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1-277 cm., minora parvula, seepissime circa 5 mm. longa, lanceolata, cito decidua. 
Calyx elongatus, tubulosus, corolla brevior, 9 em. longus, usque i in labia duo 
divisus; labii segmenta oblongo-triangularia, obtusa, labii postici 3 quam antica 
multo breviora, 4-45 mm. longa. Corolla 36 mm. longa; tubus rectus, 23 mm, 
longus, subcylindrieus (superne breviter dilatatus), extus glaber; labii antici lobi 
late oblongi, obtusissimi, 13 mm. longi, labium posticum latius oblongum, 
145 mm. longum, breviter bilobum, lobi omnes apicem versus dorso barbati. 
Stamina 2 exserta; antherze mox libere; staminodia 0. Ovarium ovoideum, 
glabrum, 39:5 mm. longum, stylo breviter exserto superne pubescente 22 mm. 
longo (interdum usque ad 2 mm. abbreviatum) terminatum. Fructus stylo abbre- 
viato vel styli elongati basi persistente coronatus, 12 mm. longus. 
Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 
Leaves with hirsute petioles, 2-6 mm. long. Filaments somewhat fleshy, 15 mm. - 
long ; anthers narrowly ovoid, 3 mm. long. 
Var. HEPTANTHA, S. Moore, var. nov. i 
A typo abhorret preesertim foliis majoribus 10-13 x 2-3°5 cm., calyce angustiore 
(28 X6 mm.), capsula minore (10 mm. longa). 
Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 
This is possibly a distinct species, but the narrow calyx seems to be the only essential 
difference. 
The affinity of C. K lossii seems to be with C. trisepala, C. B. Clarke, but its flowers 
apparently spring from the stem after the leaves have been shed. C. trisepala has 
larger leaves, and flowers with a much smaller calyx and corolla. 
The calyx is very unlike that of most Cyrtandras, and is a good instance of correlation 
of growth, as it shows much resemblance in its lobing to the corolla. With this in 
mind, and the absence of staminodes, which organs in text-books are always said to be 
present in Cyrtandra flowers, there seems some ground for supposing that we may here 
have a distinct genus. Against this view is the fact that therearespecies, though only 
a few, of Cyrtandra without staminodes; moreover, C. radiciflora, C. B. Clarke, which 
possesses staminodes, has a strongly zygomorphie calyx. Perhaps the matter would be 
more satisfactorily settled by placing those species with a zygomorphic calyx in a 
section by themselves. 
ACANTHACEZE. 
(By S. MoorE.) 
APORUELLIA PAPUANA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Caulis erectus, ramosus, ramis bene foliosis ad nodos tumidis teretibus juvenilibus 
pubescentibus puberulisve mox glabris. Folia breviter petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, 
acuminata, apice obtuse acuta, basin versus sensim contracta, margine undulata, 
firme membranacea utrobique (exemptis costis prsesertim in pagina inferiore | 
puberulis) glabra. Flores in racemos spiciformes simplices paucifloros axillares 
vel pseudo-terminales foliis breviores vel iisdem sequilongos sparsim puberulos 
