pOGosiPHorr—nEiiSLETANuar.
5. Gompliostemina Hemsleyanum Prain (1890).
Elata erecta caule sulcato robusto, foliis rugosia petiolatis basi attenuatis, elliptico-ovatis
acutis margine arguto serrafis, laminis supra parce hispidulis subtus pofcioHs caulibusque
brevissime dense cinereo-tomeatosis, vcrticillastris multifloi-is densis, bracteis lanceolati»
Hucaribusve calyce brevioribus, calycis pallide viridis tubo dentibus multo brevioro, corolla
flava adunca cxtus hirsuta calyco vix longiore, tubo medio intus hirsuto, nuculis ni^ris
rugosulis glabris, intus pallidis lucentibus.—G. Hemsleyanura Prain Mss. ex Coll. et IlmsL
Jour. Linn. Soc. xxviii, 116 (1S90). '
l u BURMA superiore; apud Meiktila, CoUcUm\. 17! 887!
Caulibus plus quam 60 cm. altis tetragonis, petiolis 1—3 cm. longis, laminis basi
abruptius attenuatis 10—18 cm. longis his 4—7 eui. latís, bracteis 14 25 mm. lon^'is
his 3—7 mm. latis, calyce 14 mm. longo hoc 5 mm. lato—tubo calycis 5 mm. longo,
dentibus 9 mm. longis his basi 3 mm. latis triangularibus, corollw tubo 10 mm. longo
parte tubi tequali 5 mm. longa, limbo 5 mm. lato, labio postico 3'5 mm. longo hoc 5'.5 mm.
late, labio antico 8-5 mm. longo hoc 9-5 mm. lato, nuculis maturis (1—3) subglobosis
6 mm. longis his 5 mm. latis.
PLATE 82. Gomphostemma liemsleyauum Prain. Specimen from Meiktila, Upper
Burma, Colleit n. 887.
A very distinot species ; agreeing • with Strobiiina in having the corolla tube hirsute within, but
diflering from these iu general hahit as to which it agrees with the rest of the genus. It most closely
resembles G. niceum in foliage and tomentum, but its included, distinctly incurved, and internally hirsute
corolla, its much larger calyx which has longer teeth, and its gray (in ploce of white) tomentum, amply
distinguish it. The speciea is dedicated toMr. W. B. I-Iemsley, but for whose kind assistaooe it would have
been impossible for me to have prepared this account of the genus.
If Gompimtmma flavescens Miq., Plor. Ind. Bat. ii, 087 [1856] [Anthoooma flave^eais ZoU., Nat.
en Geneesk. Aroh. ii, 569 [1846]) is truly referable to this genus, it must stand nest to G. Uemsleyamm.
The hii'sute nuUets, however, indicate a hirsute ovary, and imply a relationship with Lucida, similar to that
indicated by Eriocarpon among the Stenosxomata. It would therefore be necessary to give it the rauk
of a group which might be defined as follows :—
116, Anthocoma ; m-ticillastris remoiis axillaribus, cnhjce inlus glabro, ovario hlmilo, nuculis oblongis.
But in the absence of authentic specimens .it is impossible to localise this species definitely, and in
view of the doubts as to the generic position of the plant (akeady fully discussed, p. 231, footnote) this
must be looked on as a purely tentative definition.
§§ STENOSTOSIA Prain (1890) ; corollas tubo intus glabro, parte a;quali calyce
longiore, limbo angusto labiis parvulis, nuculis singulis.
I I I . Niveum; verticillasiria remoiis axillaribus, calyce
hirsuto, ovario glabro, nuculis ohlongia.
eostato intus tubo dentibusqiie
6. Gompliostemnia niveum lloojc. /. (1885).
Elata erecta caule robusto sulcato, foliis subsessilibus rugosissimìs basi attenuatis
elliptico-oblanccolatis acuminatis margine serratis, supra glaberrimis subtus petiolis caulibusque
dense albo-tomentosis, vcrticillastris multifloris densis, bracteis ovatis lanceolatis
linearibusve calycem angustiorem superantibus, calycis albo-tomentosi tubo dontibus
longiore, corolla flava fere recta calyce vix 2-plo longiore, extus parce puberula, stylo
S T E X O S T O M A - N I V E U M , PAEVIFLOBA. 25 1
glabro, mcuUs pallide brunneis glabris vix rugosulis.—Gr. niveum Hook, f . , Flor. Brit.
Ind. iv, 697 (1885).—G. parviflorum Uerb. Ind. Or. II. f . et T.T., nec Wall.
In ASSAM superiore et inferiore; in montibus Uishmi, Grifith ; in montibus Khasia,
3—4,000 p. s. m., Ilooker et Thomson ! Mann !
Cauiibus crassis 80—120 cm. altis obtuse tefragonìs, petiolis 0 - 2 cm. longis, laminis
basi persensim attenuatis 15-40 cm. longis his 6 -13 cm. latis, bracteia'9-22 mm.
longis his 2 - 1 2 mm. latis, calyce 10 mm. longo hec 3 mm. lato (calyce fructigero
4-0 mm. lato)-tubo calycis 6 mm. longo, dentibus 4 mm. longis his basi 2 mm. latis,
corollw tubo 16 mm. longo-parte tubi jequaU 11 mm. longa, limbo 4 mm. lato, labi<»
postico 4 mm. longo hoc 3-5 mm. lato, labio antico 5 mm. longo hoc 8-5 mm. Iato
nwuhs sapissime solitariis, nonnunquam tamen 2 vel 3, oblongo-ovatis 5 mm lon-^is
his 2-75 mm. latis. °
PLATE 83. Gomphostemma niveum Mooìc. f . Specimen from Khasia, Mann.
A very distinct species; reoognisable at once by its dose short white tomentum.
IV. Parvifiora; verticiUasiris remoiis axillaribus vel seeus caiaem apkylhm dkmsiiis
7. Gomphostemma microoalyx Frai, (1890).
Eli,la er«t a canjo robusto snlcto, folU, petìohli, oWo.go-ovatis acnù basi attmuatis
multo bre„or.l,„8, coroBa am-a„tiaca fere rscta calycem 4-pl„ excedente 7
extus parce puberula, ¡tyh glabro. m » pio excedente faue, pmmjmb,
In pemnsula ILttiMNi; Perak, in Larut, 1 8 0 0 - 2 000 „ . ™ „
« W n . 8421 PT™, „. 8351 in Ulu Bubon^. i . l ; ' '
Oauhbus 60-150 cm. altis, petiolis (summia brevioribus ezcenils) 4 s
laminis 12—15 cm. longis his 7 - 0 i.t- . • , . om. Jongis,
sub.6.£„ris, bracteis 6-7° L Ioli, b " - ¿ t i . 1 » " ' " ' I ' ' ' - - r t i c i l l a s t r i s
l a t o - t u b o calyeis 5 arar, longo, d e ' i 1 mra L g t bist : : 2 ] T
28 mm. longo-parto tubi nanLìi I , ? ' '"lio
.ougo boc f m i la r l l r r m r ' ^ L r : ^ ^ ^ l^Ho postico 4 mm.
•gnotis, immaturis glabris lajvibus.
84. Gompbostcnrma microcaly. P , » . Specimen, fro. Larut,
ù r à u l ì v . to..ll„r wi tHL » , »ä short»
. . . oi t i , otta foLÌ r f fc t X ' —• T i « i' di-tiTt Z
8. Gomphostemma Thomsoni Bmti. {188.5)
As». Eov. Bor. Bam O.ucctt.» VOI. IH.