32 THE PLANTS OF MILANJI, NYASA-LAND, 
(Humblot, n. 632) in Herb. Kew. ;asserv., bracteis vero diversis et floris partibus: 
minoribus, 
This is an interesting addition to a genus hitherto known only from Madagascar. 
JUSTICIA ($ RosrELLARIA) WHYTEI, S. Moore, sp. n. Herba foliosa, strigose pubes. 
cens, caule erecto, tetragono ; foliis firmis, brevipetiolatis, lanceolatis vel lineari- 
- lanceolatis obtusis, deorsum angustatis; floribus mediocribus axillaribus brevissime 
pedunculatis, bracteolis calyce multo brevioribus; calycis segmentis 5 subsqua- 
libus, lanceolatis acuminatis, dorso carinulatis, pubescentibus; coroll: tubo calycem 
duplo excedente, recto, lato, faucibus dilatatis, labio postico bifido quam anticum 
amplum breviore; antherarum loculo inferiore superiorem ecalearatum paullo 
excedente; disco integro; ovario anguste ovoideo-oblongo complanato, sursum in 
stylum inferne appresse pilosum desinente; loculis biovulatis; capsula uem 
ovoidea, superne gradatim angustata, hirtulo-pubescente, tetrasperma. 
Hab. Milanji. No. 136. 
Caulis verisimiliter parce ramosus, vix usque 0'2 cm. diam. Folia 2:0—4'0 cm. longa, 
0:5-1:2 em. lata, margine revoluta, integra; costz secundarize 4-6, oblique inserte, 
leviter arcuate ; petioli 0:2-0:5 cm. longi; pedunculi circa 0:1 cm. longi; bractee 
foliaceze, oblong obtuse, 0°7 cm. longee, 0:22 cm. latee; bracteole 0°07 cm. long ; 
--. . calycis segmenta 0:25 cm. longa, l-nervia; corollsee extus pubescentis verisimi- 
liter dilute purpurez tubo 0:45 cm. longo, ima basi 0'1 cm., sub faucibus vero 
0:22 cm. lato; labium posticum oblongum, erectum, 0'3 em. longum ; labii antici, 
0:4 em. longi et vix totidem lati, lobus intermedius late ovatus, lobi laterales oblongi,. 
ille 015 cm., hi equidem 01 cm. lati; palatus maxime eminens; filamenta 
planata, basi leviter puberula, vix 0:3 cm. longa; antherarum loculus inferior circa 
0:07 em. longus, ejus calear angulo recto insertum ; connectivus pilosus; discus 
0:08 em. altus; ovarium 0:15 em. longum, stylo obtuso 0:5 em. longo coronatum ; 
capsula 0°55 cm. longa, 0°23 cm. lata; semina parva, oblongo-cylindracea, crebro: 
tuberculata, pallida, 0:07 cm. longa, retinaculis debilibus oblongis obtusissimis, 
comparate latis, nervosis iisdem brevioribus suffulta. 
Mihi videtur J. neglecte, T. Anders., affinis, cujus attamen folia diversiformia, flores 
majores, calycis segmenta multo longiora, &c. : 
JUSTICIA ANSELLIANA, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 44. 
‘Hab. Milanji. h 
s Justicia (§ HORNIERA) MELAMPYRUM, S. Moore, sp. n.  Erecta, foliosa, caule tetragono, ' 
| M M minute necnon appresse puberulo ; foliis membranaceis, lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceo- 
| latis, obtuse acutis vel acuminatis, basi cuneatis, petiolis brevibus fultis, fere omnino. 
glabris. vel secus nervos pag. inferioris appresse pubescentibus ; floribus mediocribus 
. axillaribus solitariis vel faucibus quavis ex axilla oriundis, brevissime peduncu- 
p E > latis 5 rmm ere exiguis, calyce multo brevioribus; calycis segmentis 
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