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minal panicles. Involucre narrowly infundibuliform, |-^ in. long ; 

 bracts firm in texture, densely pubescent, green towards the tip, 

 drab towards the base. Calyx pale, more than half as long as the 

 involucre ; segments very acute. Corolla white, i in. long, with 

 a long tube and a short bilabiate limb with oblong segments. 

 Stamens and stigma exserted from the corolla-tube. — Baron 2928 ! 

 Allied to H. saxicola, Nees. 



Orthosipiion secttndiflortis, n. sp. 



Fruticosus, ramulis pubescentilms, foliis oblongis acutis petiolatis pubes- 

 centibus serratis, floribus 2-3nis in racemos Iaxos secundos dispositis, 

 pedicellis calyci fructifero sequilongis, calycis labio supremo brevi lato, 

 labio inferior! dentibus lanceolato-deltoideis, corollas tubo elongato cylin- 

 drico, limbo tubo duplo breviori, genitalibus in tubo inclusis. 



Steins erect, shrubby, much branched, pubescent. Leaves 2-3 

 in. long, moderately firm in texture, distinctly serrated, green and 

 pubescent on both sides. Racemes l|-2in.long ; pedicels finally 

 -£ in. long ; bracts minute, foliaceous, ovate. Calyx finally £ in. 

 long ; upper lip concave, scariose, strongly veined, not more 

 than half as long as the campanulate tube ; lower lip rather longer 

 than the upper, the two lowest teeth the longest. Corolla-tube 

 nearly \ in. long ; lips half as long as the tube. — Baron 122G ! 



Okthosipiion' emirnensis, n. sp. 



Herbaceus, ramulis pilosis, foliis petiolatis oblongis obtusis crenatis mem- 

 branaceis, floribus laxe racemosis verticillatis, pedicellis calyci fructifero 

 aiquilongis, calycis labio supremo orbiculari concavo tubo a:quilongo, labio 

 inferiori dentibus lanceolatis, corolla: tubo cylindrico, limbo parvo, geni- 

 talibus in tubo inclusis. 



A perennial herb, with finely pilose erect slender stems under 

 a foot long. Leaves 1-2 in. long, membranous, deltoid at the 

 base, green and glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole |-| in. long. 

 Racemes peduncled, terminal, at most an inch long ; flowers 3-6 

 in a whorl; pedicels finally \ in. long; bracts small, foliaceous, 

 oblong-lanceolate. Calyx very accrescent, at first not more than 

 -fe in., finally \ in. long ; upper lip suborbicular, as long as the 

 campanulate tube, concave and conspicuously veined ; lower lip 

 with 3 rigid lanceolate teeth. Corolla with a cylindrical tube \ in. 

 long ; lobes of the limb minute, orbicular. — Baron 1056 ! 2190 ! 

 3259! 



ORTHOSIPIIO^ BEEVICATJLIS, U. Sp. 



Herbaceus, perennis, caule subnullo vel brevissimo, foliis magnis oblan- 

 ceolato-oblongis obtusis serratis glabris, floribus verticillatis in racemum 



