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each.— Baron 2198 ! We have long had two sheets at Kew from 

 the herbarium of Justice Blackburn. 



Isoglossa Melleri, n. sp. 



Herbacea, ramulis gracillimis apice pilosis, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis 

 acutis subglabris membranaceis, floribus in paniculas laxissimas'terminales 

 ramulis paucifloris corymbosis dispositis, pedicellis elongatis, calycis seg- 

 ments lanceolatis, corollas tubo infundibulari limbo tubo aequilongo, an- 

 therarum loeulis disjunctis oblongis. 



An erect fragile perennial herb 2-3 feet high, with slender 

 fragile branchlets pilose towards the tip. Leaves distant, opposite, 

 turning black when dried, thin in texture, rounded at the base, the 

 lower l|-2 in. long. Flowers arranged in a very lax erect panicle, 

 the lower branches of which spring from the axil of well-developed 

 leaves ; pedicels slender, erect, pilose, sometimes |-| in. long. 

 Calyx 1 in. long, pubescent at the base ; tube very short. Corolla 

 yellow, -| in. long; lips very unequal, the lower with 3 large 

 oblong divisions. Stamens included in the corolla-tube ; anther- 

 cells not spurred at the base. Capsule not seen. — Between 

 Tamatave and Antananarivo, Dr. Meller ! Three sheets in the 

 Kew herbarium, the specimens gathered in 1862. Native name 

 Ravisara. 



Htpoestes stachtoides, n. sp. 



Herbacea, perennis, glabra, foliis parvis breviter petiolatis remotis ovatis 

 obtusis, floribus in spicas laxas paucifloras axillares et terminales dispositis, 

 involucro unifloro bracteis 4 rigidulis oblongis acutis, calvce involucro 

 paulo breviori, corollae alba? tubo infundibulari, limbo tubo breviori, geni- 

 talibus ex tubo protrusis. 



A herbaceous perennial, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 

 ascending stems under a foot long. Leaves |-| in. long, mode- 

 rately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Spikes 

 laxly few-flowered, erect, terminal, produced from the end of the 

 stems and axils of the upper leaves. Involucre glabrous, £ in. 

 long ; bracts mucli imbricated. Calyx but little shorter than the 

 involucre. Corolla-tube | in. long ; upper lip oblanceolate-oblong, 

 entire, | in. long ; lower nearly as long, 3-lobed. Stamens reach- 

 ing out of the tube halfway up the limb. Capsule not seen.— • 

 Baron, 262G ! Allied to H. maculosa, Nees. 



Hypoestes uni lateralis, n. sp. 



Herbacea, perennis, glabra, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis, floribus in pani- 

 culam terminalem ramulis brevibus secundis spicatis dispositis, involucro 



