Jhjsanthes] Lxxxix. scropiiulariace/K. 765 



3. I. andongensis IJiern, sp. nov. 



An erect, iisuall)' niucli branched, elegant, slight herb, 2 to 

 3 in. high, glabrous throughout or minutely glandular; stem 

 tetragonal ; branches more or less divaricate, opposite or alternate ; 

 leaves opposite, oval-oblong, obtuse at the apex, somewhat 

 narrowed to the rather broad sessile base, quite entire or scai-cely 

 repand, membranous, herbaceous- green on both faces, ^V to \ in. 

 long by TjV to ^^^ in. broad ; venation inconspicuous ; flowers 

 numerous, axillary and terminal, alternate, about \ in. long ; 

 peduncles ^^ to ^- in. long; calyx ^.j to y^ in. long, funnel-shaped 

 campanulate; its lobes 5, broadly ovate, rounded obtuse or 

 scarcely apiculate at the apex, about half as long as the tube ; 

 corolla purple ; the lower lip trifid, about y\r in. long ; the middle 

 lobe broadly oblong, obtuse, ^^ in. long ; the lateral lobes broadly 

 ovate, rather obtuse, t^V in. long ; the upper lip subentire, y\ in. 

 long, obtuse, ovate ; perfect stamens 2, posterior, with equal 

 anther-cells; staminodia 2, anterior, with filaments, without 

 anthers ; fruit oblong or elliptic-oblong, about \ in. long ; pericarp 

 thin ; seeds minutely papillose. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In damp pastures with short grass, between 

 Candumba and the river Cuanza, plentiful : fl. and fr. March 1857. 

 Xo. 5871. 



This is nearly related to /. trichotoma Urb., but the calyx-teeth are 

 obtuse ; the following No. possibly belongs here, as a variety : — 



PuNCJO Andongo. — A very slender, annual herblet, with an erect 

 stem and purple flowers. In the swampy parts of Pedras de 

 Guinga, in company with Utrkiilaria exilis Oliv. ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. 

 No. 5879. 



4. I. stictantha Hiern, sp. n. 



An annual berb, ^ to 1 ft. long, mostly prostrate or prostrate- 

 ascending, slender, dichotomously or less commonly the upper 

 ones trichotomously branched, nearly glabrous or minutely 

 glandular-puberulous ; stem and branches pale green, tetragonal ; 

 leaves opposite, ovate, subobtuse at the apex, rather abruptly 

 narrowed at the subsessile or shortly petiolate base, glaucous 

 at least beneath, somewhat fleshy or succulent, serrulate, incon- 

 spicuously nerved and veined, ^ to 1 in. long by 1 to | in. broad ; 

 the serratures small, narrowly revolute on the margin ; petioles 

 ranging up to 1 in. long ; peduncles alternate, axillary, solitary, 

 h to \ in. long, sub-erect or in fruit more or less spreading ; 

 flowers solitary, |^ to | in. long ; calyx oblong, somewhat narrowed 

 at the base, \ to ^ in. long ; persistent, unequally 5-cleft ; the 

 tube 5-costate ; the lobes lanceolate-subulate, nearly as long as 

 or shorter than the tube ; corolla white, scattered with atro 

 purpureous dots; the upper lip undivided, straight, rounded at 

 the apex, fringed ; the lower lobe tritid, with spreading lobes ; 

 stamens 4, the two anterior ones fertile, style flattened ; stigma 

 laminiform, ovate; capsule linear-oblong, | to 5. in. long, acute 

 at the apex. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In the damp parts of palm groves on the left 



