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wrinkled upon the upper side; lateral ribs on each side 3, the basal, 

 coursing close to the margin, sometimes obscure, prominent on the 

 lower side, openly arching, the reticulum well seen especially on the 

 underside. Pedicels + 1'5 cm. long. Bractcoles 15 mn:i. long, 

 puberulous within. Calyx 1 mm. long, or rather more. Tiibe of 

 corolla 16 mm. long, 3 mm. wide below and 8 mm. at the throat ; 

 lobes about 8x8 mm. Smaller anthers 5 mm. long, larger 7 mm. 

 Disc 2x3 nmi. Style about 1"5 mm. long. 



Allied to A. fliytocrenoides Gilg, but with quite different bracteoles 

 among other features ; these latter organs are ixiore like those of 

 A. madagascaricnsis S. Moore. 



Brillantaisia Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Herba caule ascen- 

 dente cite glabro ; foliis lanceolatis acutis breviterve acuminatis 

 basi in petiolum longum baud alatum extenuatis (summis etiam 

 petiolatis etsi valde imminutis) margine undulatis papyraceis 

 glabris : imnicula folia paullo excedente laxa pauciflora glanduloso- 

 pubescente ; pediceUis calyce brevioribus ambobus glanduloso- 

 pubescentibus ; calijcis segmentis anguste linearibus obtusis seg- 

 mento postico quam cetera paullo longiori ; corollae pro rata 

 parvae tube calycem manifeste excedente extus glabro limbum 

 circiter semiaequante ; staminihus subexsertis ; ovario circa 12- 

 ovulato ; stylo exserto glabro ; capsula parva calycem vix duple 

 superante attenuata glanduloso-pubescente. 



Oban ; n. 2000. 



Stem soon turning woody, somewhat tumid at the nodes, 2-8 mm. 

 in diameter. Limb of leaf about 8 x 2'5 cm., paler on the under- 

 side, on both sides copiously provided with oystoliths ; petioles 

 l'5-3 cm. long; uppermost leaves 15 x 5 mm. on petioles of about 

 2 mm. Panicle 12 x 10 cm. Bracteoles narrowly linear, 3 mm. or 

 more long. Segments of calyx 5-8 mm. long, '15- "20 mm. broad, 

 hinder segment 8-10 mm. long. Corolla 2 cm. long, blue ; the tube 



7 mm. long, 2 • 5 nmi. below and 5 mm. at the throat ; upper lip 

 13 mm. long, its lobes 4x2 mm. ; lower lip 11 mm. long, with lobes 

 2x1.2 mm. Filaments 13 mm. long, pubescent at one side of the 

 base, otherwise glabrous. Anthers 4' 5 mmAong. Staminodes ])i[ose, 



8 mm. long, their rudimentary anther rather more than 1 mm. in 

 length. Ovary 3 mm., style 19 mm. long, the latter pubescent 

 below. Capsule ending in a very short and blunt point, 16-18 mm. 

 long, 1-2 mm. broad. 



The corolla of this plant is that of B. Lamium Benth., but its 

 calyx has longer, obtuse, unequal segments, and the leaves are very 

 dissimilar. 



Physaeanthus Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Herba infraspitba- 

 mea caide simplici inferne ad nodes radicante pubescente ; foliis 

 parvis ovatis vel suborbicularibus utrinque obtusissimis margine 

 undulatis vel undulato-denticulatis membranaceis supra strigose 

 piiosulis subtus in nervis minute pubescentibus petiolis limbo 

 brevioribus pubescentibus ; fioribus solitariis breviter pedunculatis ; 

 cahjce oblongo berbaceo puberulo lobis deltoideis acutis ; corollae 



