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249, Dianth. (Eumala) mollis Raf. Just, li- 

 thospermif. nonnulis non omnis. Fruticosa mol- 

 lis villosa, ramis teretis, fol. petiol. ovatobl. basi 

 acutis, apice obt. acum. integris, fl. verticil, ax- 

 ill, sessilib. bract, linearib. galea emarg. labio 

 dilat. 3lobo South America, leaves uncial soft, 

 flowers large white. The real /. lithosp. dif- 

 fers by rough oblong leaves, flowers peduncul. 

 &c. This forms a subg, Eumala (well soften- 

 ed) by habit and calix subeq. cor. tube short < 

 thick, upper lip ovate obt. emarg. lower very 

 broad equaly trilobe, anthers oblique as in Lar- 

 naplagis, but the lower cell protruding or cau- 

 date as in Uranthera. 



250, IDANTHISA Raf. (aspect fl. eq.) diff. 

 Just. cal. 5 part. eq. cor. tubulosa recta, limbo 

 subeq. 4fido, Jac. unica supera magis divisa ut, 

 galea plana integra, antheris sagittatis 21oc. lo- 

 culis paralelis subobUq. insertis, stig. obt. Fru- 

 tcx* semperv.fl. axil, subspioatis another N. 

 G. of the Justicoides tribe, nearest akin to Ada- 

 toda fl. Tel. 969, but different by equal corolla, 

 galea not concave, anthers bilocul <c. 



IDANTHISA ligustrina Raf. glabra, ramis te- 

 retis, fol. subpetiol. lanceol. acutis coriaceis in- 

 tegris, superis linearib. sessil. ft. axil. sess. solit, 

 cor. lac. obi. obt. Fine shrub, sent me as Just, 

 superba (no such name in books) probably of 

 E. Indies, leaves uncial, flowers large nearly 2 

 inches long, apparently red or incarnate. 



251, RODATIA Raf. (hot.) diff. cal. ineq, 

 cor. limbo bilab, galea brevis biloba, labio dila- 

 tata eq. Sloba, antheris curvis 21oc. loc. paralelis 

 fl. spicatis bracteatis very peculiar habit, un- 

 like any of my G. except Flavicoma fl. Tel. 979. 



RODATIA reticulata Raf, ramis 4cost. 4sulc. 



