258 STENOSTOJIA-EKIOCAKPOX.
these two Wallicliian species. In the abseace, liowover, of speoimens o! G. diihotonnin it i
either to reoogaiss that as a species, or to join it to one or other o£ its near allies. Now
from what has been domonstratod above it will be seen that undei' the name " 0. parvifforun"
it is in reahty a form of G. criniium that Bentham and Miquel (who follows Bentham olosely)
are comparing with G. diohotomim. And as the character whoroin G. dichotomum is said
by them alone to difíer from this form of G. a'iiiUiwi, coupled with the character implied in the original
description gives us two out of the throe points wherein trae G. parviflortm alone diiiers from this form
of G. crinitum, it oppears manifest that (?. dichotommi must at present be looked upou as conspecifio with
true G. parviflomm.
With the gathering of G. criniium from Tavoy, to which since 1S29 that name had been restricted,
Sh Joseph Hooker has (188J) associated a somewhat difEerent-Iooking but undoubtedly conspecifio plant
collected by Dr. Griffith in Malacca. This is G. oHinlum VAR. Gri^t/iii of the present paper.
In the gi'oup Parvifiora there is evidently a very great diflerenee in the rank of the varioiis forms
separated. The only distinctly separable plant is G. microcalyx (though even as regards this~p. 251 union
with another form has been suggested), and it is very probable that only a few more gatherings from
intermediate localities wU be required to provide the intermediate forms necessary to prove that all the
others are simply local manifestations of one protean species. And while the absonoe of these prevents the
writer from formally proposing the necessary reductions, the time appears to have come for indicating the
probable natm'e of these. If only floral eharaoters are attended to, we can recognise but two species,
A. G. iiicEoc.4Li"x Frain; coroUse tubo fauce vLs inflato, calycis dentibus brevissimis,
B. G. P-iRviFLonuM Wall. Cat. 1829 {>iec 1828) panmi emend.; coroUto tubo fauce distincte
inflato, calycis dentibus elongatis.
VAR. a. /annosi; foliis petiolatis subtus farinoso-tomentosis, bracteis omnibus ovatis = G.
multiflorum Benih., DO. Prodr. xii, 552.—Leonurus farinosus Earn. MÌÌ. in Wall.
Cat. 2158/D. (G. parviflorum V.\B, farinosa Prain uti supra).
YÍR. ff. li/pica; foliis petiolatis bracteis lanceolatis = G. parviflorum Wall. Cal. 2158/1,
2158/'E.—G. dichotomum Zoll. ^ Mor., Verseichii. 54. (G. parviflorum VAE, typicn uii
supra).
VAE. y. crinita; foliis petiolatis bracteis (exterioribus esceptis) lanceolatis = G, crinitum Wall.
Cat. 2159/1, 2159/2.—G. Thomsoni Benth. in Serb. Ind. Or. E. f. ^ T. T. (G.
crinitum typica et G. Thomsoni uti supra).
YAK. 8. Griffithii; foliis sessihbus bracteis (exterioribus esceptis) lanceolatis = G. crinitum
Hook. /., F/or. Brit. Ltd. iv, 698, sy«. Wall. Oat. 2159 excluí. (G. crinitum VAR.
Griffithii Prain uti supra).
V. Eriocarpon ; verticillastris remotis axilhribus, calyce par am costato intus tubo dentihusy^
ue glabro, ovario pubei'ulo, nucuUs ghbosis.
11. Gomphostemma eriocarpon. Benth. (1829).
E l a t a erecta caule gracili subterete, foliis petiolatis basì atfceauatis elliptico-oblongis
acutis grosse dentatis, supra parce hispiduli? subtus petiolis caulibuaque tomentosis,
verticillaatris paucifloris densis, bracteis ovatis denticulatis vel linearibus integris supra
glabris, calt/cia viridis tubo dentibus auguste lanceolatis apice filiiormibus zequilongo,
corolla flava fere recta calyce 3-plo longiore, estus villosa, stylo glabro, nuculis nigresceutibus
dense tomentosis Isevibus.—G, eriocarpon Benih. in Wall. Cat. n. 2710 (1829)
EÜG05n?H0 STEMMA—LUCIDA. 250
e t PL As. Bar. ii, 13 (1831).—G. eriocarpum Benth., Lab. Gen. et Sp. 6i9 (1835) et
BC. Prodr. xii, 552 (18-i8); Walp., Rep. iii, 897 (1845); Mook. f , Flur. Brit. Ind. iv,
^98 (1885).—G. oblungurn Wight, Icones iv, t. 1457 (1850j¡ Miq., Fior. Ind. Bat. ii,
ÜS6, in parte (1S56); nee JVaZÍ.—Leoiiurus tomentosus Eerb. Madr., spi. in Wall. Cut.
