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longa, labio superiore bifido, inferiore duplo longiore trifido. 
Capsula 2 lin. longa, basi brevissime angustata, supra basin 
tetrasperma. 
This species would appear to be very near Æ. rupestre, 
N. ab E., from Madagascar, only known to me by Nees’ 
character. 
l. Teliostachya Jaguroidea, N. ab E. in DC. Prod. 11. p. 264. 
—Aecra, Vogel. 
2. Teliostachya hyssopifolia, Benth. ; humilis, pilis raris strigil- 
losa v. glabrata, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis angustis breviter 
petiolatis, spieis brevibus densis, calycis lacinia superiore 
lanceolata, capsula calyce breviore.—Sierra Leone, Don. 
Herba 3-A-pollicaris v. rarius semipedalis, basi diffuse ramosa 
v. reptans. Folia vix pollicaria, pleraque obtusiuscula, utrin- 
que strigis minimis conspersa. Spice ovate v. oblongo-cy- 
lindrice, tenuiores quam in ceteris speciebus etsi densiflore. 
Flores iis T. laguroidis similes, sed laciniz calycine angus- 
tiores. 
l. Blepharis boérhaaviefolia, Juss.—N. ab E. in DC. Prod. 
ll. p. 266,— Sierra Leone, Don; Senegal, Guinea, through- 
out Africa and East India. 
1. Cheilopsis montana, N. ab E. in DC. Prod. ll. p. 272. 
—Common in the mountains of Fernando Po, Vogel. 
The Acanthodium hirtum, Hochst., a Nubian plant, extends 
into Senegal. 
l. Isacanthus Vogelii, N. ab E. in DC. Prod. 11. p. 279.— 
Cape Palmas, Vogel, Ansell. / : 
The Crossandra Guineensis, N. ab E., from Guinea, is not in 
our collections. The Amphiscopia Middletoni, N. ab E., is 
Probably not African. The label does not refer to the Gaboon 
Coast, but merely to Johanna P., with the date 1782. I have 
aS yet found no clue to the signification of this abbreviation, 
Which occurs on several of Captain Middleton’s specimens ; but 
the Gaboon Coast specimens are usually dated 1787. E 
1. Rostellaria parviflora, Benth. ; caule repente ramoso gracili, 
foliis ovatis petiolatis supra scabrellis, -spicis axillaribus pe- 
dunculatis secundis folio brevioribus, bracteis obovato-orbi- 
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