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30 cm. ill length, though usuallj^ shorter, at most 12 mm. broad, but 

 usuall}' much less, the internodes between the partial inflorescences 

 diminishing from 2 cm. at the bottom of well-grown spikes to 2 mm. 

 or less at the top. Peduncles + 4 cm. long. Floral leaves at most 

 (and then very occasionally) up to 15 mm. in length, usually only 

 3-5 mm. Bracks and bractcoles about 2 mm. long. Calyx S' 5 mm. 

 long, the segments each with 3 longitudinal nerves. Corolla-tube 

 4*5 long, 2 mm. wide at bottom, at the throat 3 mm. ; upper lip 

 4*0 X 3-5 mm. ; lower lip 4" 5 mm. long ; its middle lobe 

 2"5 X 2-0 mm., side lobes 2'5 x I'o mm. Upper cell of anthers 

 1 • 5 mm. long, lower cell 2 mm. Ovary subcylindric, a trifle narrowed 

 at the top, barely 2 mm. long. Style 6 mm. long. 



Near /. j^y'C-inidata Clarke, but with marked differences in shape 

 of leaves, inflorescence and flowers. 



It is said to stupefy fish, like other species of this genus and of 

 Adhatoda. 



Justieia (§ Gendarussa) tenuipes vS. Moore sp. nov. Herba 

 caiile abbreviate plerumque simplici paucifolioso dense pubescente ; 

 foliis satis approximatis (baud rosulatis) ovatis vel ovato- 

 oblongis utrinque rotundatis vel apice obtusissimis membranaeeis 

 supra cite fere glabris subtus in nervis pubescentibus nisi fere 

 glabris margine ciliatis petiolis brevibus dense pubescentibns 

 insidentibus ; cymis paniculatis terminalibus vel ex axillis summis 

 oriundis folia paullo excedentibus laxe paucifloris tenuissimis 

 glanduloso-piloso-pubescentibus ; bracteis parvis linearibus acutis 

 bracteolas aequantibus ; calyce bracteas longe excedente 5-partito 

 segmentis linearibus acuminatis ut bracteae bracteolaeque glandu- 

 loso-puberulis ; corollae mediocris tubo calyce longiore cylindrico 

 labio antico tubo breviore obovato breviter lobato lobe inter- 

 medio quam laterales latiore lobo postico quam anticus plane 

 breviore ovato bidentato ; antJieris subinclusis harum loculo inf. 

 breviter debiliterque calcarato ; ovario ovoideo-oblongo minu- 

 tissime pubescente ; stylo pilosvilo ; capsula basi longe stipitata 

 acuta pubescente 4-sperma. 



Oban ; n. 1483. 



A small plant with the habit of Jerdonia indica Wight, and 

 other lowly Gesneraceae. Lower part of stem creeping and rooting 

 at the nodes, upper part ascending, usually simple, but occasionally 

 throwing out a weak side-branch. Leaves three or four pairs, younger 

 at intervals of 5-7 mm., the lower more distant ; blade up to 

 6 or 7 cm. long and 3 '5-3 "7 cm. broad, but often much smaller, 

 e.g., 3*0 x 1"5 cm., the nervation very prominent on the underside, 

 especially in the case of larger leaves ; petioles stout, 3-8 mm. long. 

 Inflorescence of very small specimens reduced to a single lengthily 

 pedunculate flower, but usually of cymes, which may reach 

 10 X 6 cm., of which 3*5 cm. belongs to the filiform peduncle, the 

 main axis giving ofT usually 2 pairs of lateral branches, which may 

 themselves branch again, each branch at the top producing a 

 cj'mule of 2-3 subsessile or peduncled flowers, the branches and 

 peduncles filiform and pilose-pubescent. Bracts and bracteoles 



