Tas, 8219, 
ANISOTES pIversironivs. 
Socotra. 
ACANTHACEAE. Tribe JUSTICIEAE. 
= AnisoTEs, Nees; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1111; C. B. Clarke in 
Dyer, Fl. Trop, Afr. vol, v. p. 226. 
Anisotes diversifolius, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc, Edinb. vol. xii. 1884, p. 88; 
‘ Trans. Roy. Soc, Edinb, vol. xxxi. p. 223 ; ab A. trisulco, Nees, foliis minus 
confertis et calyce extus tantum puberulo recedit. 
Fruticulus erectus, glabrescens, circiter 0°5 m. altus, cortice griseo, ramulis striatis 
puberulis. Folia patentia. elliptica, ovata vel obovata, apice obtusa, 
rotundata vel emarginata, basi cuneata vel rotundata, 1°5-4 em. longa, 
1-2°5 em. lata, tenniter coriacea, glabrescentia, cystolithis numerosis in 
sicco prominentibus; petioli 0°5-2°5 cm. longi. Cymae breves, axillares, 
pauciflori, bracteis b:acteolisque minimis, lores penduli. Calyw 6 mm, 
longus, extra minute puberulus, segmentis erectis lineari-lanceolatis acutis. 
Corolla flammea vel citrina, 4-5 cm. Jonga, conspicue bilabiata, extus 
pubescens; tubus angustus, cylindricus; labium posticum _leviter 
curvatum, breviter hilobatum, anticum revolutum, apice breviter 
trilobatum. Stamina 2, postica, labium posticum corollae subaequantia, 
filamentis complanatis venula media prominula; antherarum lobis 
aequalibus inaequialte affixis basi acutis. (variwm glabrum, disco crasso 
cinctum ; stylus minute puberulus, praesertim inferne. Capsula oblonga, 
stipitata, cum stipite vix 2 em. longa. 
Anisotes is a small genus allied to Justicia, and includes 
one Arabian and four Tropical African species in addition 
to the endemic Socotran A. diversifolius. 
According to Balfour (lc. p. xlili.), the family of 
Acanthaceae attains a remarkable development in Socotra, 
where it furms about one-twentieth part of the flora, com- 
prising 27 species which are included in 15 genera. Three 
of the genera and 21 species are endemic, so that over 
one-seventh of the endemic genera of Socotra and one-tenth 
of the endemic species belong to the Acanthaceae. 
The venation of the corolla in Anisotes diversifolius is 
peculiar : three veins start from the base of the corolla-tube, 
one corresponding to the lower lip and two to the upper, 
and the two latter each divide into three a short distance 
above the base as shown in fig. 3. 
OctopER, 1908 
