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dispositis, pedicellis brevissimis, bracteis lanceolatis, calycis tubo campa- 

 nulato dentibus parvis ciliatis deltoideis, corollae tubo elongato cylin- 

 drico, segmentis ovato-oblongis tubo 5-6plo brevioribus, staminibus 

 segmentis aequilongis. 



An erect shrub, with straight branchlets, glabrous in all its 

 parts ; internodes very short ; stipules deltoid. Leaves ascend- 

 ing, subsessile, firm in texture, 3-A in. long, I5-I2 in. broad 

 at the middle, narrowed from the middle to the base, green 

 on both surfaces, with fine indistinct main veins. Flowers 

 numerous, arranged in dense terminal corymbose cymes ; pedicels 

 very short ; bracts small, lanceolate, persistent, ciliated. Calyx 

 iV in. long; teeth deltoid, ciliated. Corolla-tube f in. long, 

 hairy all down inside ; segments g in. Anthers g in. long, ver- 

 satile. Style reaching to the top of the corolla-tube, shortly 

 bifid. Fruit not seen.— Baron 3220 ! 



Danais yestita, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, raraulis rectis dense fusco-pilosis, folds petiolatis oblongis 

 acutis subcoriaceis facie scabris dorso pubescentibus, floribus in cymas 

 eorymbosas axillares dispositis, pedicellis productis, bracteis minutis lan- 

 ceolatis, calycis villosi segmentis lanceolatis tubo campanulato longioribus, 

 corollae tubo cylindrico apice infundibulari, segmentis lanceolatis tubo 

 quadruplo brevioribus, staminibus exsertis. 



A shrub, with straight terete branchlets densely clothed with 

 spreading brown hairs. Stipules deeply lacerated, with ciliated 

 lanceolate segments ; petiole very short, densely pilose ; blade 

 3-4 in. long, lg-2 in. broad, acute, rounded at the base, rough 

 with short bristly hairs above, softly brown-pubescent beneath, 

 with 8-10 pairs of raised arcuate-ascending main veins. Flowers 

 in copious cymes in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels \-\ in- 

 long, densely villose, as are the bracts and calyx. Calyx with 

 a globose tube and 5 lanceolate segments ■$■ in. long. Corolla- 

 tube glabrous, §-| in. long, funnel-shaped at the apex ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate, \ in. long. Stamens twice as long as the 

 corolla-segments. Fruit not seen. — Baron 2329 ! 



Pentas micbantha, n. sp. 



Herbacea, caulibus gracilibus glabris, stipulis parvis deltoideis, folns 

 brevissime petiolatis oblongis acutis membranaceis, floribus in cymas 

 capitatas terminales pedunculatas dispositis, pedicellis nullis vel brevissi- 

 mis, calycis dentibus lanceolatis foliaceis inaequalibus tubo campanulato 

 sequilongis, corollae tubo deorsum cylindrico sursum infundibulari, seg- 

 mentis parvis patulis ovato-lauceolatis, fructu globoso, seminibus in loculo 

 pluribus minutis. 



