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among Acanthaccce. Indeed, except for a few genera, such as 

 Acanthus, Blepkaris, Mellera, and Brillantaisia, entire or at most 

 slightly undulate leaves are the rule throughout the order. A few 

 Indian species of Synnema with the lower leaves, very rarely all, 

 pinnatifid are also exceptional in this respect ; but in none of 

 these does the division approach the fineness characteristic of the 

 species under notice. Before examination, S. limnophiloides 

 would be sorted unhesitatingly into the Scrophulariacea, as 

 actually occurred at the Museum. 



One specimen dissected bore but a single flower (in the pen- 

 ultimate axil), and this had no bracteoles. 



Dyschoriste decora, sp. now Eamis subteretibus pube- 

 scentibus cito puberulis ad nodos saepe ramuliferis, foliis sub- 

 sessilibus ovato-oblongis obtusis vel obtuse acutis basi cuneatis 

 tenuiter coriaceis supra glabris subtus in nervis puberulis, flori- 

 bus mediocribus in cymis axillaribus densis plurifloris dispositis, 

 bracteolis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis calycem circiter semi- 

 tequantibus ut calyx piloso-hirtulis, calycis segmentis ima basi 

 solummodo connatis anguste lineari-lanceolatis longe acuminatis, 

 corollas tubo ex calycis tubo breviter eminente superne inflato 

 limbo bilabiato (lobis posticis sat alte connatis), antherarum loculis 

 basi calcaratis, stylo puberulo. 



Hab. Congo, Kasomena, under trees ; Kassner, 2563. 



Folia solemniter 3 -5-4 -5 x 1-5-2 cm., margine nonnunquam 

 subtiliter denticulata, subtus pallidiora ibique costas laterales 

 magis aspectabiles ostendentia. Folia floralia ceteris similia sed 

 minora. Bracteola3 9 x 12 mm. Flores purpurei. Calyx 16'5 mm. 

 long. ; segmenta summum 1-5 mm. lat. Corollas tubus extus 

 puberulus, 18 mm. long., dimidio inf. 2 mm. lat., sursum adusque 

 8*5 mm. dilatatus ; palatus mediocriter prominens ; labium posti- 

 cum 8 x 6-5 mm., hujus lobi 3*5 mm. long. ; labium anticum 

 9*5 x 10 mm., lobi 6 mm. long. Antherse subinclusse, 1*25 mm. 

 long. Ovarium 2 mm., stylus 21 mm. long. 



D. trichocalyx Lindau has shorter calyx-segments united one- 

 third of the way up, a character affording an easy distinction 

 from D. decora. The almost free calyx-segments are exceptional 

 for the genus. 



Disperma scabridum, sp. nov. Frutex fere orgyalis cauli- 

 bus pluribus sat validis ascendentibus vel ssepe procumbentibus, 

 ramulis omnimodo foliosis pilis hispidis (glandulosis intermixtis) 

 crebro obsitis, foliis sessilibus ovato-oblongis junioribus oblongis 

 in folia floralia transeuntibus acutis basi cordatis margine apicem 

 versus denticulatis coriaceis utrinque scabridis, floribus in axillis 

 pluribus summis solitariis, foliis floralibas ovato-oblongis ovatisve 

 ut inflorescentiae axis et bracteolae et calyx copiose glanduloso- 

 hispidis, bracteolis oblongo-obovatis acutis calyce paullulum 

 brevioribus, calycis segmentis ad medium usque (anticis minus 

 alte) connatis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, corollse tubo subcylindrico 

 calyci aequilongo lobis oblongo-obovatis obtusissimis, staminibus 

 subinclusis, ovulis in loculis solitariis. 



