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0*5 cm. long. Rcamuli floriferi usque lO'O cm. long., circa 1*5 cm. 

 lat. Bructea in sicco substiaminea paullo ultra 2*0 cm. long., 

 I'O cm. lat., concava; lobi intermedii triangulares, 0*8 cm. long. ; 

 lobi externi 0'15 cm. long. Bracteohe 0-8 cm. long. Calycis lobus 

 posticus ovatus apice breviter spinosus, 1-5 cm. long., basi 0*9 cm. 

 lat.; lobus anticus brevissime bidentatus 1-3 cm. long., basi 0*6 cm. 

 lat. ; lobi laterales 0-8 cm. long. Corolla tota vix 2*5 cm. long. ; 

 tubus 07 cm. long., deorsum dilatatus sursum cylindricus, pars 

 cylindrica 0'4 cm. long., pubescens ; labium sursum 0-85 cm. lat. ; 

 hujus lobi externi ovati, obtusissirai, 0*15 cm. long.; lobi inter- 

 medii circa 0*3 cm. long. ; lobus centralis obcordatus, 0*33 cm. 

 long. Antherse 0*32 cm. long. Capsula 1*0 cm. long., 0*4 cm. 

 lat. Semen liumectatum circa 0*5 cm. lat. 



Lepidiigathis scariosa Nees. Gof ; Lord Dehunere. 



L. Andersunicma Lindau. Nyassaland, 1895 ; Buchanan, No. 228. 



Crabbea velutina S. Moore. Somaliland, between Le and Tocha; 

 Lord Delauiere. 



Crossandra pum/ens Lindau. Rabai, Mombasa and Giryama 

 and Tsimba Mountains ; Ber. W. E. Taylor. 



0. spinosa Beck. Mio, 4750 feet ; Lord Delauiere. 



C. iinicronata Lindau. Giryama and Tsimba Mountains ; Bcv. 

 W. E. Taylor. 



[Obs. — C. puberiila Klotzsch var. ? Smithii C. B. Clarke in Flora 

 of Trop. Africa, v. p. 117. The type of this variety — it is in the 

 British Museum — is manifestly not in any way related to C. pube- 

 rala Klotzsch. To me it seems to be merely C. nilotica Oliv. var. 

 acuminata Lindau.] 



Barleria eranthemoides R. Br. Somaliland, Jara ; Dr. Donald- 

 son Smith. Between Cantalla and Hadda, and between Le and 

 Tocha ; Lord Delamere. 



B. irritans Nees. Cape Colony, between Graaf Reinet and 

 Zuurberg Mountains ; Bcv. H. C. Day. Without locality ; 

 Mrs. Clarke. 



B. setiyera Rendle, var. ? brevi.spina C. B. CI. East Tropical 

 Africa ; Bev. W. E. Taylor. 



B. spinulosa Klotzsch. Nyassaland; Buchanan, 1895, No. 224. 



B. ventricosa Nees. Somaliland, Wagga Mountain; Mrs. Lort 

 Phillips. 



B. Volkensii Lindau. Rabai Hills, Mombasa; Bev. W. E. Taylor. 

 Near Lake Marsabit ; Lord Delamere. 



Neuracanthus gracilior, sp. nov. Caule erecto tereti scabri- 

 usculo crebro folioso, foliis lanceolato- vel ovato-oblongis obtusis 

 sessilibus vel subsessilibus basin versus cuneatis undulatis firme 

 membranaceis glabris pag. sup. nitenti necnon cystolithis eminenti- 

 bus onusta pag. inf. aliquatenus decolori reticulato-nervosa, spicis 

 strobiliformibus sat attenuatis terminalibus vel ex axillis summis 

 ortis, bracteis ovatis spinuloso-acuminatis longe fulvo-ciliatis dorso 

 puberulis et eminenter nervosis, calycis bracteis sequilongi lobis 

 lineari-setaceis acuminatis pilis hispidis dense obsitis anticis quam 

 postici altius connatis, coroUse labio postico 2-lobo lobis late del- 



