214 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
jue Justicia xerophila, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
UX 
Species sectionis Calophanotdis affinis speciei praecedenti a 
qua habitu gracillimo suberecto, floribus minoribus, calyce 
diverso recedit. 
Planta suberecta basi sublignosa caulibus circ. 10 cm. longis 
gracillimis flexuosis minute fulvido-pilosulis. Folia petiolo 1-3 
mm. longo pilosulo instructa ; lamina vulgo 1 cm. longa, circ. 
4 mm. lata, lanceolata vel oblanceolata, apice acuta vel obtusius- 
cula, haud acuminata, basi cuneata, integra, tenuiter papyracea, 
u 
bracteae 3-5 mm. longae late obovatae vel suborbiculares 
foliaceae, ut folia indutae; bracteolae circ. 2 mm. longae, sub- 
lineares. Calyx viridis circ. 5 mm. longus in lobos sublineares 
acuminatos sparsim pilosulos vel subglabros fere ad imum fissus. 
Corolla ex collectore alba, in sicco flavescens, 7-8 mm. longa, 
extra fere glabra; corollae structura et genitalia cum eis /. 
yunnanensis congruunt. Fructus glaber seminibus quatuor 
tuberculato-rugosis. 
“China :—Yunnan, tertres arides—pied des montagnes 
calcaires a ke kou. Alt. 2400 m.; plante vivace, sous-ligneuse, 
maine gazonnante; fl. blanches. July.” E. E. Maire. No. 
196 (1913) in Herb. Edin. 
Justicia xylopoda, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis J. yunnanensi, W. W. Sm. infra descriptae a 
‘qua basi perlignosa, habitu nano ramosissimo, foliis minoribus 
discriminatur. 
Planta nana fruticosa 7-30 cm. alta, caudice crasso lignoso, basi 
ramosissima ; caules plus minusve decumbentes, apice ascen- 
entes, minute fulvido- vel albido-pilosuli. Folia petiolo 2-3 mm. 
longo pilosulo instructa; lamina 10-13 mm. longa, 4-5 mm 
lata, lanceolata vel subelliptica, apice obtusa, basi cuneata, 
integra, tenuiter papyracea, utrinque minute et sparsim pilosula, 
ad nervos vix densius. Flores vulgo in axillis superioribus 
orientes 1~3-fasciculati; bracteae 3- 5 mm. longae obovatae 
vel petiolo parvo suborbiculares, foliaceae, ut folia indutae; 
bracteolae plerumque minutae ovatae; pedicelli brevissimi. 
Calyx viridis circ. 5 mm. longus in lobos lineari-lanceolatos 
acuminatos ad costulam dense pilosulos marginibus subscariosos 
fere ad imum fissus. Corolla ex collectore pallido-flava vel 
viridi-flava, in sicco intus rubido-maculata, circ. 1 cm. longa, in 
flore aperto glabra; corollae structura et genitalia cum eis 
ee J. yunnanensis congruunt. Fructus maturus deest. 
e ‘Chi 
:—Yunnan, Yangtze valley at Ta-Ku. Lat. 27° 30° 
