ACANTHACE.i] PArUAX^E 193 



mentis aliquanto complanatis antherarum loculis exsertis acutis ; stylo 

 aj^ice bifido ; capsida acuta minute pubescente. 



Papua, Samarai; W. E. Armit. 



Folia 5-7 x 1-5-2-5 cm. ; petioli 5-10 mm. long. Pedunculi 

 3-10 mm., pedicelli 2-3 mm. long. Bractete 2-3 mm. long., bracteohe 

 circa 1*5 mm. Calyx in toto 6 mm., bujus lobi 5 mm. long. Corolke 

 tuljus 24 mm, long., 1 mm. lat., sub limbo I'S mm. ; lobi postici 

 10 x5 mm., antici 12x6 mm. Filamenta necnon antberse 1*5 mm. 

 long. Ovarium 2*25 mm., stylus 24 mm. long. Semina minute 

 tuberculata, brunnea, fere 2 mm. diam. 



Affinity witb P hicolor Radlk., but the smaller flowers on short 

 pedicels with narrower calyx-segments and corolla with a narrower 

 pubescent tube and smaller lobes. 



Lepidcn/afhis hyalina Nees. 



Mafulu; White, 507. 



Justicia Chalmersii Lindau ex descript. 



Kwato Island, Samarai district ; E, Cowley. 



Justicia Chalmersii Lindau var . latifolia, var. nov. Folia 

 elliptica usque ad 4-5 x fere 2 cm., sjepius vero +15 X 8 mm., alia 

 minora ovata, obtusissima, circa 10x7-8 mm. — Justicia liygro- 

 philoidrs Bail, non F. Muell. 



Sapphire Creek ; White, 154 : Boku ; Mrs. II. P. Schlencker. 



The former of these is a very poor specimen, but should evidently 

 be named as above : it is in fruit, the 5 mm. long, capsule being 

 oblong, acute, and glabrous with 4 subquadrate seeds nearly 2 mm. in 

 length. The true J. hygrophiloiJes of Queensland is a plant of more 

 robust habit, with different leaves, flowers, and fruit. 



Justicia {^ Rhaphidospora) platyphylla, sp. nov. Fruticosa ; 

 ramis paucistriatis glabris ad nodos tumidis super nodos constrictis ; 

 foliis amj^lis petiolatis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis apice 

 obtusis base in petiolum attenuatis tenuiter membranaceis utrobique 

 glabris; paniculis laxis foliis brevioribus ex axillis summis oriundis 

 paucifloris puberulis ; hracteis hracteoliscpie paiwulis filiformibus ; 

 calycis segmentis 5 inter se similibus linearibus acutis puberulis ; 

 corollce calycem plane excedentis tubo inferne amplificato labii antici 

 lobis late ovatis obtusissimis lobo intermedio quam laterales paullo 

 majovi; antherarum loc. inf. breviter ac tenuiter calcara to ; capsula 

 acuta minute pubescente 4-sperma. 



Astrolabe Kange ; C. T. White, 270.' 



Foliorum limbus summum 17x7 cm., superiora minora, e.g. circa 

 12 X 5 cm., summa 6 x 2*5 cm., in sicco viridia ; costse latere utrovis 7, 

 tenera, parum visibiles ; petioli graciles, usque 5 cm. long., foliorum 

 juveniliura multo breviores. Paniculse 3-6 cm. long., pedunculi 

 attenuati, l'5-3-5 cm. long. Bracteae bracteolseque 1-1*5 mm. long. 

 Calycis segmenta 4*5 mm. long. Corolla alba ; tubus 9 mm. long., 

 inferne 2*5 mm. superne 2 mm. lat. ; labii antici lobus intermedins 

 2x2 mm. Antherarum loculi 1*5 mm. long. ; loc. inf. calcar "2 mm. 

 long. Capsula in toto 14 mm. long., pars serainifera 7 mm. long. ; 

 retinacula sursum angustata, 25 mm. long. Semina dilate brunnea, 

 minute scrobiculata. 2 mm. diam. 



