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249, Dianth. (Eumala) mollis Raf. Just. li- 

 thospermif. nonnulis non omnis. Fruticosa mol- 

 lisvillosa, ramisteretis, fol. petiol. ovatobl. basi 

 acutis, apice obt. acum. integris, fl. veriicil. ax- 

 ill. sessilib. bract. linearib. galea emarg. labio 

 dilat. 3lobo — South America, leaves uncial soft, 

 flowers large w^hite. The real J. lithosp. dif- 

 fers by rough oblong leaves, flowers peduncul. 

 &c. This forms a subg, Eumala (well soften- 

 ed) by habit and calix subeq. cor. tube short 4* 

 thick, upper lip ovate obt. emarg. lower very 

 broad equaly trilobe, anthers oblique as in Lar- 

 naplagis^ but the lower cell protruding or cau- 

 date as in Vranthera. 



250, IDANTHISA Raf. (aspect fl. eq.) diff. 

 Just. cal. 5 part. eq, cor. tubulosa recta, limbo 

 subeq. 4fido, lac. unica supera magis divisa ut, 

 galea plana integra, antheris sagittatis 2Ioc. lo- 

 culis paralelis subobHq, insertis, stig. obt. Fru- 

 t€x% semperv.fl. axil. suhspicatis — another N. 

 G. of the Justicoides tribe, nearest akin to Ada- 

 toda fl. Tel.969, but different by equal corolla, 

 galea not concave, anthers bilocul ^c. 



Idanthisa ligustrina Raf. glabra, ramis te- 

 retis, fol. subpetiol. lanceol. acutis coriaceis in- 

 tegris, superis linearib. sessil. ft. axil. sess. solit, 

 cor. lac. obl. obt. — Fine shrub, sent me as Just. 

 superba (no such name in books) probably of 

 E. Indies, leaves uncial, flowers large nearly 2 

 inches long, apparently red or incarnate. 



251, RODATIA Raf. (bot.) diff. cal. ineq, 

 cor. limbo bilab, galea brevis biloba, labio dila- 

 tata eq. 3Ioba, antheris curvis 2loc. loc. paralelis 

 fl. spicatis bracteatis — very peculiar habit, un- 

 like any of my G. except Flavicoma fl. Tel. 979. 



RoDATiA reticulata Raf, ramis 4cost. 4sulc. 



