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apice truncatis vel emarginatis ipso mucronatis apicem versus 

 margine spinuloso-denticulatis vel integris papyraceis glabris ; 

 hracteolis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis calyce brevioribus ; calycis 

 segmentis inter se subaequalibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 integris anticis vero (an semper?) sparsissime spinuloso-denticulatis 

 omnibus nervo unico percursis ; corollae tubo ex bracteis eminente 

 faucibus levissime ampliato lobis tubo multo brevioribus inter se 

 subsimilibus oblongo-ovatis obtusis ; staminihus faucibus affixis 

 antheris apice mucronulatis ; polUnis granis subsphaeroideis 

 subtilissime punctatis ; ovario ellipsoideo glabro. 



Oban ; n. 1026. 



Leaves 7-10 X 3 '0-4 -5 cm., drying brown-green above and 

 greyish below ; petioles 1 to nearly 3 cm. long, stout, covered with the 

 same pale fulvous tomentum as the stem. Spikes 5-9 cm. long, 

 about 1"5 cm. broad, the lowest bracts generally entire, 10-13 mm, 

 long, the upper ones 20 mm. long, 7 mm. broad, all traversed by 

 several rather prominent longitudinal nerves, with transverse con- 

 necting nervules. Bracteoles 6 mm. long, like the calyx subscarious 

 and glabrous. Segments of calyx 9 mm. long, 1 mm. broad about 

 half way up ; midrib prominent, especially at the base, each with 

 several closely packed longitudinal nerves on either side of the 

 midrib. Tube of corolla 18 mm. long, nearly 2 mm. wide at the 

 throat, elsewhere 1 mm.; lobes about 11 '0 x 4"5 mm. Filaments 

 rather more than 1 mm. long, bearded above. Anthers slightly 

 curved, 2 lines long. Ovary 2 • 5 mm. long. Style thickened towards 

 the apex, slightly hairy, 2 cm. long. Stigma 2-lobed, rather more 

 than 1 mm. in length. 



Readily known from C. 2^ubcrula IHotzsch and C. guinecnsis 

 Nees by the truncate bracts and the calyx. The spheroidal pollen 

 is abnormal, though it should not be forgotten that two quite different 

 kinds of pollen are found in the neighbouring genus Stenandrium. 



Apparently referable to the above, and differing from it only in 

 the larger and longer-stalked leaves and the larger bracts, are specimens 

 of Bates, nn. 420 and 546 from Batanga. At Kew the specimens 

 have affixed to them a MS. name of Pierre, who considered them to 

 belong to a new genus. 



Crossandra elatiop S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex metralis caule 

 erecto valido folioso griseo-tomentoso ; foliis petiolatis majusculis 

 ovato-oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis basi 

 cordatis pergamaceis supra glabris subtus griseo-pubescentibus dein 

 glabrescentibus ; spica subsessili foliis circiter aequilonga ; hracteis 

 lanceolatis apice spinuloso-acuminatis margine argute spinuloso- 

 dentatis papyraceis puberulis ; hracteolis lanceolato-oblongis 

 spinuloso-acuminatis calycem facile superantibus ; calycis seg- 

 mentis oblongo-lanceolatis spinuloso-acuminatis integris vel infra 

 apicem subevanide denticulatis papyraceis exterioribus quam 

 interiora majoribus segmento quoque nervo centrali percurso 

 additis utrinque nervis minus conspicuis ; corollae tubo exserto 

 superne leviter amplificato lobis quam tubus multo brevioribus. 



