breviore; nuc^dcz
obovoidese ovoideaì vel rarissime globosa siccitate rugosulce, glabrae vel hirsutaì areolà
latiuscuia parum oblique affix® pericarpio crassiusculo carnoso vel fere suberoso nonnunquam
colorato; semina uormalia testa crassiuscula cotyledonibus jJus minus intequalibus.
Hcrh(B suffruiieesve caulibus erectis vel decumbentibus humilibus vel elatis elongatisve
sajpissime simplicibus subscabris vel indumento stellato tomentosis. Folta opposita ampia
sa^pe rugosa dentata vel integi-a, tìoralia conformia vel summa ad bracteas reducta, subtus
indumento stellato plus minus tomentosa supra pilis strictis raro stollatis hispido-piibescentia
rarius glabra. Verticillastri 6—24-flori, nunc sessiles et densi nunc pedunculati et
oymis utrinque evolutis laxi, saìpissime axillares remoti in axillis folioruni inferioruui
vel secus caulem aphyllum dispositi, nonnunquam in spicani densem bracteatam terniinalem
conforti; iracteolcB lanoeolataj vcl lineares sa^pius calyce breviores; Jlores majusciili saipius
sessiles corollis sa;pius flavis extus fere semper stellato-pubescentibus, calycibus sajpe
ccistatis estus stellato-tomentosis iutus scepissime pilis strictis hispidis viridibus raro
braoteisque rubidis vel purpurascentibus.
POGOSIPHON, STEJTOSTOMA. 243
§ PoGosiPHON :—Corollx tubo incurvo intus hirsuto, parte iequali calycem nec excedente
limbo latiusculo, labiis minoribus, nuculis 2-3.
* S t r o b i l i n a : — i n spicam ierminalm congesiig, calyce intus tubo
glaho dentihus hirsuto, nuculis ovatcoUonc/is glahris rugom.
a. Corolla lutoa (rai'o punicea) ealyea multo loDgloro:—
herbD3 robust© spicis ereotis:
bracteis cordatis spiois inteiTTiptia . . 1. Wallkhii.
bracteis ouneatis spicis eontinuis . . . 2. Q. atroUUuum
Lerbte gracHes spioia nutantibus . . . . 3. G. nulans.
h. CoroUa purpuraBcente calycom vis esoedente . 4. G. ncyacanum.
** Hen.sleyanum : - Verticillastris remoti^ aaillarilus, calyce intus tubo dentibusoue
hirsuto, nuculis late oblongis glahris rtigosulis,
e. Corolla caljoem vis escedente, verticillasfris
densis, tomento hrevimmo denso cinereo . . . 5. G. Bcmdcjanum.
[•** Anthocoma:-r«-«/iMÌm remotis axillarilus, calyce intus tuho {dmtihusqu<ì\
glabro, nuculis oblongis Mrsutìs {sublaivibus). ^
—. Corolla calycem vis escedente, verticillastris
la^iscymosis ff.
§§ S™TOMA:-Coroll^ tubo recto intus glabro, parte acquali calyco longiore limbo
angusto, labus parvuHs, nuculis soHtariis Isvibus. '
* Niveum ; calyce Aaud costato intus tubo dentiòusque hirsuto, ovario alabro
nucuhs oblongis apice obtusis glabris. '
il. tomento perh-cù delissimo albo, foliis sessilibug
supra glabGrri>nÌ3 ^
-Parvifiora; calyce parum costato intus tubo dentibusque hispùfulo, ovàrio
glabro, nuculis ovoideis apice angustatis glabris.
e. coroUfo tubo fauce vis inflato, calycis dcntibus
brevissimis . . . t ^
mwrocalyx.
J. coroll® tubo fauoo distincte inflato, ealycis dentibus
elongatis :—
verticillastris densis axillaribus et secus
caulem apbyllum dispositis g
verücillttstris lasis omnibus asillaribus cymis
multifloris evolutis:—
bracteis omnibus latiusculis calyce
longioribus, tubo ealycis dentibus
»quilorgo vel longiore, tomento
densioro albcscente . . . an -a
r , . , . . pvrviflonm.
bracteis (estenonbus esceptis) angustia
calyoa brevioribus, tubo calyds dentibus
brevioribus, tomento laso ciaerascente. 10. Q. »-inUmt.
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