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unifloro piioso bracteis 4 rigidulis oblongis, calyce involucro duplo breviori, 

 corolla alba? pilosse tubo subcylindrico, labiis tubo duplo brevioribus, 

 statninibus ex tubo breviter protrusis. 



A herbaceous perennial, with short slender erect glahrous stems. 

 Leaves 1-1 \ in. long, \-\ in. broad, pinninerved, tapering gradu- 

 ally to the base, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous 

 on both surfaces ; petiole \-\ in. long. Panicle with the lower 

 branches produced from the axils of well-developed leaves. In- 

 volucre infundibuliform, \ in. long ; bracts dull green, densely 

 pilose, much imbricated. Calyx ^ in. long ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate. Corolla-tube | in. long ; limb half as long as the tube ; 

 upper lip oblong ; lower deflexed, with 3 oblong lobes. Anthers 

 just protruded from the corolla-tube. Capsule not seen. — Baron 

 2665 ! Allied to II. secundijlora, Baker. 



Htpoestes jasminoides, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, foliis brevissime petiolatis oblongis acutis pinninerviis, 

 floribus in spicas laxas paucifloras paniculatas dispositis, involucro unifloro 

 glabro bracteis 4 rigidulis acutis, calyce involucro paulo breviori, corolla; 

 alba; tubo elongato subcylindrico labiis brevibus latis, genitalibus in tubo 

 inclusis. 



A much-branched shrub, with slender terete branchlets. Leaves 

 2-3 in. long, deltoid at the base, moderately firm in texture, green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole not more than jj-^ in. 

 long. Spikes 1-1| in. long, produced only in the axils of the 

 upper leaves, erect, shortly peduncled. Involucre glabrous, in- 

 fundibuliform, i in. long ; segments green, rigid, much imbricated. 

 Corolla white, pubescent ; tube | in. long, almost cylindrical ; 

 limb \ in. long ; upper lip oblong, obtuse, entire ; lower with 3 

 small obtuse lobes. Capsule not seen. — Baron 1224, 2533 ! 

 Allied to H. comorensis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 223. 



Htpoestes trichochlamts, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis oblongis acutis obscure 

 pilosis, floribus in spicas secundas subdensas paniculatas terminales dispo- 

 sitis, involucro unifloro piioso segmentis 4 oblanceolatis obtusis, calyce 

 quam involucrum paulo breviori, corollae pilosae albse tubo quam involucrum 

 sesquilongiori, limbo parvo segmentis oblongis. 



A shrub, with slender pubescent tetragonous branchlets. 

 Leaves distinctly petioled, moderately firm in texture, 2-3 in. 

 long, cuneate at the base, dark green and thinly pilose on both 

 surfaces. Spikes 1-2 in. long, ascending, arranged in small ter- 



