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laxum terminalem longe pedunculatum dispositis, pedicellis pubescentibus 

 calyci fructifero sequilongis, calycis labio supremo concavo tubo sequilongo, 

 labio inferiori dentibus parvis acutis, corollae tubo elongato cylindrico labiis 

 parvis, genitalibus ex tubo protrusis. 



A perennial herb, with either all the leaves in a rosette from 

 the crown of the root or one pair at the top of a short internode. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. long, 1-1 1 in. broad, firm in texture, green and 

 nearly glabrous on both surfaces, narrowed gradually from tbe 

 middle to the base, serrated in the upper half, entire in the lower. 

 Raceme 1-2 in. long, shorter than its pubescent erect peduncle. 

 Pedicels finally 5 in. long. Calyx very accrescent, finally 5 in. 

 long ; upper lip concave, quite as long as the tube ; lower lip with 

 4 rigid deltoid or lanceolate-deltoid teeth. Corolla | in. long ; 

 lips not more tban | as long as the tube. — Baron 2G56 ! 



Plectrantiius cymosus, n. sp. 



Perennis, pubescens, foliis longe petiolatis ovatis subacutis conspicue 

 crenatis membranaceis, floribus in cynias verticillatas in paniculam elon- 

 gatam terminalem cylindricam aggregatas dispositis, bracteis nullis, pedi- 

 cellis ascendentibus pubescentibus, calyce parvo profuude bilabiato, corolla? 

 tubo infimdibulavi prope basin curvato, fauce lata, labio postico parvo 

 antico magno oblongo, stamimbus ultra labium exsertis. 



An erect perennial herb, 2-3 feet high, with a tetragonous 

 stem, leafy up to tbe base of the inflorescence. Leaves opposite, 

 l|-2 in. long, nearly as broad, subacute, deeply crenate, dull 

 green, thin in texture, slightly pubescent ; petiole 1 in. long. 

 Flowers in small cymes arranged in verticils of about four, 

 forming a leafless cylindrical panicle nearly a foot long ; pedicels 

 short, ascending. Calyx campanulate, g in. long. Corolla lilac, 

 pubescent, with a broadly funnel-shaped tube \ in. long, a small 

 orbicular upper lip and an oblong acute concave lower lip as long 

 as the tube. Stamens declinate, the two longer exserted beyond 

 the lower lip of the corolla ; anthers minute, orbicular. — Baron 

 2250! 



Lippia oligophylla, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 225, 

 proves to be identical with Jcrocephalus villosus, Benth. 



Vitex (§ Chbysomallum) trichantha, n. sp. 



Erecta, fruticosa, ramulis apice pilosis, foliis simplicibus petiolatis 

 oblongis acutis subeoriaceis facie glabris dorso pilosis, eymis axilla- 

 ribus 1-2-floris, bracteolis lanceolatis pilosis, calycis tubo campanulato 

 villoso dentibus lanceolatis tubo Eequilongis, corolla; tubo piloso curvato 

 infundibulari elongato, segmentis parvis, genitalibus breviter exsertis. 



