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smaller more or less ovate leaves, narrower and longer calyx- 

 segments, and shorter ventricose coi'olla-tube. 



Justicia (§ Tyloglossa) Lortese, sp. n. Fruticosa diffusa 

 ramis glabris albescentibus ; foliis sessilibus anguste lineari-ob- 

 lauceolatis sspe plus minus convolutis glabris, apice submucronu- 

 lato ; cymis Sfepius 2-3-floris, axillaribus, sessilibus ; lloribus inter 

 minores, bracteis foliaceis, bracteolis ultimis minutis acutis ; calyce 

 fere ad basin 5-partito, segmentis sub^qualibus, angustis e basi 

 attenuatis, acutis glabris, cum margine scabridula ; corolla flava 

 utrinque puberula, tubo ventricoso ore dilatato, labio postico apice 

 bilobo et crispubito ; autico 3-lobo, lobo medio latiore, disco buUato 

 venulis conspicuis radiatim lineato ; antherte appendice compresso 

 emarginato ; capsula acuta 4-sperma, semiuibus verrucosis. 



Hab. Wagga Mountain and Bihen, Mrs. E. Lort Phillips. 



Apparently a small shrub, with slender subterete irregularly 

 spreading branches. Leaves 1 to 3"5 cm. loug by 1 to 3*5 mm. 

 broad. Small axillary congested inflorescences numerous, from the 

 base to apex of the branches. Calyx-segments 4 mm. long, corolla 

 bright yellow, tube 6 mm. long by 3 mm. in diameter below 

 dilating to 4 mm. at the mouth, and bearing a pair of long wing- 

 like invaginations diverging upwards to the base of the lower lip, 

 and a pair of hairy keels parallel with and posterior to the base of 

 filaments ; upper lip 7 to 8 mm. long, narrowing upwards from a 

 base of G mm. to 2 mm. just below the slightly dilated apex ; lower 

 lip 8"5 to 10 mm., lobes bluntly rounded, median 4 to 5 mm. long 

 and almost as broad, laterals 3*5 to 4 mm. loug by 2-5 to 3'5 mm. 

 broad. Stamens 6 mm, long, lower anther 1-3 mm. long, bearing 

 an emarginate appendage about half its length ; upper anther 

 slightly smaller. Style nearly 8 mm. loug, sparsely hairy below. 

 PVuit unripe, 1-5 cm. long, more or less elliptically oblong, narrow- 

 ing at the base, apex shortly mucronate. 



^BAv J. jilifulia Juindiin, which, however, has smaller flowers, 

 whitish in colour, with a rosy disc. 



Ecbolium parvibracteatum, sp. n. Frutex pubescens foliis 

 magnis petiolatis ovatis interdum ovalibus ; floribus in cymis 

 dichasialibus sessilibus oppositis in spicis terminalibus aggregatis ; 

 bracteis quam floribus multoties brevioribus ovatis acutis ; calyce 

 regulariter 5-partito, segmentis lauceolatis acutis ; corolla) tubo 

 longo tenuiter cylnidrico, labio postico manco e basi lata ad apicem 

 subtruncatum cucuUatum bilobulatum angustato, labio antico in- 

 signiore, lobis 3 ellipticis, medio quam laterales paullo latiore. 



Hab. In ravine, Wagga Mountain, Mrs. E. Lort Philhps and 

 Miss F. Gillett. 



A bushy shrub, the stoutish branches, leaves, and inflorescence 

 covered with a short white pubescence. Petioles about 1 cm. long. 

 Leaves generally ovate, the smaller sometimes oval, subobtuse or 

 sometimes subacuminate, entire, bright green, 0-11 cm. long by 

 8 to 7 cm. broad. Spikes dense, 4 to 7 cm. loug. Bracts small, 

 caducous, 3-4 mm. long. Bracteoles similar, but bcarcely 2 mm. 

 long. Calyx divided almost to the base, segments scarcely 5 mm. 

 long. Corolla-tube 22 mm. long by l-i> mm. in diameter ; posterior 



