OF THE MATTO GROSSO EXPEDITION, 1891-92. 431 
em. alt. Ovarium 0:33 cm. long., sursum in stylum puberulum duplo longiorem 
gradatim attenuatum. Capsula 0°6 cm. long., stipite 0:15 cm. lat. fulta. Semina 
plano-compressa, suborbicularia, 0:17 cm. diam., fusco-brunea, tuberculis minimis 
albidis inspersa. 
Ex affinitate Justicie pilose, Benth. et Hook. f. (Adhatode pilose, Nees), cujus folia 
et spice longe dispares, ete. [Amazonia, Peruvia.] 
JUSTICIA ($ AMPHISCOPIA) CHAPADENSIS (sp. nov.)  Bipedalis, caule elato, folioso, 
subterete, ad nodos tumido, cito glabro; foliis brevipetiolatis, lanceolatis, acutis vel 
obtusis, basi gradatim coarctatis, glabris, membranaceo-coriaceis; foliis brevioribus, 
simplicibus, aggregatis, pubescentibus ; spicis axillaribus vel terminalibus ; bracteis, 
bracteolis, calycisque segmentis hirsutis, parce glandulosis, illis late ovatis acutius- 
culis, calycem paullo excedentibus ; bracteolis lanceolatis, calycem subsequantibus ; 
calycis segmentis anguste linearibus, inequalibus (sc. seg. postico reliquis breviore); 
corollee mediocris tubo calycem subzequante, sed limbo breviore, cylindraceo, superne 
parum ampliato; disco anguste cupulari; ovario oblongo-ovoideo, pubescente ; 
stigmate breviter bifido; capsulá oblongá acutá, compressá, minute pubescente ; 
seminibus 4, retinaculis truncatis fultis. 
Hab. Vigebat mens. Aug. in angustiis montium Serra da Chapada ad circa 300 met. 
alt. (N.199.) 
Caulis circa ad 0:25 cm. diam., nodis ad 0'4 cm. incrassatis, prasinus. Folia pleraque 
7:0-12:0 em. long. et 3:0—40 cm. lat., margine obscure undulata, firma, in sicco 
supra viridia, subtus lutescentia, costee secundaris utrinque circa 10, leviter 
arcuate, demum margini parallele ; petioli circa 0:5 em. long., canaliculati. Spice 
04-07 cm. long., pedunculis 1:0-1:5 cm. long. sustentee, superiores subsessiles. 
Bractez 0:8 em. long., 0:4 cm. lat., uninervize, firmee, in sicco virides; bracteolwe 077 
em. long., uninervise, deorsum sensim angustatee. Calycis segmentum posticum 0:5 
cm., seg. antica 0'6 em. long. Alabastrum aperiens vix 1:3 cm. long. Corolle 
albæ purpureo-maculatz pubescentis tubus 0:53 em. long., basi 0:2 cm. lat., sub 
fauce 0'4 cm. ; labium anticum 0-7 cm. long., 0'8 em. lat., ad 0:13 cm. obtusissime 
trifidum; labium posticum antico brevius, ovato-cuspidatum, marginibus planis; 
palatus convexulus, nervosus. Stamina ad 0'4 cm. a basi corolle affixa; filamenta 
cava, superne leviter angustata; connectivus expansus; anthera superior (calcare 
curvato incluso) vix 0'2 em. long. Ovarium circa 2:5 em. long., sursum in stylum 
puberulum 4-plo longiorem subito attenuatum. Capsula 0'7 cm. long., rugosula, 
stipite 0°2 em. lat. fulta. Semina suborbicularia, 0:15-0:17 cm. diam., fusco-brunca, 
tuberculis minutis albidis inspersa. 
Stirpis hujus exstat varietas insequens :— 
Var. NUDICAULIS, caule geniculato deorsum, nudo; foliis parvis nec ultra 7-0 cm. long. 
et 2:2 cm. lat. ; bracteis ovato-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis, acuminatis. 
Hab. Crescit ad Santa Cruz, ubi flores dilute purpureos fert mens. Sept. (N. 294.) 
Species preecedenti arcte affinis, sed, preter signa levioris momenti, primo obtutu 
agnoscenda ob folia disparia et bracteas latiores. [Amazonia, Peruvia.] 
