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Ovarium conicum, 3°5 mm, altum, 1:5 mm. diametro, glabrum vel 
apice leviter pubescens, ovulis in Rae quoque 2; stylus 2°5 mm. 
longus, inferne buhenoays, superne glaber, stigmate capitato in- 
aeraee bilobat: 
TROPICAL iy Abyssinia; Geru Abbas, Drake-Brockman 
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1448. Echolium longiflorum, TZwurriil [Acanthaceae-J usticiae] ; 
striati, var minore, Balfour, affinis sed foliis junioribus dense 
pubescentibus, bracteis brevioribus, corollae tubo multo longiore 
facile distinguenda, 
rutec 1 m. altus (ex Methuen), ramis teretibus et albo- 
puberulis. Folia Jeng suborbicularia, apice rotundata, basi 
cordata, 4°5 mm. longa, 4°5 mm. inti, utrinque ia giboaventia, 
Spicae anguste cylindricae, compactae, multiflorae, internodiis 
inconspicuis ; bracteae oblongo-lanceolatae, apice acutae, 2°75 mm 
ongae, 1°5 mm. latae, dense puberulae ; bracteolae lineari-lanceo- 
latae, 2 mm. longae, 0°75 mm, latae, dense puberulae. Sepala 5, 
linearia, apice acuta, 4 mm. longa, 0°75 mm. lata, glanduloso- 
puberula, Corollae tubus anguste eylndien 3°5 em. longus, 
medio 0°75 mm. diametro, ima basi mm. diametro, extra 
pubescens, intus glaber ; limbus doting lab extra pubes- 
cens, intus laber ; ; labium anticum pe oh lobis lateralibus 
ellipticis apice obtusis 1:2 cm. longis 5:5 mm. latis, lobo intermedio 
obovato apice rotundato 1-2 em. longo 1 em. lato ; labium gl 
lineare, apice leviter pees: 1 cm. longum, 1] mm. latum Stamina 
um, 0°75 mm. ‘aioe, dense Suberubadd bits 
Pec stylus 3°4 mm. longus, inferne pubescens; stigma 
indistincte bilobatum. Capsula ovoidea, stipitata, compressa, 1°5 cm. 
longa, 7 mm. diametro, puberula, 3-seminata (an semper ?). Semina 
ovata, valde compressa, apice obliqua, 6 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, 
aevia. 
MapaGascar. Tongobory, Hon. P. A. Methuen. 
1449, Loranthus entebbensis, Sprague [Loranthaceae]; affinis 
g be Schwein furthii, Engl., a quo indumento, foliis minoribus, floribus 
majoribus, toro multo majore bracteam multo Pel ging differt. 
Innovationes pilis verticillato-ramosis ferrugineo - tomentosne. 
Ramuli pallidi, glabrescentes, exsiccando Yongitudinalitér rugosi, 
odosi, 30 cm. infra apicem circiter 4 mm. diametro ; internodia 
4-12 mm. longa. Folia opposita vel tandem alterna, ovata usque 
lanceolata phe obtusa, basi plus minusve cuneata, 4-6°5 cm. longa, 
1°8-3°8 ata, co oriacea, nervis subtus sparse ferrugineo-pilosis 
exceptis labia ; nervi laterales utrinque circiter S satis ona 
utrinque prominuli; costa supra prominula, subtus prominens ; 
petiol: 9-13 mm. longi, ferrugineo-pubescentes. — Uinbellec siflcres, 
solitariae, 9-10-florae ; pedunculus in toto circiter 5 mm. longus, 
ferrugineo- ston 5. peticeli 3-4 mm. longi, crispule pubescentes ; 
bractea e ig Peet formi valde unilateralis, ovata, vix 2 mm. 
longa, dorso iin boueesaaeoanalle margine ventrali 0-5 mm. alto. 
Torus calycecum suburceolatus, 3°5-4 mm. longus, 2°7 = 
metro, ferrugineo-pubescens. Calyr in toto 0‘7—-0°8 mm, longus, 
ciliatus, dentibus deltoideis 0-3-0°4 mm. longis pilis inclusis ; _ 
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