-•J-i STE>-OSTOMA.
10. Gompliostemma crinitum Wall. (1828).
Elata crecta caule parum sulcato, foliis petiolatis band rugosis ellipticooyatis acutis
vel oblanceolatis basi attenuatis margine sorratis iutegrisve, supra hirsutis subtus caxilibus
petiolisquo cinereo-tomentosis, verticillastris multifloris sopissimo eyniis kxis utriiique
evolutis, noanunquain densis, hracteis exterioribus lanceolatis rcliquis liiiearìbus calyce
brevioribuSj' calyce laxe cinereo-pubescente voi glabrescente breve pediceliato, deutibus
priplougis lineari-subulatis setaceo-hispidis tubuui long© escedeotibus, corolla flava fere rocta
calyce 2-plo longiore, estus parco puberula, stylo glabro, niiculis bruDueis glabris lavibus.
VAR. iì/pica} bracteis omnibus lanceolatis acxitis linearibiisve calycem fere icquantibus,
foliis subito in petioluin longiorem alatum attenuatis laminis elliptico
ovatis subrugosis subtus densius tomentosis.—G-. CTinitiim Wall., Cut.
11. 2159/1 (1828) et 2159/2 (1828 et 1829); Benth., Wall. FI. As. Sa>'. ii,
12 (IS'il), lab. Gcn. et Sp. 648 (1835) et DC. Prodr. .xiì, 552 (18i8);
Walp., Rep. ili, 897 (1845); Mi^., Fior. Ind. Bui. ii, 987 (1356); Hook./.,
Fior. Bnt. Ind. iv, 698, in parte (1835).—G. parviflorum Wall, Cat. n.
2158/2 in parte (1838) et n. 2I58/C [spp. eadein ac n. 2159/1 (1^28)!]
(1829) haudqua<iuam G. parviflorum Wall., Cat. n. 2158/1; Benth., Wall.
FI. As. Mar. ii, 12, in parte (1831); SooJi. /., Fior. Brit. Ind. iv, 697, vi
parie (1885).—G. parviflorum Benth., Lai. Gen. et Sp. 648 (1835) et DG.
Prodr. xii, 551 (1848); Walp., Rep. iii, 897 (1845); Miq., Fior. Fnd.
Bai ii, 987 (1S56) nec G. parvifloi-um Wall.
l a ASSAM inferiore; Silhet, DeSilua {Wall. Cat. n. 2158/2 in parte)! In BURÌIA
inferiore; Pegu, Kurz n. 596! Attaran, Brandis ! Tavoy, Gomez {Wall. Cat. n. 2159/2)1
I n peninsula JIALAYANA; Pulo Penang, Wallich (Cat. n. 2159/1 [1828], anno sequenfo
infauste ad G. parviflori^m [2158/0] relata) ! Perak, apud Kampong Kota (bis), Wray !
Sungei Ujong, Ridiedi merecnar. n. 18T0 !
VAR. GriJJithii ; bracteis exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis obtusis calyce distincte
brevioribus, foliis sensini in petiolum perbrevera attenuatis laminis oblanceolatis
membranaceis subtus moìliter pubescentibus.—G. crinitum Eook. f . ,
Fior. Brit. Ind. iv, 698 (1885) syn. Wall. Cat. 2159 exclua., vix Wall.
X MALAYANA ; ìlalacca, in monte Opbir et in sylvis Cbobu, Griffith n. 4042 !
5 I jok, Scortechini n. 5 ! apud Hulu Kwansa, Scorteehini n. 928 !
I n
Perak, in
Caulibus 40—60 cm. altis, petiolis VAE. ii/piece sub-4 em. longis, VAR. GriJJìthii
1—2 om. longip, laminis VAI?, typicce 25—30 cm. longis liis 8—12 cm. latis, VAR.
Griffilhii 20 25 cm. longis bis 6—8 cm. latis, pedicellis 1 mm. longis, calyce 17—20
mm. loDgo hoc 4 mm. lato, bispido-tomentoso vel brevissime puberulo—tubo calycis
5—7 mm. longo, dentibus VAE. typica: 9—13 mm. longis VAR. GriJfUhii 10 mm. longis
liis basi 2'5 mm. latis, siibito in acumen praìlongum subulatum attenuatis, corolla:
tubo 20—25 mm. longo—parte tubi jequali 16—20 mm. longa basi 2 mm. lata, limbo
3-5 mm. lato, labio postico 5 mm. longo hoc 3'5 mm. lato, labio antico 6 mm. longo
hoc 7 mm. lato, nuculis 6 mm. longis his 3 mm. latis.
