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Notes on the acanthaceae of Java - DWC

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NOTES ON THE ACANTHACEAE OF JAVA 35<br />

.paJes oppositi et plerumque utroque axillo duo superpositi. a foliis parvis.<br />

mox dedduis suffulti; bracteae ramulos ultimos et capitula suf,fulcientes<br />

anguste lineares. sensim aUenuatae. 2-5 mm l<strong>on</strong>gae. apicem versus puberulae.<br />

oppositae paulum inaequales. Capitula subsessilia, 10-11 mm<br />

l<strong>on</strong>ga. extus intusque puberulo-glandulosa; foliola externa involucri (bracteae)<br />

hasi in tubum 4.5-5 mm l<strong>on</strong>gum. apice 2.5 mm diam. c<strong>on</strong>nata; lobi<br />

liberi triangulares. arista circ. 3 mm l<strong>on</strong>ga. haud torta comprehensa 5-6<br />

mm l<strong>on</strong>gi; foliola interna (bracteolae) 8-9 mm l<strong>on</strong>ga. acuta. Calyx 4 mm<br />

l<strong>on</strong>gus. 5-partitus. Corolla 18 mm l<strong>on</strong>ga. Stamina filamentis glabris. Granula<br />

pollinis n<strong>on</strong>dum visa. Ovarium glabrum. Stylus glaber.Capsula<br />

glabra et nitida 6.5 mm l<strong>on</strong>ga. plerumque l-seminalis. Semen vix applanatum.<br />

brunneum. 3 mm altum. 2 mm latum. 1.7 mm crassum.<br />

Habitat <strong>Java</strong>m Orientalem.<br />

East <strong>Java</strong>. Besuki Res.: G. Baluran. alt. 500 m. BACKER 24771 U. typus;<br />

fl. VI.<br />

The flowers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>on</strong>ly specimenavailable to me. ,were badly preserved;<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir characters. <strong>the</strong>refore. couldnot weU be made out.<br />

Hypoëstes trichochlamys Brem. n. spec.; typus: BAKHUIZEN V. D. BRINK<br />

4490 U; bracteis capitula subtendentibus involucro dimidio brevioribus a<br />

speciebus aliis. ubi nunc l<strong>on</strong>giores (tomentosa. zollingcriana, decaisneana)<br />

nunc multo breviores (psilostachgs. polgthgrsa. tegsmanniana. populifolia.<br />

pedunculosa) sunt. distinguenda. ,inflorescentiae natura. praesertim squamis<br />

involucralibus n<strong>on</strong>aristatis ad H. psilostachgm. H. polgthgrsam et H. tegsmannianam<br />

vergens. involucro ciliato maxime ut H. psilostachgs. foliis basi<br />

acutis et f,ilamentis glabris ab ea tamen certe diversa.<br />

Herba robustior. Rami obtuse quadrangulares et quadrisulcati. ad nodos<br />

parce pilosi. Folia superiora sola preservata in petiolum sparse pubescentem<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tract.a; lamina lanceolata. apice caudato-acuminata. hasi acuta vd<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tracta. supra cos ta canaliculata puberuia. subtus costa densius. nervis<br />

sparsissime pubescens. ceterum utraque facie glabra. cystolithis vix distinguendis,<br />

nervis utroque latere costae circ. 5. Capitula in paniculas<br />

l<strong>on</strong>gius pedunculatas. terminales et axillaresdisposita. solitaria ad nodos.<br />

paniculis axillaribus cum panicula terminali in inflorescentiam paniculiformem<br />

amplam c<strong>on</strong>fluentibus. Ramuli panicularum plerumque foliis parvis<br />

mox deciduis suffulti. Bracteae capitula suffulcientes pauJo l<strong>on</strong>giores quam<br />

bracteae vacuae. lineares. involucro fere rumidio breviores. l<strong>on</strong>ge sed<br />

tenuissime et sparse dliatae; vacuae eciliatae. Foliola involucri omnia<br />

10 mm l<strong>on</strong>ga; externa (bracteae) latiora. usque ad medium c<strong>on</strong>nata. lobis<br />

lineari-lanceolatis. acuminatis et mucr<strong>on</strong>atis. l<strong>on</strong>ge sedtenuissime c.iliatis.<br />

dense glanduloso-puberulis. ciliarum seriebus in tubo involucri descendentibus;<br />

interna (bracteolae) sparsissime ciliata vel eciliata. Bracteolae<br />

floris rudimentarii filiformes. 1.5 mm 10ngae. Calyx 4.5 mm l<strong>on</strong>gus. 5-partitus.<br />

Corolla 2 cm l<strong>on</strong>ga. extus glanduloso-puberula. Stamina filamentis

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