430 MB. J. G. BAKEB ON THE 



3 in. long, narrowed from the middle to the base, moderately firm 

 in texture, green and glabrous on both, surfaces. Spikes very 

 dense, secund, 1-1| in. long, produced from the axils of the upper 

 leaves on peduncles of about the same length. Bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, ■£ in. long, with 5-7 prominent ribs on the back, the 

 margin densely ciliated. Calyx about as long as the bract, 

 glabrous ; segments oblong-lanceolate. Corolla whitish, with a 

 cylindrical tube as long as the calyx ; limb y 1 ^ in. long ; upper lip 

 obovate ; lower deflexed, deeply 3-lobed. Capsule not seen. — 

 Baron 2545 ! Allied to J. Bojeri, JN"ees. 



IsOGLOSSA GBACTLLIMA, U. Sp. 



Ilerbacea, glabra, ramulis gracillimis, foliis oblongis acutis membranaccis 

 glabris, floribus in paniculas laxissimas terminales dispositis, pedicellis 

 elongatis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis longe acuminatis, corolla; tubo in- 

 fundibulari limbo brevi, antherarum loculis disjunctis, superiori interdum 

 basi calcarato. 



An erect perennial herb, glabrous in all its parts, with very 

 slender branchlets. Leaves distant, opposite, shortly petioled, 

 dark green, 1^—2 in. long. Flowers arranged in a very lax panicle, 

 with very slender ascending few-flowered racemose branchlets ; 

 pedicels erecto-patent, |-| in. long. Calyx £ in. long, slit down 

 nearly to the base into 5 lanceolate acuminate segments. Corolla 

 yellow, i in. long ; tube infuudibuliform ; limb bilabiate, half as 

 long as the tube. Stamens 4, included in the corolla-tube, with long 

 filaments and superposed small oblong anthers, the upper cell 

 sometimes but not invariably spurred at the base. — Baron 2325 ! 



Isoglossa ANGUSTA, Baker. 



Herbacea, ramulis gracillimis apice pubescentibus, floribus breviter peti- 

 olatis lanceolatis glabris, floribus in paniculas laxissimas terminales ramulis 

 corymbosis dispositis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis, corolla? tubo infundi- 

 bulari limbo brevi, antherarum loculis disjunctis oblongis. — Clinacantlnis 

 angustus, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 511. 



An erect perennial herb, with very slender branchlets, shortly 

 pubescent towards the top. Leaves shortly petioled, l|-2 in. 

 long, I in. broad. Panicle erect, very long and lax ; pedicels \- 

 | in. long. Calyx } in. long, cut down nearly to the base into 5 

 lanceolate acute segments. Corolla yellow, | in. long ; upper lip 

 orbicular, shorter than the lower. Stamens included in the corolla- 

 tube; cells of the anther much separated. Capsule with 2 

 diverging clavate valves £ in. long, with 2 seeds at the middle of 



