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134 ALABASTEA DIVERSA. 



Primula (§ Auric id a strum) modesta, Biss. d S. Moore. — Vix 

 pedalis, foliis spatliulatis dentato-serratis subtus farinosis, scapo 

 in examplaiio unico viso 12 cm. alt. utrinque sulcato glabro 10- 

 floro, bracteis brevibus setaceis, pedicellis elongatis, calycis cam- 

 pannlati segmentis oblongis obtusiusculis tubiim sub^qnautibns, 

 corollcB mediocris tubo calycem dnplo superante fauce nudo limbi 

 segmentis bilobis, staminibus juxta fanccm inclusis, stigmate brevi. 



\^ah. — In Japonia ad Nikko detexit cl. Bisset mense Maj. 

 florens. 



Folia in specimene nostro 16, ad 6-0 cm. long, et 1*1 cm. lat., 

 supra glabra. Bracteae 0-5 cm. long., pedunculis 5-6-plo breviores. 

 Calyx 4 cm. long., glaber. Flores 1 cm. diam., cserulei. Capsula 

 hand visa. Accedit ad P. farinosain, L., sed calyce minora ac 

 latiore floribus longius pedmiculatis foliis dentato-serratis ab 

 omnibus ejus varietatibus bene distincta. A P. algida Ad. cui 

 valde affinis distat ob folia farinosa minus dentata calycemquc 

 minor em. 



jusTiciA (^ Betonica) fittonioides, sj). nor. — Subacaulis, foliis 

 4 petiolatis pro genere maximis late cordato-ovatis obtusissimis 

 supra scabriusculis subtus secus nervos sparsim strigoso-pube- 

 scentibus, spicis terminalibus longe pedmiculatis pluri-parvifloris, 

 bracteis parum conspicuis late ovatis obtusis, calycis segmentis 5 

 fere sequalibus lanceolatis, corollas tubo erecto labio postico breviter 

 bifido, lilamentis dilatatis glabris, disco cyatliiformi obscurissime 

 lobato, ovario oblongo supra angustato minute puberulo, stylo 

 integro, capsulis probabiliter 4-spermis, seminibus tuberculatis 

 retinaculis truncatis suftultis. 



Hah. — In 'Nyika Country,' Afr. Trop. Orient, coll. Revd. 

 T. Wakefield. 



Caule fere obsoleto, radicante. Folia ad 11 cm. long, et 10*5 cm. 

 lat. : petioli vix ad 5*5 cm. long., sparsim strigoso-pubescentes. 

 SpicEe 5 cm. long. Pedunculi ad 11 cm. alt., stricti. Bracteae 

 6 cm. long., 4 cm. lat., obscure ciliatae. Calycis segmenta prope 

 4 cm. long., corollas tubo paullo minora. 



A most remarkable species, with tlie habit of one or two 

 American species. As there are ripe seeds, it is to be hoped that 

 we shall be able to introduce a curious novelty into cultivation. 



EuELLiA ARUENSis, sp. fiov. — Caulc asccndcute quadrangular! 

 hirsuto ^tate scabriusculo, foliis petiolatis oblongis vel oblongo- 

 obovatis obtusis crenatis supra pubescentibus subtus crassinerviis 

 hirsutis, floribus subsessilibus in foliorum superiorum axillis 

 positis, bracteis bracteolisque oblongis acuminatis calyce multo 

 brevioribus, calyce profunda 5-partito segmentis linearibus acutis 

 hirsutis, corollae tubo gracili calycem 2^-plo excedentc limbo 5-lobo 

 lobis obovatis obtusis, staminibus prope faucem coroll^e insertis 

 antheris 2-locularibus loculis subrequalibus basi obtusis vel mucro- 

 nulatis, capsulis tetragonis obtusis glabris calycem subaequantibus 

 fere a basi circiter 20-spermus. 



Herba perennis ? semipedalis vel ultra. Foha 2-4 unc. longa, 

 f-1^ unc. lata; petioh ^-f unc. longi, hirsuti, aetate scabriuscuh. 



