ALABASTRA DIVERSA 



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[Obs. — To '' Plectranthus Jloyibundiis N. E. Br." (Journ. Bot. 

 1900, p. 464) should be added ♦' var. lowjipes N. E. Br." The type 

 form, which is extratropical, does not occur among Dr. Rand's 

 plants.] 



Coleus (§ SoLENosTEMONoiDEs) soHialensls, sp. nov. Herba 

 caule erecto ramoso robusto intervallis brevibus foliato strigoso- 

 pubescente, foliis longipetiolatis ovatis obtusis basi cuneatis margine 

 crenulatis crassiusculis pilis paucis brevissimis strigosis appressis 

 utrinque obsitis, petiolis anguste alatis, verfcicillastris 2-5-floris in 

 racemum simplicem folia multoties excedentem dispositis, pedicellis 

 calycem excedentibus una cum racemo glanduloso-pubescentibus, 

 bracteis minimis ovato-lanceolatis valde deciduis, calycis florescentis 

 glanduloso-pubescentis a corolla) tubo paullo superati lobo postico 

 jam patente late ovato acuto lobis lateralibus tubo a3quilongis et 

 revera lobum posticum paullulum excedentibus lanceolatis acutis 

 lobis anticis linearibus acutis quam laterales brevioribus, calyce 

 fructescenti puberulo 0-6 cm. long., corollne labio postico late ovato 

 obtusissimo quam anticum oblongum multo breviore. 



Hab. Gan Liban, Somaliland, March, 1899 ; Br. Donaldson 

 Smith (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



Caulis juxta solem 0-3-0-4 cm. diam., radice elongato creberrime 

 fibrillifero fultus. Foliorum lamina modice 3*0 cm. long., l-6-2'0 

 cm. lat., subtus glandulis parvis dense obsita ; petioli 1-3 cm. long., 

 pubescentes. Bracteae 0*13 cm. long., pubescentes. Pedicelli 0*5- 

 0-6 cm. long. Calyx florescens 0*3 cm. long. ; lobus posticus 

 0-17 cm. et lobi laterales 0-22 cm. long. Calyx fructescens 6 cm. 

 long. ; lobus posticus plane decurreus circa 0*3 cm. long, et lat. ; 

 lobi reliqui postico ?equilongi, acuminati. Corolla tubus 0*4 cm. 

 long., 0-2 cm. lat., paullo supra basin subito antice deflexus; labium 

 posticum 0-35 cm. long. ; anticum fere 1*0 cm. long. Staminum 

 vagina 0*45 cm. long. ; filamenta libera 0-6 cm. long. Anthera) 

 vix 0*1 cm. diam. Nuculfe ambitu subcirculares, polit^e, 0*1 cm. 

 diam. 



Apparently nearest C. vestitiis Baker ; differing from it, inter 

 alia, in clothing of branches and leaves, pedicels longer than the 

 calyx, corolla tube longer than the calyx, &c. 



Neomiillera damarensis, sp. nov. Herba elata, erecta, cre- 

 bro ramosa, caule ramulisque minute glanduloso-pubescentibus, 

 foliis longipetiolatis e basi lata ovatis grosse crenato-serratis pube- 

 rulis tenuiter membranaceis, paniculis elongatis permultifloris, 

 floribus solitariis in cymas racemosas ramosas ssepe unilateraliter 

 dispositis, bracteis obsoletis, pedicellis calyce brevioribus, calycis 

 florescentis campanulati pubescentis usque ad medium lobati lobis 

 subaequalibus lanceolato-ovatis acutis lobo postico concavo lobis 

 reliquis planis, calycis fructescentis oblongi parum inflati basi 

 circumscissi lobis erectis, corollae tubo calycem longe excedente 

 dimidio infer iore cylindrico angusto juxta medium subito incurvo 

 indeque amplificato, labio postico parvo bilobo antico majori con- 

 cavo, filamentis paullo supra insertionem connatis, genitalibus labio 

 antico inclusis. 



Hab. Damaraland, 1879 ; T. G. Een (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



