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segments with glandular hairs at the apex and simple ones elsewhere. 

 Tube of corolla 22 mm. long, barely "5 mm. in diameter ; limb about 

 12 mm. in diameter. Cells of the anthers IS mm. long. Ovary 

 oblong, glabrous, 1 mm. long. 



Easily distinguished from L. jparviflora Lindl., with which it is 

 liable to be confused, by the thyrsoid inflorescence and the smaller 

 white or pale mauve corollas. 



Mrs. Talbot tells me the flowers are also sometimes pink. One of 

 the Holland labels at Kew gives the flowers as " white," the other as 

 " pink, yellow centre." 



Phaylopsis Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Planta herbacea erecta 

 ramosa ramis gracilibus paucifoliosis glanduloso-pubescentibus cite 

 glabrescentibus ; foliis parvis longipetiolatis ellipticis obtusis basi 

 longiuscule extenuatis necnon obliquis tenuiter membranaceis 

 supra sparsim strigilloso-pilosis subtus in nervis puberulis ceterum 

 glabi'is ; cymis mox sparsis tandem distantibus prima juventute 

 solummodo strobilum referentibus ; folvs fioralibus subor- 

 bicularibus basi rotundato-truncatis apice obtusissimis dorso 

 glanduloso-puberulis margine pilis longis simplicibus glandulosis 

 intermixtis hii'suto-ciliatis ; calycis segmento postico ovato acuto 

 eleganter reticulato-nervoso decolori ut segmenta cetera anguste 

 lineari-lanceolata obtuse acuta glanduloso-pubescente ; coroUae 

 parvulae tubo cylindrico limbo bilabiate quam tubus breviore ; 

 antheris inclusis, loculis basi obscure mucronulatis ; ovario anguste 

 ovoideo apice ipso ut stylus omnino piloso, 



Oban ; n. 977. 



Branches up to nearly 40 cm. in length, throwing out at intervals 

 shorter branchlets, bearing leaves in the axils of manj^ of which are 

 cymes. Blade of leaf usually 3- 5-5-0 cm. long, 15 mm. broad, or 

 somewhat less in the widest part, the uppermost few reduced in size ; 

 petioles slender, indeed almost filiform, up to 2 cm. in length, though 

 mostly shorter. Cymes soon separated by distances of 3-4 mm. or 

 more, the oldest ultimately some 2 cm. apart. Floral leaves about 

 8x7 mm., joale greenish-yellow, the nervation prominent upon the 

 back. Hind segment of calyx 6" 5 x 3' 5 mm. ; front segments 

 5 mm., lateral pair 4*5 mm. long. Corolla barely 5 mm. long, the 

 tube rather more than '5 mm. broad; upper lip 1 mm. long, divided 

 to the middle into two broadly oblong obtuse lobes ; lower lip 

 1-5 mm. long, the mid lobe "75 x "75 mm., lateral lobes as long but 

 a little narrower. Anthers '5 mm. long. Ovary 1 mm. long, style 

 scarcely 2*5 mm. Capsule acute or acuminate, 5 mm. long, attenuated 

 base 1 mm. long. 



Near P. obliqua T. And., but at once distinguished from it by its 

 broad floral leaves. 



Crossandra Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Verisimiliter sufFrutex 

 caide erecto valido pallide f ulvo-toraentoso ; foliis petiolatis anguste 

 obovato-oblongis obtusis vel obtusissimis basi cordatis mem- 

 branaceis supra glabris subtus iia nervis pubescentibus ; sptcis 

 cylindricis folia subaequantibus multifloris ; hracteis ovato-oblongis 



