( 430 ) 
acute at the apex, entire, very thin, pale-green, the midrib and 
ate, strongly t-nerved; bractlets 3, united at the base, 2 cm. longs 
inear-attenuate; calyx pee to - base, the segments 1.5 cm 
long, lanceolate, acuminate, 2.5 mm. bread; corolla-tube 4 cm. 
long, eugene en lightly anes lower lip 2.5 cm. long, the 
lobes 1 cm. long; upper lip slightly shorter; stamens shorter than 
the corolla, the filaments thickish; anthers 7 mm, long, the thecae 
overlapping, the lower conspicuously spurred ; style a little longer 
than the stamens, thickish, the stigma obscurely 2-lobed. (Vo. 
2546.) 
Justicia Ruspyana Lindau, Mem. Torrey Club 4: 243. (lVa. 
2544.) The same as vo. 379. 
Justicia ( Vas¢ca) robusta sp. nov. 
oftly pubescent, the principal veins long-pilose, the upper leaf- 
surfaces gear strigose ; aa short, stout, sub-erect; petioles 
c 
nearly to the base, the lobes linear-attenuate, green, strongly gray- 
pilose; corolla-tube 5 mm. long and broad, contracted at the sum- 
mit, an intruded large fold near the lobes, strongly 3-ribbed, the 
appendage ; slay pio the stamens, recurved at the summit; 
fruit not seen - 240 
Mr. Bang says ‘“ " einer 30 ft. high, with yellow flowers in 
wet forest-mould; scarce. Coroico, Sept. 2, 1894.” There must 
be some mistake in the plant, as it does not appear to be a climber, 
and its flowers are of some red color. 
Justicia (Dianthera) subintegrifolia a nov. 
Glabrous; branches slender, weak an what reflexed, 
coarsely sulcate; leaves tapering into a oe ‘channeled petiole, 
0.71.5 dm. long, 3-4.5 cm. broad, ovate, acuminate and acute a 
both ends, obsoletely ei thin, pale-preen, the midrib narrowly 
channeled above, prominent underneath, like the 5 or 6 irregular 
