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digesti, circiter 10 cm. loBgi. Bracteoe ut bracteolse subulatae, quam calyx 

 breviores, illse + 6 mm., bte circa 4 mm. longse. Calycis sat alte partiti 12 mm. 

 longi, segmenta filiformia, basin versus amph'ata, summum microscopice puberula, 

 9-10 mm. longa. Corollce tubus sat elongatus (25 mm. longus), angustus, superne 

 breviter usque ad 2-5 mm. amplificatus, extus minute glandulosus; lobi suborbi- 

 culares, inter se subtequales, tubo multo breviores, 10-12 mm. longi. Stamina 

 medium tubum versus inserta; antherte inclusse, loculis basi obtusis. Ovarium 

 apice ij)SO coarctatum, glabrum, 4'5 mm. longum ; stylus 22 mm. longus ; ovula in 

 loculis circiter 9. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Leaves drying greyish green, paler below ; cystoliths fairly well seen on both sides. 

 Corolla pale violet. Longer Jilaments 5-5 mm., shorter nearly 4 mm. long ; anthers 

 oblong, 2-7 mm. long. Fallen of spheroidal grains with scattered short spines or 

 rather tubercles. 



In foliage this is much like species in the neighbourhood of the j)lant described by 

 Baron Mueller as Leptosiphonium Stricklandi ; these, however, so far as I have been 

 able to ascertain, are true Ruellias. The present plant is easily recognised by its 



Lranthemum-liko jinflorescence and corollas. 



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 Hemigbaphis KLi)ssii, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Herha humilis, 8-10 rarius 15 cm. alta. Caulis erectus, ramosus, puberulus. Folia 



petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, basi apiceque obtusa, margine undulata, costis in 



pagina inferiore puberulis exemptis glabra, 3"5 X 1-1 "6 cm. Spicce pluriflorse, 



nonnunquam paucifiorse, summum 2 cm. longse, satis laxiflorse, pedunculo longioro 



modice 2'o-3 cm. longo tenui puberulo suffultse. Bractece oblanceolatte, obtusae, 



glabnie vel fere glabrae, + 1 cm. longa?. Calijcis 8 mm. longi segmenta inter sese 



subsimilia, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, dorso breviter puberula. Corolla calycem 



paullum excedens, vix 10 mm. longa ; tubus inferne coarctatus, 1 mm. latus, superne 



campanulatus, summum 4"5 mm. latvis ; lobi inter se subajquales, suborbiculares, 



emarginati, dorso microscospice puboruli, circa 2*25 X 2-25 mm. Filamenta basi per 



paria connata, longiora deorsum barbata. Ovula quoque in loculo 5-6. Capsula 



calyci sequilonga, 10-12-sperma, glabra. Semina ovata, 1 mm. longa. 



Canoe Camp and Camps I and III to VI, 150 to 2500 ft. 



Leaves greyish green when dry, paler beneath ; petioles variable in length, usually 



5-17 mm. long. Flowers "violet white." Free part of \on^ev Jilaments 3 mm., of 



shorter 1'5 mm. long. 



H. lithophila, K. Sebum. & Lauterb., to which this is near, is described as having 



patently pilose stems, lanceolate-crenate leaves which are pilose and more densely so 



' beneath, and linear ciliolate calyx-segments. 



Var. ELATioK, S. Moore, var. nov. 



Planta usque ad 25 cm. alt. Folia summum 7x2 cm. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



