84 SOUTH NIGEIUAN PLANTS 



Justieia (§ Gendarussa) tliyrsiflora S. Moore sp. nov. Fruti- 

 culus 7-amis prolixis distanter foliosis fulvo-pubescentibus deinde 

 glabrescentibus ; foliis ellipticis apicem versus attenuatis apice 

 obtusis basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis raro rotundatis firme 

 membranaceis glabris ; foliis floralibus parvis linearibus pubescenti- 

 bus ; florihus pro rata parvis in paniculam thy rsoid earn peduncu- 

 latam multiflorem dense fulvo-pubescentem dispositis ; hradeis 

 hracteolisque parvulis subulatis pubescentibus ; iiedicellis brevis- 

 simis ; calijcis pubescentis segmentis 5 lanceolatis acutis ; corollae 

 extus puberulae tubo calycem duplo superante superne vix aucto 

 labio postico anticum breviter excedente late ovato bilobo labio 

 antico adusque medium trilobo lobo intermedio quam laterales 

 majori ; antherarum loculo inf. valide calcarato ; ovario glabro ; 

 stylo piloso. 



Oban; n. 976. 



A low shrub with lengthy branches sparsely leafy. Leaves usually 

 7-10 X 3-5-5 cm., but sometimes smaller, e.g., 5x2-5 cm., those of 

 a pair often unequal in size, olive-green when dried ; petioles about 

 5 mm. long, pubescent. Peduncle of thyrsus 7 cm. long. Inflorescence 

 itself at most 9 cm. long and 3-5 cm. in breadth below, narrowing 

 upwards. Flowers subsessile, produced on one side of the partial 

 inflorescences. Floral leaves about 5 mm. long. Bracts and hracteoles 

 1 • 5 mm. long. Calyx 3 5-4 mm. in length. Corolla-tube 4 mm. long, 

 1-5 mm. wide at the base, and but little exceeding 2 mm. at the 

 throat. Upper lip 4*5 x 2*5 mm. ; lobes very obtuse, barely 1 mm. 

 long; lower lip 4 x 3 mm., its middle lobe 2x1-5 mm., the side 

 lobes 2x1 mm. Anthers exserted, the upper of either pair of cells 

 scarcely more than 1 mm. long, the lower including the strong, uearl.y 

 straight obtuse white spur almost 2 mm. in length. Ovary 1 - 5 mm. long. 



This has much the appearance of /. laxa T. And. and its allies ; 

 its characteristic features are, in association with the thyrsoid fulvous- 

 pubescent inflorescence, the linear floral leaves and the small flowers, 



Siphonoglossa Maeleodiae S. Moore in Macleod " Chiefs and 

 Cities of Central Africa," 304. Herba caule ascendente ali- 

 quanto geniculate satis distanter folioso piloso vel sparsim 

 piloso-puberulo ; foliis brevipetiolatis lineari- rarius oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis obtusis membranaceis praesertim juxta basin piloso-puberulis 

 mox fere glabris margine ciliolatis ; florihus in axillis superioribus 

 2-3 sessilibus subsessilibusve ; hractea calyci circa aequilonga 

 anguste lineari-lanceolata obtuse acuta margine pilis piloso- 

 hispidulis ciliata; hracteolis parvulis anguste lineari-oblongis 

 glabris ; calyeis segmentis 5 inter se inaequalibus lineari-lanceo- 

 latis longe acuminatis margine ciliolatis ; corollae tubo calycem 

 manifeste excedente anguste cylindrico faucibus leviter ampli- 

 ficato dimidio superiori puberulo ceterum glabro labio antico 

 elongate adusque medium diviso lobis lateralibus ovato-oblongis 

 intermedio ovato aequilongis omnibus obtusissimis labio postico 

 iibbreviato quadrato-ovato apice retuso ; staminibus breviter 



