ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL ASSOCIATION. 5 



The President read the following notes — 



ON BOWKEEIA TEIPHYLLA, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OP PLANT FROM 

 80UTH APEICA. 



Gen. Chab. — Calyx 5-partitus, sepalis insoqualibus postremo latiori 

 sestivatione imbricatis. Corolla ovoideo-ventricosa, bilabiata, labio su- 

 periore galeata erecto bidentato, inferiore inflato-cymbiformi apice tri- 

 lobo. Statnina 4, corollas basi inserta, didynama, inclusa ; antherae didy- 

 ma?, biloculares, loculis sequalibus parallelis muticis. Chart um. 2-3- 

 loculare ; ovulis plurimis. Stylus filiformis ; stigma simplex. Capsula 

 trivalvis, trilocularis, septicide dehiscens, valvulis bifidis. — Frutex gla- 

 berrimus,foliis serpius ternis ovato-lanceolatis denticulati* venulosis, cymit 

 tsrminalibus trifloris, pedieellis bratteatis, fioribus viscoxis. 



B. tbiphtlla i Harv. in Herb. T. CD. Harv. Thes. Cap. *. 37 Tri- 

 chocladus f verticillatus, E. Sf Z. ! 2271. 



Hab. — Winterberg, JEcklon § Zeyher I On the Eastern Frontier, 

 Mrs. W. F. Barber. (Herb. T.C.D.) 



Descb. — A shrub. Branches virgate, glabrous or scaberulous, pale, 

 reddish-buff. Leaves in threes, or opposite, nearly sessile, oblongo-lan- 

 ceolate, rounded at base, subacute, penninerved, slightly corrugated 

 above, nerved and veined, and resinous-dotted underneath, denticulate, 

 nearly glabrous, 3-3 J inches long, 1-1 J inch broad, pale green. Cymes 

 subterminal, pedunculate, 3 -flowered, bracteate ; bract9 ovate, acute, 

 scarious, deciduous. Calyx 5-parted, sepals acute, strongly imbricate, 

 exuding viscid resin. Corolla more than twico as long as the calyx, 

 egg-shaped, bilabiate ; the upper lip vaulted, with a flattish, narrow 

 limb, bifid at the summit; lower pouch-like, with a deeply 3-lobed 

 limb. Genitalia included. Stamens 4, didynamous, attached at the base 

 of the corolla; anthers 2-celled, perfect. Ovary generally 3-celled; style 

 simple. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, septicidally dehiscent ; valves bifid. 



A very remarkable new genus, allied in several respects to Ealleria, 

 but with a dry fruit, a corolla more like that of Scrophularia, and a pouched 

 lower lip, reminding of Calceolaria. The generic name is designed to 

 commemorate the services rendered to South African Botany by Henry 

 Bowker, Esq., and his sister, Mrs. F. W. Barber (formerly Miss 

 Bowker) ; who have both contributed largely to our knowledge of the 

 plants of the Eastern frontier, and to whom the University Herbarium 

 is indebted for many interesting specimens. Ecklon Sf Zeyhtr distributed 

 specimens in fruit under the above-quoted synonym. 



