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PuaTeE 2685. 
CYCLOCHEILON MINUTIBRACTEOLATUM, £ng/. 
VERBENACES. Tribe CHLOANTHES, 
C. minutibracteolatum, Engl. in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma, vii. (1897), 
p. 27; a C. son sani Oliv., differt bracteolis a calyce magis remotis 
angustis minutis 
Fruticulus 2-3 ped. altus; rami oblique erecti vel divaricati, 
ricti, primo hispiduli, mox glabrati, tandem albo-cinerei ; ramuli 
floriferi admodum abbreviati, subpulvinati, dense albo Janati. Folia 
lineari- vel obovato-spatulata, obtusa, 3-6 lin. longa, 1-1} lin. lata, 
cus vel obovatus, basi cordatus, 3-4 lin. a 3-3} lin. latus, 
glaber. Corolla alba ; _ tubus ore obliquus, dorso 33-4 lin., ventre 
fere 2 li i 
obtusi, 1 lin. Ovarium truncato-obovoideum, interdum sub- 
obliquum Rabnsiccis glandulosum ; stylus lin. longus, 
pubescens ;_ loculi 2, uniovulati vel anterior bi s; funiculi 
es RoPicaL ARABIA: Hadramaut, hillsides near Gambla, Lunt, 222. 
Tropican AFRICA : eg Land, in the desert between Dolan and 
the Dana River, Riva, 1175 ; Abdallah, Keller, 187 ; Somali Land, 
near Meid, Bilder, 1515 ; British East Africa, in Ulu district, 
— -Elliot, 6378 ; German East Africa, Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft 
Cy em was originally placed in ari bana by Oliver, 
although he added that he d aid oa know any ‘ genus nearly related to 
this very curious plant,’ nor ‘ any rm ae Fe sia with a similar 
SERIES IV, VOL. VII, PART IV. . 
