OF THE MATTO GROSSO EXPEDITION, 1891-92. 429 
Semimetrale vel minus. Caulis, ramulis novellis exemptis, omnino aphyllus, subteres, 
juveniles compressiusculi et, secus lineas duas crispe pubescentes, dein glabri. Folia 
usque ad 4°3 cm., plerumque vero 2:0-3:0 cm. long., 1:0-1:5 cm. lat., membranacea, 
subtus decoloria; costz secundaris utrinque circa 4, superiores eximie fornicate, 
inferiores primo subrectee, dein arcuate. Pedunculi 0:25 em. long., 0:075 cm. lat., 
puberuli. Bractez et bracteole circa 0:25 cm. long., dorso minute pubescentes. 
Flores dilute ezerulei. Calyx 0:5 em. long., fere usque ad basin minute pubescens. 
Corolle tubus, extus puberulus, 1:4 cm. long. basi 0°16 cm., medio vix 1:0 cm., 
superne fere 0:2 cm. lat.; limbi lobi oblongi, obtusi, 0:55 cm. long. Filamenta, 1:0 
em. supra basin coroll: fixa, vix 0:1 em. long.; antherze 0:22 cm. long. ; staminodia 
abbreviata, filiformia, filamentis paullo breviora. Ovarium 0:15 cm. long. Capsula 
1:6-1:8 em. long., obscure puberula, pars seminifera 0:9 em. long.; valve acutate ; 
retinacula obtusa, 0:2 em. long. Semina 0:25 cm. diam., cinerea, minute sero- 
biculata 
Affine Eranthemo heterophyllo, Nees, cujus folia attamen nequaquam congesta et 
multo majora, flores majores, antherse multo breviores et filamentis duplo longioribus 
fultee, ovarium anguste lineare nec late oblongum, et capsula longior. [Bras. Or.] 
CH#HTOTHYLAX TOCANTINUS, Nees, in Mart. Fl. Bras. ix. p. 140. 
Hab. Inveni in ripá fl. Paraguay, juxta Santa Cruz, mens. Sept. (N. 306.) [Bras. Or., 
Goyaz. | 
JUSTICIA ($ GENDARUSSA) OREADUM (sp. nov.); caule ascendente, obscure tetragono, 
passim geniculato, striato, pubescente, mox glabro et nitido; foliis amplis, late 
ovato-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, basi in petiolum 1:2-2:5 cm. long. attenuatis, 
utrinque subappresse pilosis, tenuiter membranaceis; spicis solitariis, terminalibus, 
foliis brevioribus, simplicibus, pubescenti-tomentellis, pedunculo brevi pubescente 
vel puberulo insidentibus; bracteis parvis, lineari-lanceolatis, leviter acuminatis, 
calycem subzequantibus vel excedentibus ; bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis, quam calycis 
segmenta insequalia ejusdem forme fere duplo brevioribus, omnibus (sc. brac., 
bracteol., et cal. seg.) pubescentibus; corolle majuscule tubo, calycem 23-plo 
excedente, quam limbus paullo longiore, recto, medio constricto, sursum valde 
amplifieato; disco lobato, quam ovarium 3-plo breviore; ovario oblongo, obtuso, 
puberulo ; stigmate simplici. 
Hab. Inveni in vallecula umbrosá in montibus Serra da Chapada ad circa 300 met. alt. 
supra mare. (N. 172.) d 
Ultrametralis, diffusus, superne tantum foliatus. Folia ad 17:0 em. long. (ssepius vero 
circa 12:0 cm.), 4:5-6:5 em. lat., margine repanda, basi subito vel gradatim attenuata ; 
costze secundari:e utrinque circa 10, inferiores fere rectze, superiores arcuatze ; venulee 
laxe reticulate, inconspicuze; petioli circiter 1:5 cm. long., mox piloso-puberuli, 
sursum anguste alati. Spicz circa 6:0 cm. long., erectee; pedunculi 1:3-2:0 cm. 
long. Bractex fll. inf. ad 0'8 cm., fil. sup. 04-05 cm. long., uninervis. Bracteolee 
vix 0'3 em. long. Calycis segmentum posticum reliquis fere 0°5 cm. long. paullo 
