Plate 2445. 



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PHILLIPSIA FRUTICULOSA, Ttolfe. 



AcANTHACE^. Tribe Ruellie.e. 



Rolft 



Calyx anguste tubu- 



losus 5-angulatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus tubo brevioribus siqualibus, 

 subulatis, primum conduplicatis. Corolloe. tubus longe et anguste cylin- 

 draceus, calyce subduplo longior, apice in faucem leviter ampliatus ■ 

 hmbus subji?qualis, patens, lobis 5 rotundatis sstivatione contortis' 

 Stamina 4, fere requilonga, ad medium faucis affixa, subexserta ; fila- 

 menta gracilia ; antheraj oblong?e, loculis sequalibus parallelis muticis. 

 Discus iaconspicuus. Stylus gracilis, apice crassiusculus. Ovula in 

 quoque loculo 2. Capsula calyce clauso inclusa, lineari-oblonga, acuta. 

 bemma i, plano-conipressa, retinaculo brevi fulta.- 



ramosus. 



pfihesc€}itibus. 



foliis cri^mi 



camos 



8U 



interdnm obscure crenafo-lobuhUa. Flores axillares 



7 



lanceolat 



ca/rnos 



IS, 



P. fruticulosa, JRoI/e, Ic. {sp, uriica). 

 Hab. Somaliland : GoHs Range, Mrs. Lort FhilUps. 



Folia 2-5 lin. longa, 2-4 lin. lata. Calyx 5-7 lin. longns. CoroUm 

 tubus 9 lin. longus ; limbus ^-| poll, diani. Capsula 5-6 lin. longa. 



Allied to the African genera Satanocrater and rJiysacanthns, but 

 very distinct in habit.— R. A. Rolfe. 



Pig. 1. CVyxandbracteoles. 2. Corolla kid op-n. 3. Anther, back and front 

 Tiewti. 4. Orary with base of calyx-tube. 6. Capsule. All enlaryed. • 



