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long, 3-5 mm. wide below, increasing to double that width at the 

 throat ; lobes 12 mm. long (front one 18 mm.) and 8-10 mm. broad. 

 Staminal filaments 15 mm. long. Anthers ovate-oblong, 4' 5 mm. 

 long. Staminodes 5-6 mm. long. Ovary 2' 5 mm. long. Style 

 glabrous except for the pilose base, 25 mm. long. Caiisule 12 mm. 

 long, 6 mm. wide at the widest part, apparently 4-seeded, but seeds 

 not seen. 



Much like B. triacantha Hochst. in habit, but different from it in 

 several respects, notably in the calyx. For the lateral segments of 

 the calyx to exceed the outer segments, as they do here, is very 

 unusual in the genus. 



Barleria (§ Eu-Barleria) Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex 

 espinosus ramulis tetragonis frequenter foliosis ad nodes aliquan- 

 tulum tumidos piloso-puberulis tandem glabi'is ; foliis petiolatis 

 oblongo-ovatis apicem versus subito attenuatis apice mucronulatis 

 papyraceis pagina utravis glabris leviterque nitentibus ; florihus 

 pluribus ex axillis superioribus approximatis ortis inflorescentiam 

 densam ovoideam constituentibus breviter pedicellatis ; hracteis 

 calyce brevioribus linearibus puberulis ; calycis extus sparsim 

 puberuli intus pubescentis segmentis exterioribus late ovatis 

 margine undulatis vel rarissime dentatis ciliatis segmento postico 

 apice acute segmentis anticis fere ad apicem usque cennatis 

 segmentis lateralibus quam exteriora multo brevioribus lanceolatis 

 acutis ; corollae cyaneae extus puberulae tube calyci subaequilenge 

 cylindrice lobis anguste oblongo-obevatis pesticis paulle mineribus 

 antico altius solute ; staminibus lenge exsertis staminodiis 3 

 abbreviatis inter se subaequalibus 2 antheram parvam f ulcientibus ; 

 ovario late ovoideo acute glabro ; stylo exserte glabre. 



Oban; n. 1396. 



A shrub with smooth trailing leafy brancblets. Leaves 7-9 X 

 3 • 5-5 cm., the uppermost about 4*5x2 cm., drying a dark olive-green, 

 the underside sparsely studded with pale straw-coloured cystoliths, 

 nervation to the naked eye rather obscure ; petioles from 2 mm. in 

 the uppermost leaves to l'5-2"5 cm. in the lower, channelled and 

 puberulous above. Inflorescences (omitting the corollas) 4-5 x 3 ■ 5 cm. 

 Bracts 8 mm. long, scarcely 1 mm. broad. Pedicels 3 mm. long. 

 Flowers white with faint mauve shading. Fosticons segment of calyx 

 20 X 14 nnn. ; anticous 15 x 12 nnn., its two terminal teeth 1-2 nnn. 

 long ; lateral segments 7 mm. long, densely ciliated. Tube of corolla 

 17 X 4 mm. ; front segment 28 mm. long, other segments 22 mm., the 

 front segment 12 mm., the lateral 10 mm., and the hinder pair 7 mm. 

 broad. Filaments thick and fleshy, 4*7 cm. long. Anthers 3 mm. 

 long ; staminodes, like the filaments dilated at the base, 3 mm. long, 

 their anthers 1 " 5 mm. in length. Ovary 2 mm. long. Style 6 cm. long. 



The affinity is with B. Broivnii S. Moore, a Uganda plant which 

 it much resembles in leaf and inflorescence. That species, however, 

 has much smaller and differently-shaped calyx-segments and corollas, 

 etc., diflerent in several respects. I am indebted to IMr. Turrill, of 

 the Kew Herbarium, for directing my attention to this as a new 

 species of Barleria. 



