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upper half closely covered by 4-ranked sessile flowers. Bracts 6-7 

 mm. long and 2 mm. broad, 3-5-veined; bract eoles linear, about 

 4 mm. Calyx-teeth as long as the bracteoles, with a thickened 

 midrib. Corolla externally hairy ; lower lip 3-fid with obtuse 

 segments (the middle one broadest). Filaments and inner part 



of corolla hairy. 



Grassy hills, Fianarantsoa, 2075 ! 







Justicia (§ Aistisostaciiya) hilaris, sp. n. 



Frutex, internodis brevissimis, ramulis subtetragonis glabris, 

 foliis elongatis linearibus obtusis ad basin attenuatis glabris, 

 margine revoluto, spicis termiualibus, bracteis obovato-spathu- 

 latis rubris speciosis 5-nerviis, bracteolis et calycis segmentis 

 linearibus acutis ciliatis, corolla calycem paullo superante usque 

 ad medium fissa, capsula ovoidea acuta, seminibus echinulatis. 



A low-growing shrub with nodes only 5 mm. to 1 cm. apart, 

 glabrous in all parts. Leaves lineolate above, paler in colour 

 below, 6-8 cm. long and 5-8 mm. broad. Peduncle 2 cm., bearing 

 two spikes 2-4 cm. long. Bracts opposite, alternately fertile, 

 submucronate; the basal third rigid and green ; the upper two- 

 thirds expanded, bright red, membranous, about 5 mm. long and 

 3 mm. broad. Bracteoles and calyx-segments about as long as 

 the bracts, also red above and greener at base. Corolla with an 

 obtuse upper lip and broad 3-lobed lower lip. Staminal filaments 

 hairy. Nectary very small. Capsule elliptic-acute, reddish at 

 the tip. 



Thickets, &c, Fort Dauphin, 2G54 ! 



Hypoestes lo^gilabiata, sp. n. 



Fruticosa, ramulis tetragonis lineolatis, foliis ovatis vel lanceo- 

 latis obtusis vel acutis utrinque lineolatis ad lineam stipularem 

 villis perpaucis albidis notatis, margine revoluto integro rarius 

 crenulato, floribus paniculatis sessilibus, involucri uniflori brac- 

 teis rigidis liuearibus subtrigonis acutis, calycis segmentis acu- 

 minatis ciliatis, corolla rubellae tubo limbos sequante quam 

 involucrum duplo longiore, seminibus 4 glabris. 



An erect leafy, much branched shrub. Leaves and branches 

 (though conspicuously lineolatv) entirely glabrous except for a 

 row of white hairs at the stipular line. Leaves sometimes 

 crenulate, variable in size, from 5-9-5 cm. long, excluding petiole 

 (about 1 cm.). Bracts minute, triangular. External bracts of 

 involucre scabrous, about 12 cm. long, inner slightly shorter, with 