PLATE 88. Gomphostemma crinitum Wall. VAR. typica. Specimen from Pcrak, Wray.
PLATK 89. A—G. crinitum Wall. VAR. typica; Wall. Cat., n. 2159/2, at Calcutta.
B—G. crinitum Wall. VAR. GriiEthii Prain. Specimen from Malacca, Gri/filh.
PAEVIFLOEA. 255
This species is very closely allied to G. parciflorum, but is easily recognised by its tliiuDer leaves,
asb-grey tomentum, smaller bracts aud very long subulate calyx teetb. Tlio Tavoy gathering [Wall. Cat. n.
2159/2) differs from n. 2169/1 (2158/0) in bavÍBg only condensed whorls—a character of no importance,
since in other gatheriugs dense and las whorls occur in tho same specimen, aod in having glabrous
calyces—a simple accidant, the specimens being fruiting ones and the tomentum being deciduous in
fruit; the gathering is not specifically distinct from 2159/1, which should not bays been referred by
Dr. Wallioh to G. parvijloruni unless he was prepared to suppress the species G. crinitum altogether.
This is a course which has much to he said in its favour, but it is not followed here, mainly
bceause of the necessity for uniform treatment throughout the genus; partly also because the diagnosis
between O. crinitum and G. parviflorum is not very diiBcult, aud because the wri.er has not as
yet seen any good ooDnecting specimens, even though the geographical areas of the two species overlap
: moreover, the synonymy of' the two species, which has become rather involved, is more easily
disentangled if they he kept apart. The process is simplified by tabular presentation, and in TABLE XI I I
ai'e given the names that tho "Walliehian specimens bear in the Lithographed Catalogue, and in
Mr. Bentham's, in Sir Joseph Hooker's, and in the present treatise respectively. The infoi-mation in
columns has been very kindly supplied by Mr. Homsley. The references of Dr. Walpers (1845) being
a mere reprint of (hose of llr, Bentham of 1835, and those of Dr. Miquel (1856) being an adaptation
of those of Ifr. Bentham of 1848, possess no intrinsic value, and aro therefore omitted. The use
of the name"G. multidorum" in Herb. Linn. Soc. to designate typical G. pan-ifljrum is evidently a
change that has been made since 1848, for in that year (as in 1835, when he founded the species G muHiflorum,)
Mr. Bentham only included in G. JHu/h^vrKm specimens that belong to TAB./NY-IHOSA; those
tl¡at belong to G. parcifloixm VAB. typica were left by him to serve, in part, as types of G. parviflorum, though
he included in that species (as Dr. WaUich had previously done) two gatherings that belong to 0. crinitum.
It should further be noted that thero is nothing in the description of G, dichotomum Zoll. et Mor. to separate
that plant positively either from G. parviflorxim or from O. crinitum. In the absence of specimens and for
reasons detailed below, I have ventured tentatively to suggest its inclusion in G. pamflorum.
TABLE Xin.—Si/nonr/mt/ of the Walliehian speeimens of Gompbostemma parviflorum and
G. crinitum.
lEol «••me. HOOK Sil.
Mft, Cbí. ü. GO. LiihC«l.f. 02. SI. As. Sor.ii, 12. nert. Lmn. Soc. Frcecnt paper.
Dato. 1828. \m. IWl. 1836 il8i8. Bût. 18i8il8S4. ISSJ. 1890
1 3 * 8 7
aiíSd; . "Herb.
^f'^n-iflorum. - G. pn^^^nor^ln,
0, parviflornm.
(" Kapalia.n (Slieot 4.) G. parriDorum.
—
- (•• prov. Sillet.") (She« 3 Cl.)
G. parvi Hcvruu),
-
G, parvinotiira.
<" Sillot,")
"I"?'Udì™"' — • VÌE. typica.
•
St^íí/3^ Tnvoj-,
-
G. crinituni.
("Tavoy.")
G.crinitum.
(TiToy. Oom«}. VI n. typica.
• -
am/1) : XlOMKriij
G, pnrvillonim.
G. parviHoruiiL
(G.n.ul.iflorum,) Q. mwltiHoruai. —
G. pir.inorum,
; ;; uab. — (S. pmillorum.)
- VIS. typifo.
' Kotcitcâ.
0. m«tlifloru«i.
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