294 ALABASTRA DIVERSA. 
BLEPHARIS PRATENSIS, sp, 200. 
ramoso_tereti scabriusculo deinde glabro, foliis 
subnitentibus obscure pube subtus 
scabridis, spicis terminalibus interdum vero axillaribus pleru iis 
2-ve ruris raro simplicibus brevibus, pedunculis spicas su - 
latis apiculatis integris vel sparsim spinoso-dentatis — puberuli is, 
apice bifido, éorollss ‘abi anteriori 1°5 cm. ae. 
filamentis glabris, ones loculo altero omnino obsoleto 1-locularibus, 
eapsulis mihi ignot 
ab,—In praia “humidis littorum zanzibarensium coll. Hilde- 
breviora. Folia 3-6 cm. tee, 0-4-1: 0 em. lat. Phares crerulei. Pe. 
dunculi 0°5-1°3 em. long. Bractew circiter 0°7-1:2 cm. long. Seg- 
mentum calycis posterius 3-nervium ong., anterius 2-ner- 
vium paullo excedens; segmenta lateralia lanceolata, 1 cm. long., 
puberula. Corolle tubdus angustus, 0:25 em. lon ng.; abil 
anterioris lobi ovati, obtusi ; 3 posterioris brevissimi, rotundati, glabri. 
Staminium postiecorum filaments incurva, 0'5 cm. long.; anticorum 
lucrate, Solan ‘(Schweinfurth Fl. Atthiop., p. 107), evi- 
denter arcte affinis, differt attamen, BS ex peg keidy patet, interno- 
_ longitudi i i 
nt Solms speaks of the coe of his s species as being 
‘usually axillary, though it would staal from the description to be 
-essenti i hat of B ; viz., at the base of the 
short pedunele is seated a Mati of it leaves. It is quite plain that 
this subfloral whorl i is nothing 
axis 
se can I see a truly axillary eee 
and that is on a Saaly fiseldend shoot 
vee STROBILANTHES FORMOSANA, sp. nov. 
Ramosa, eaule ad nodos inferiores radicante 
biltsspabencente, foliis Bieiteer oat vel sub 
: vel obovatis serrato-crenatis sparsim hirsut 
Fiderechta us, pedunculis oppositis pauci- (1-3) flo: 
crasso tetragono hir- 
sessi ilibus lenueolade: 
his paribus inte 
ealycis laciniis subequalibus linearibus obtusis caatee -plo breviore, 
eorolle recte obscure puberule ioe sensim ampliato limbi lobis 
rotundato-ovatis obtusis, staminibu 4, filamentis longioribus infra ad 
eas ais Le ciliatis bievincibas idee capsula oblonga ealycis laciniis 
Bake Ins. Form osa (Oldham, no. 406 !). 
Folia 1:5-7-0 em. Jong., 1-3.em. lat. Pedunculi 1-0-2-7 om. long., 