(1829).
I n INDIA Australi; Courtullam, Wight! Carnatic, G. Thomson! in collibus Anamallai
et in Tini velli, Bedd<me.
Caulibus 90—120 era. altis, petiolis 1-25 cm. longis, laniinis sensim attonuatis
7—11 cm. Inngis bis 3 cm. latis, supra pilis nmic simpHcibus nunc stellatis ornatis,
verticillastria sub-lO-floris, bracteis 10—14 mm. longis bis 2—5 mm. latis, cahjce 13
mm. longo hoc 4 mm. Iato—tubo calycis 6 mm. longo, dentibus 6 mm. longis bis basi
2 mm. latis dimidio superiore subuliitis, corallo: tubo 30 mm. laiigo—parto tubi tequali
15 mm. longa, limbo 4 mm. Iato, labio postico 7 mai. longo hoc 4 mm. Iato, Jabio
antico 7 mm. longo iioc 8 mm. lato, nucidis maturis 5 mm. longis Iiis 4-ö mm.
latis.
pLii'E 90. Gomphostemma eriocarpon Benth. Specimeiis from Coui-tallam, Wight.
A very distinct specics formiug a monotypic gi'oup most nearly alEed to Fanißora. Tliough
undoubtedly a membcr of I STESOSTOJIA, its hireute ovary allies it to Lucida, with one member of
which group it has been confouuded. It thus helps to conneot § SrEsosao^tA with § EUGOMPUO-
§§§ EUGNIIPHOSTEMIIA Prain (1890); corollaj tubo intus glabro, parte iequali
calyce longiore, limbo ampio labiis majusculis; nuculis 4.—PRASÌVM
Roxb. (1814); Blume (1826); neo Linn.
VI. Lucida; verticillustris remotis axillaribui, cahjce prominenter costato intus tubo parce
deniibi'S densivi hirsuto, ovario dense villoso, 7iuculis late ovatis.—PKASIVM Blume, Bijdr. 840
(1826); nec Linn.
12. Gomphostemma Philippinarum Benth. (1848).
E l a t a erecta caule parum sulcnto, foliis breve petiolatis elliptico-ovatis apice acutis
basi attenuatis margine breve serratis, supra scabro-hispidulis subtus canlibusque floccosotomentosisj
verticillastris multifioris floribus singulis pedicellatis, bracteis parvulia lanceolatis,
cabjGis denso tomentosi dentibus triangulai'ibus breviter acuminatis tubo multo brevioribus,
corolla lutea antico incurva calyce plus 3-pIo longiore, estus (lobis labii antici exceptis)
pubescente, siglo versus apicem pilis diver^rentibus jjerpauois ornato, nuculis immaturi.s
hirsutis.—Gomphostemma PJiilippinarum Bmtk, DC. Prodr. sii, 551 (1848); Vidal.,
Phaner. Cuming. 71 et 136 (1885) et PUmt. Vasc. Fiìipin. 214 (1886) «mi». '
Li arcliipi-1. PiiiMPPiNARUii; in ina. Bobol, Cuming n. 1840! (icon. et sp. ex
hcrb. Kcui. bencvolunter comm. vidi).
Caulibus circa 50 cm. altis, petiolis 1-5—3 cm. longis, laminis 11—LS cm. longis
]iÌ3 4—7 cm. latis, subtus caulibusque parcius tomeutosis, a medio sensim attenuatis,
verticillastiis sub-G-floris, pedunculis propriis sub-2 mm. longis, bracteis 8 mm. lonffis
bis 2 mm. latis, pedicellia 3—5 mm. longis, bracteolis 2—3 mni. longis, calgce IO
umi. longo hoc 5 inm. lato—tubo calycis 8 mni. longo, dentibus 2 mm. longis
ANN. EOY. BOT, GAÜD. CALCUTTA TOL. i n .