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axillary umbels ; pedicels | in. long ; peduncles very slender, 

 shorter than the leaves. Calyx ^ in. in diam. ; segments 5, obtuse. 

 Corolla g in. long ; segments much imbricated in bud, copiously 

 black-dotted. Stamens less than half as long as the corolla- 

 segments. Ovary globose; style cylindrical, as long as the 

 ovary. Fruit not seen. — Baron 2938 ! 



Aedisia loxgipes, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, foliis petiolatis ohovato-oblongis obtusis subcoriaceis, 

 floribus in racemos laxos pedunculatos dispositis, pedicellis elongatis, calycis 

 tubo brevi segmentis ovatis obtusis, corolla; tubo brevissimo segmentis 

 orbicularibus cuspidatis, antheris ad faucem corollae tubi subsessilibus. 



An erect much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with 

 slender subterete branchlets. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 1-1| in. 

 broad, narrowed gradually from the middle to a deltoid base, 

 moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, 

 the veins fine and immersed. Flowers in copious racemes, some- 

 times congested into corymbs, from the axils of the leaves, on 

 slender peduncles 1-1 1 in. long ; pedicels ascending, g— £ in. 

 long ; bracts 0, or very minute. Expanded calyx rotate, ^ in. in 

 diam. Corolla § in. long ; segments much imbricated. Stamens 

 half as long as the corolla-segments. Style cylindrical, as long 

 as the globose ovary. Fruit not seen. — Baron 2224 ! 



Okcostemum platycladum, n. sp. 



Fruticosum, glabrum, ramulis compressis acute ancipitibus, foliis bre- 

 vissime petiolatis oblongis acutis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus, floribus 

 in corymbos paucifloros breviter pedunculatos dispositis, pedicellis elon- 

 gatis, calycis et corollae tubo brevissimo segmentis orbicularibus, filamentis 

 in urceolum parvum ampullacforme ore angusto coalitis. 



An erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with remarkably 

 flattened acutely-angled branchlets. Leaves 3-4 in. long, 

 narrowed gradually from the middle to both ends, moderately 

 firm in texture, bright green on both surfaces, with fine immersed 

 veins. Flowers about three to a corymb ; peduncle short, anci- 

 pitous; bracts none; pedicels very slender, %-± in. long. Ex- 

 panded calyx g in. in diam. Expanded corolla } in. in diam. 

 Staminal urceolus not more than half as long as the corolla ; the 

 anthers, ovary, and style included inside it. Fruit not seen. — 

 Baron 28S2 ! 



Oncostemum neeiifolium, n. sp. 



Fruticosum, glabrum, ramulis teretibus, foliis petiolatis oblanceolato- 



