38 MH. G. P. SCOTT ELLIOT OK 



5-dentatus ovarium eingens. Stylus recurvus ; stigma terminate 

 subbilobum ; ovula in quoque locula pauca (2-4) basi placenta 

 prominulse collateraliter affixa. Capsula matura, baud visa. 



Frutex glaber. Folia opposita parva ad apices ramulorum 

 agirregata glabra breviter petiolata. Flores rubri axillares soli- 

 tarii sessiles vel brevissime pedicellataB. 



Catviabotea sotjiensis, S. Elliot. (Plate X.) 



Brandies slightly four-sided, with rugose greyish bark. Leaves 

 (on contracted branchlets about 1 cm. long) ovate obtuse, coria- 

 ceous, subrevolute at the edge ; excluding petiole, 1-1*5 cm. long 

 and 7-10 mm. broad ; petiole about 5 mm., inserted on a woody 

 cupular pulvinule. Bracts 2-3 mm. Calyx-tube 2-3 mm., seg- 



mm. long, glandularlv hairy. Corolla scarlet, very 



4-5 



Holier i a 



G mm. broad, curved upwards and contracted above the ovary. 

 Stamens exserted, the lower pair projecting 1 cm. out of the 

 corolla, the upper slightly shorter. Style curved upwards so as 

 to lie above the anthers. (Fertilized by Nectarinia souimanga.) 

 Woods and thickets, Fort Dauphin, 2638 ! 



JlJSTTCIA (§ BosTELLTJLAKIA) AllIDA, sp. n. 



- Fruticosa, rami's teretibus geniculatis pubescentibus cum 

 foliis siccitate nigricantibus, foliis parvis ovatis vel lanceolatis 

 obtuse acuminatis, margine revoluto subcrenulato, cymis parvis 

 3-4-floris scorpioideis breviter pedunculatis, calycis 4-fidi seg- 

 mentis ovatis obtusis, corolla parva externe villosa, stylo villoso, 

 capsula ovata, seminibus retinaculis magnis fultis. 



Erect or prostrate, with branches slightly swollen at the nodes. 

 Leaves marked by conspicuous rhaphides on upper surface; 

 Tblade 2-4*5 cm. long and 1-1-6 cm. broad ; petiole 5 mm. Spikes 

 under 1 cm. in length ; bracts small, triangular ; bracteoles 

 minute. Calyx about 3 mm. long. Corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx (corolla-tube 4 mm.). Filaments hairy ; both anther-loculi 

 nmcronate at base. Nectary large, cupular, about half as long 

 as the ovoid ovary. Capsule ovoid. 



i 



Undersbrub in forests and exposed places near woods, Fort 

 Dauphin, June, 2875 ! 2S20 ! 2715 ! 



Justicia (§ Eostellularia) Bailloni, sp. n. 



Frutex, ramulis elatis teretibus geniculatis puberulis, foliis 

 elongatis ellipticis obtusis acuminatis ad basin attenuatis mar- 

 gine subrevoluto, spicis axillaribus solitariis floribus numerosis' 



