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obtuseque tridentatum, extus parce glanduloso-prioriulum, iutud 
glabrum et saturate rubro-inaculatum. Labium resupinatione in- 
fcrura supero jequilongum, fere horizontale, extus intusquc glabrum, 
ovato-rliombeum, indivisura, Tubus coroIUe albu?', circa 4'" lon^us. 
extus perparum puberulus, intus glaber. Staraina duo, fauci in- 
serta, horizoutalia. Filamenta capillaria, paeue glahra, circiter 
4'" longa, inferne alba, superne purpurascentia. Autherae bilucu- 
lares, glabrse ; loculi oblongi, rubri, imberbes, mutici, ■!■'" lonf^i 
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supcrpositi; inferior paulo brevior. Pollen flavum. Stjlus glaber, 
capillaris, purpureus, stamina paulo supcrans. . Stigma minutum, 
emarginatum, Perigyniura album, semi-arabiens, sinuato-denti- 
gerum, glabrum. Capsula rotunda, leniter compressa, puberula, 
brevissime acuminata, basi breviter attenuata, circiter 2"' longa, 
elastice dissiliens, tantura semina 2 v. passim 1 niaturans. Semina 
late ovata, 1 '" vix longiora, nitidula, nigra, albido-variegata, 
retinaculata. Dissepimentum liberum, incompletum. 
Species propter involucellorura formam ad D. bivalvem vergit, 
aliis notis diversissima. Speciem asqualiter lato-valvatam aliis 
autem notis dissimilem misit cl. Pancher e Nova Caledonia. 
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nmbellulis in racemos dispositis, bracteis hasalibus liueari" v, 
setaceo-suhulatis^ valvaribus in setam excurrentibus pubescenti- 
bus altera ovata altera lanceolata, corolla breviuscula, capsula di- 
sperma, seminibus asperulis. 
Ad promontorium Cape York. Dserael. 
Herba fortasse annua, 1-1^'. Folia 1-2" longa, \-\" lata. 
Umbellulai breviter pedunculat^e, ad basim biaeuleatos, racemos 
pluripollicares v. breviores axillares et terminales foliatos fingen- 
tes- Bractete valvares 2 insequales, basi acutatae, flores duos v. 
unicum includentes. Calyx parvus, profunde quinqucpartitus, basi 
bracteolis 2 setaceis donatus ; laciniae lineari-setaceae. CoroUa 
vix semipollicaris, statu bene evoluto non visa. Stamina2 inclusa. 
Antherse post foecundationem divaricatie ; valvjE expansge orbicu- 
lares, J'" longa3. Stylus 3-4"' lougus, tenuissime capillaris. 
Capsula ovato-orbiculata, compressa, tenui-pubescens, vix ultra 
lineam longa, brevissirae stipitata et rostellata ; valvae membranea^, 
cynibeoe, inferne a replo cedentes. Semina fusca, orbicularia, 
valde compressa, J'" metientia. Eetinacula arcuata. 
D. maculatEe approximanda. 
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Justicia hygropMloides, 
(Sect. Adliatoda.) 
Ramis brevi-pubescentibus, foliis ovato-Ianceolatis in petiolura 
breviusculum v. brevissimum angustatis repandulis fere glabris, 
