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lat., superiora immiiiuta in folia floralia saepius 1-5-2 cm. long, 

 transeuntia, in sicco vii'idia ; petioli solemniter 5-10 mm. long., 

 rarissime ad 30 mm, usque. Bracteolse vix 1 mm. long. Flores 

 albi, purpureo-striati. Calyx 4 mm. long. Coroll^e tubus fere 

 5 mm. long., basi 1-25 mm. faucibus 2 mm. lat. ; labium posticum 

 3-5 mm. long. ; labium anticum aegre 5 mm. long. ; hujus lobi 

 1-5 mm. long., obtusissimi, lobus intermedins quam laterales 

 paullulum latior. Filamenta vix 2 mm. long. ; antherarum loculus 

 sup. -8 mm. long., loculus inf. (calcari incluso) 1-2 mm. Ovarium 

 2 mm., stylus 4-5 mm. long. Capsula 7 mm. long. ; semina sicca 

 ovoidea, rugulosa, 1 mm. long., retinaculis truncatis affixa. 



Among other characters this can be distinguished from /. 

 Whytei S. Moore by the smaller corolla and almost glabrous 

 capsule. 



Justicia (§ Calophanoides) rupicola, sp. nov. Frutex ra- 

 mosus suffrutexve ramis mediocriter divaricatis annotinis nudis 

 cortice cinereo obductis glabris hornotinis foliosis pubescentibus, 

 foliis subsessilibus ovatis obtusis basi cordatis subamplexicaulibus 

 membranaceis utrobique scabriusculis, floribus in axillis superiori- 

 bus solitariis vel 2-3-nis pedunculis brevissimis insidentibus vel 

 ad apicem ramulorum perbrevium sitis, bracteolis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis acutis calycem ajquantibus vel breviter superantibus, calycis 

 segmentis 5 inter se aequalibus lanceolatis acuminatis dorso cari- 

 nulatis superne subtiliter pubescentibus, corollae extus pubescentis 

 tubo calycem breviter superante late cylindrico recto labio postico 

 deltoideo-ovato bifido antico alte trilobo aequilongo, staminibus 

 exsertis, ovario glabro, stylo inferne pubescente superne leviter 

 incrassato glabro, capsula 4-sperma glabra. 



Hab. Benguella, a shrub common among sandstone rocks at 

 Lengue ; Gossiceiler, 1687. A small undershrub in sunny places, 

 also at Lengue ; Idem, 4933, 4949. 



Planta sec. cl. detectorum 2-5 ped. alt. Folia + 20 x 12 mm. 

 in sicco subolivacea ; petioli circa 2 mm. long., pubescentes. Pe- 

 dunculus dum adsit circa 2 mm. long. Bracteolte 4 -5-5 -5 mm. 

 long. Flores albi. Calyx 4-5 mm. long., 1-1-5 mm. lat. ; seg- 

 menta albo-marginata. Corollae tubus 5-6 mm. long., 2 mm. lat. ; 

 labium posticum 4-5 mm. long., juxta medium 3 mm. lat. ; labii 

 antici lobi laterales oblongi, obtusi, 3-5 x 1-2 mm. ; lobus inter- 

 medius obovato-oblongus obtusissimus 4 x 2-5 mm. Filamen- 

 torum pars exserta 2-5 mm. long. ; antherarum loculus alter 1 mm. 

 long., alter (calcare incluso segre 1 mm. long.) 2 mm. Ovarium 

 ovoideum, obtusum, 2 mm. long. Stylus 6 mm. long. Capsula 

 nitida, 13 mm. long. Semina non suppetunt. 



A plant with much the appearance of Moneclima platysepalum 

 S. Moore, which, besides being a Monechma, has oblong leaves 

 with an obtuse base, broader calyx-segments, &c. The affinity 

 appears to be with /. orchioides L. fil. 



The smaller specimens (nos. 4933 and 4949) have somewliat 

 larger flowers tlian has no. 1687. Except for this and the habit 

 there seems no difference between tlie two forms. 



