437 



Transvaal. Jeppestown Ridges, near Johannesburg, 6000 ft 

 Gilfillan in Herb. Galpin, 6245. 



991. Isoglossa densa, N. E. Brown [Acanthaceae] ; affinis /. 

 origanoidi, LindL, bracteis multo angustioribus, linearibus vel 

 lineari-lanceolatis, obtusis, marginibus apice involutis, nee planis 

 nee dense villoso-glanduliferis, facile distinguitur. 



Gardes erecti, ramosi, infeme glabri, superne puberuli. Folia 

 superiora (cum petioiis 2-4 mm. longis) 1*5-3 cm. longa, 7-14 mm. 

 lata, subrhomboideo-ovata, breviter et obtuse acuminata, basi 

 cuneata, supra glabra, subtus venis parce scabro-puberula, 

 basi tantum ciliata. Spicae ad ramos terminales, 2-3 cm. longae, 

 1 cm. Jatae, densae. Bracteae inferiores foliis parvis simubntes, 

 ceteres 6-10 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, lineares vel lineari- 

 lanceolatie, obtusae, marginibus superne involutae, cum bracteolis 

 sepalisque pilis simplicibus ciliatae, dorso pilis glanduliferis laxe 

 vel subdense obtectae. Bracteolae 6-7 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, 

 lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae. Sepala 6-7 mm. longa, 1-1*5 mm. 

 lata, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata. Corolla glabra, apice labiifl 

 tantum puberula, alba ; tubus 4-5 mm. longus, calyce brevior ; 

 labia aequilonga, 6 mm. longa ; labium superius oblongum, 

 breviter et obtuse bifidum ; labium inferius brevissime et 

 obtusissime 3-lobum, palato proftmde sulcato. Stamina 2, 

 glabra ; antherae loculi superpositi. Capsula glabra, basi 

 stipitiformis, 1-2-sperma. 



South Africa. East London Div. ; near East London, Wood in 

 Serb. Galpin, 3375. 



992. Vitex Fosteri, C. H. Wright [Verbenaceae-Viticeae] ; a 

 V. ferruginea, Schumach. & Thonn., foliolis ellipticis petiolulis 

 longi ori bus differt. 



Rami quadrangulares, fulvo-viliosi. Folia 5-7-folioIata ; foliola 

 elliptica, basi cuneata, apice breviter cuspidata, 8 cm. longa, 4 cm. 

 lata, supra sparse puberula, subtus ad venis pubescentia, ad laininis 

 minute denseque aureo-glandulosa, integra vel obtuse serrata ; 

 petiolus 8 cm. longus, fulvo-villosus ; petioluli tenues, 1-2 cm. 

 longi. Calyx aperte campanulatus, 7 mm. diam M extius dense 

 villosus ; tubus 4 mm. longus, ore subobliquus ; lobi triangulares, 

 * mm. longi. Corolla e tubus 8 mm. longus, curvatus, medio con- 

 strictus, extus basi glaber, supra puberula, intus basi glaber, nitida, 

 supra staminum insertionem pubescens ; lobi patentes, ovati, 

 4 mm. lati ; lobus anticus rotundatus, crenatus, 8 mm. diam. 

 filamenta robusta, pubescentia ; antherae divergentes. Stylus 

 glaberrimus. 



Lagos. Foster, 34. 



993. Plectranthus Alleni, C. H. Wright [Labiatae-Ocimoideae] ; 

 -P. stenophyllo, Baker, affinis, calycis dentibus majoribus foliisquo 

 Petiolatis subtus glabris differt. 



Caulis erectus, rigidus, glaber, ad 16 cm. altus, 2 mm. latus. 

 Folia oblonga, obtusa, basi longe attenuata, obscure crouata, 

 utrmque glabra, subtus glandulis minutis impressis instructa, ad 

 10 cm. longa et 2\5 cm. lata ; petiolus 1*5-3 cm. longus. Racenms 

 termiualis, laxiflorus ; pedunculus infra glaber, supra hirsuta ; 



