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bus acuminatis, cal}Te involucro duplo breviore, corollae tubo involucro 

 sequilongo, bmbo triplo breviore. 



An erect shrub, with slender virgate densely pubescent 

 brauchlets. Leaves lJ-2 in. long, | in. broad, firm ia texture, 

 green and glabrous on both surfaces. Spikes nearly sessile, many- 

 floAvered, densely congested, short, secund. luvolucre densely 

 pubescent, ^ in. long; bracts all lanceolate ; inner much shorter 

 and more acuminate than outer. Corolla-tube | in. long; 

 lower lip 1 in. long. Stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the 

 ligulate upper lip of the corolla.— i?aron 3391 ! 



Htpoestes oetusifolia, n. sp. 



rruticosa, ramulls gracilibus obscure pubescentibus, foUis petiolatis ovatis 

 integris obtusis membranaceis glabris, floribus paucis terminalibus confer- 

 tis, involucro brevi unifloro, calyce involucro subaquilongo, corollae tubo 

 cylindrico invohicro 3-4plo longiore, limbo tubo triplo breviore, labio 

 infimo cuneato trilobato. 



An erect sbrub, with slender green brauchlets, thinly clothed 

 with adpressed pubescence. Leaves 1-2 in. long, i-1 in. broad, 

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

 Flowers few, in terminal congested spikes, bracteated by reduced 

 leaves. Involucre and calyx | in. long. Corolla-tube about an 

 inch long, glanduloso-pubescent ; lower lip i in. long, | in. broad. 

 Stamens a little exserted from the corolla-tube.— i?aro« 4890 ! 



Htpoestes acumi]n-ata, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, ramubs gracilibus tetragonis, foliis petiolatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acummatis subintegris, floribus laxe spicato-paniculatis, invo- 

 lucro unifloro bracteis lauceoLitis acutis, calvce involucro breviore, corollse 

 tubo infundibulari involucro triplo longiore,' limbo brevi. 



An imdershrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender square 

 brancblets. Leaves 2-3 in. long, i-3 in. broad, narrowed to the 

 Dase, thm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, penni- 

 nerved, with 8-9 pairs of arcuate erecto-patent main veins ; petiole 

 4 3 i°- long.^ Spikes lax, ascending, peduncled, few-flowered. 

 Involucre |-^ in. long; inner and outer bracts similar in length 

 and shape. Corolla-tube 1-Ji in. long, white or reddish; lips 

 under 5 m. long. Anthers just exserted from the corolla-tube. 

 —JBaron 3107 ! 3513 ! 



Htpoestes sessilifolia, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, ramulis graciUbus tetragonis, foliis sessibbus oblongis 



