248 GusT. Lindau: 



22 mm. longo, lobis obtusis, lateralibus 14 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis, 

 medio 14 mm. longo, 4 mm. lato; filamentis glabris, latis, in parte 

 superiore tiibi affixis, 18 mm. longis, antherarum localis subsuperpositis, 

 superis 2 mm. longis basi acutis, inferis 2,5 mm. longis, basi longo cal- 

 caratis; poUinis granulis typicis, 75 85 /.i longis, 30 38 i^i diam.; 

 ovario glabro, stylo glabro ca. 34 mm. longo; Capsula ca. 15 mm. longa, 

 6 7 mm. lata, a tergo compressa, apice acuta, basi usque ad medium 

 fere compresso-stipitata, puberula, 4-sperma, jaculatoribus paullo ha- 

 matis, latis, ca. 2 mm. longis; seminibus subglobosis, ca. 3 mm. diam., 

 castaneis, pube detergibili instructis. 



Beloperone sphaerosperma Bth. in Bth. et Hook. Gen. PI. II. 1111; 

 Kew Bull.! 1893 p. 268. 



Justicia sphaei'osperma Vahl Symh. II. 3 et Enum. I. 123; 

 Roem. et Schult. Syst. I 146; Spreng. Syst. I 79; Oriseh.! Fl. Br. W. 

 I Isl. p. 456. 



Adhatoda sphaerosperma Nees! in DC. Prodr. XI 409. 



Ecbolimn sphaerospermum 0. Ktxe. Rev. p. 980. 



Justicia carthagenensis mscr. in herb. Benth. (no?i Vahl). 



Hab. in fruticetis litoralibus in St. B a r t h e 1 e m y : Forsstroem ; 

 St. Vincent: Guilding, H. H. et G. W. Smith n. 486, 1200, Eggers 

 n. 6956; Bequia: H. H. et G. W. Smith n. 223, Eggers n. 7052. 

 Flor. I III. 



90. Beloperone eustachiaiia (Jacq.) Benth. suffruticosa, usque 

 ad 1 m. alta, caulibus teretibus, longitudinaliter rimosis, glabris, novellis 

 cum lineis 2 puberulis instructis, cystolithigeris; foliis cum petiolo ca. 



1 cm. longo, piloso, oblongis, utrinque sensim et saepe oblique acumi- 

 natis, usque ad 14 cm. longis, 3,5 cm. latis, mediocribus minoribus, 

 glabris, cystolithigeris; spicis simplicibus, longo peduncuiatis, pedunculo 

 puberulo, quam folia brevioribus, laxis, paucifloris, totis puberulis, non 

 glandulosis, solitariisin axillis vel geminis; floribusoppositis, bracteis brac- 

 teolisqueobovato-lanceolatis, subacuminatis, 6 8 mm. longis, 1,5 2 mm. 

 latis, calyce brevioribus; calycis laciniis non usque ad basin disjunctis, 

 sed tubum brevem forraantibus, lanceolatis, puberulis, 12 mm. longis, 



2 mm. latis; corolla pallide purpurea, utrinque puberula, tubo ca. 10 mm. 

 longo, basi 3, apice 4 mm. diam., labio supero 15 mm. longo, minute 

 bidentato, infero 14 mm. longo, lobis obtusis 7 8 mm. longis, laterali- 

 bus 2, medio 3 mm. latis; filamentis in parte superiore tubi affixis, 

 10 mm. longis, glabris, latis, antherarum loculis inaequialte affixis, 2 mm. 

 longis, infero basi calcarato; pollinis granulis typicis, 57 62;tf longis, 

 35 40 ft diam.; stylo glabro, 20 mm. longo; Capsula ca. 18mm. longa, 

 5 6 mm. lata, puberula, a tergo compressa, usque ad medium fere 



