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` Nearest to Naiadothrix reflexa (Benth.) Pennell, comb. nov. 
| Herpestis reflexa Benth. in DC. Prod. 10: 399. 1846] of Brazil, 
which differs in being puberulent, and in having shorter pedicels 
_and longer calyx. Naiadothrix myriophylloides (Benth.) Pen- 
nell, comb. nov. [Herpestis myriophylloides Benth. l. c., 308. 
1846], of Brazil, is the only other known species of the genus. 
ENCOPELLA Pennell, nom. nov. 
Encopa Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 184. 1866. Not Encopea, Presl, 
Bot. Bemerk. 83. 1844. 
Type species: Encopa tenuifolia Griseb. 
Encopella tenuifolia (Griseb.) Pennell, comb. nov. 
Encopa tenutfolia Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 184. 1866. 
Sandy shores of lagoons, Santa Clara, Pinar del Rio and Isle 
of Pines. Endemic. 
ANISANTHERINA Pennell, gen. nov. 
Stem erect, 1-4 dm. tall, branching, hirsute-pubescent with 
reflexed-spreading dark-jointed hairs. Leaves opposite, sessile, 
linear, sparingly minutely lobed, scabro-pubescent above, 4-6.5 
cm. long. Pedicels 25-35 (—45) mm. long, bibracteolate about 
the middle. Calyx of 5 united sepals, the lobes shorter than the 
tube. Corolla 12-14 mm. long, pinkish (not seen fresh), the lobes 
much shorter than the tube, the two posterior united only at base; 
within glabrous proximally, but pubescent over the bases of the 
posterior lobes. Filaments 4, lanate distally, the posterior pair 
shorter; anther-sacs unequal, the outer one smaller, glabrous. 
Style glabrous. Stigma linear, consisting of two lines, one down 
each side of style-apex. Capsule 7-8 mm. long, globose “kria a 
mucro, glabrous, loculicidal and septicidal. Seeds 0.6-0.8 m 
long, oblong-linear, reticulate, dark-brown, wingless. [Name 
from avoos, unequal, and av@ypa, anther. | 
This monotypic genus resembles Agalinis, which however has 
both anther-sacs alike, pedicels not bracteolate, and seeds wider. 
Anisantherina hispidula (Mart.) Pennell, comb. nov. 
Gerardia hispidula Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3: 13. 1829. 
Moist savannas and borders of lagoons in pineland, Santa 
Clara, Pinar del Rio, Isle of Pines; Panama; Brazil. 
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