84 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
Justieia ($ Gendarussa) thyrsiflora S. Moore sp. nov. Fruti- 
culus ramis prolixis distanter foliosis fulvo-pubescentibus deinde 
glabrescentibus; foliis ellipticis apicem versus attenuatis apice 
obtusis basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis raro rotundatis firme 
membranaceis glabris ; foliis floralibus parvis linearibus pubescenti- 
bus ; floribus pro rata parvis in paniculam thyrsoideam peduncu- 
latam multiflorem dense fulvo-pubescentem dispositis ; bracteis 
bracteolisque parvulis subulatis pubescentibus; pedicellis brevis- 
simis; calycis pubescentis segmentis 5 lanceolatis acutis ; corollae 
extus puberulae tubo calycem duplo superante superne vix aucto 
labio postico anticum .breviter excedente late ovato bilobo labio 
antico adusque medium trilobo lobo intermedio quam laterales 
majori; antherarum loculo inf. valide calcarato ; ovario glabro; 
stylo piloso. , : 
Oban ; n. 976. 
A low shrub with lengthy branches sparsely leafy. Leaves usually 
7-10 x 3°5-5 cm., but sometimes smaller, e.g., 5 x 9:5 cm., those of 
& pair often unequal in size, olive-green when dried; petioles about 
5 mm. long, pubescent. Peduncle of thyrsus 7 cm. long. Inflorescence 
itself at most 9 cm. long and 3:5 em. in breadth below, narrowing 
upwards. Flowers subsessile, produced on one side of the partial 
inflorescences. Floral leaves about 5 mm. long. Bracts and bracteoles 
1'5 mm. long. Calyx 8 5-4 mm.inlength. Corolla-tube 4 mm. long, 
1:5 mm. wide at the base, and but little exceeding 2 mm. at the 
throat. Upper lip 4'5 x 2:5 mm.; lobes very obtuse, barely 1 mm. 
long; lower lip 4 x 3 mm., its middle lobe 2 x 1:5 mm., the side 
lobes 2 x 1mm. Anthers exserted, the upper of either pair of cells 
scarcely more than 1 mm. long, the lower including the strong, nearly 
straight obtuse white spur almost 2 mm.in length. Ovary 1:5 mm. long. 
This has much the appearance of J. laza T. And. and its allies; 
its characteristic features are, in association with the thyrsoid fulvous- 
pubescent inflorescence, the linear floral leaves and the small flowers. 
Siphonoglossa Maeleodiae S. Moore in Macleod ** Chiefs and 
Cities of Central Africa," 304. Herba caule ascendente ali- 
quanto geniculato satis distanter folioso piloso vel sparsim 
piloso-puberulo ; foliis brevipetiolatis lineari- rarius oblongo-lanceo- 
latis obtusis membranaceis praesertim juxta basin piloso-puberulis 
mox fere glabris margine ciliolatis ; floribus in axillis superioribus 
2-3 sessilibus subsessilibusve; bractea calyci circa aequilonga 
anguste lineari-lanceolata obtuse acuta margine pilis piloso- 
hispidulis ciliata; bracteolis parvulis anguste lineari-oblongis 
glabris ; calyeis segmentis 5 inter se inaequalibus lineari-lanceo- 
latis longe acuminatis margine ciliolatis ; corollae tubo calycem 
manifeste excedente anguste cylindrico faucibus leviter ampli- 
ficato dimidio superiori puberulo ceterum glabro labio antico 
elongato adusque medium diviso lobis lateralibus ovato-oblongis 
. intermedio ovato aequilongis omnibus obtusissimis labio postico 
abbreviato quadrato-ovato apice retuso; staminibus breviter 
