MR. EYLES’S RHODESIAN PLANTS 51 
dentibus, calyce fructificante nutante inflato scabriusculo, corolle 
tubo calycem 14-plo excedente recto labio postico 3-fido antico 
‘obovato concavo, antheris exsertis, stylo apice < 
Hab. Deka eo South Rhodesia. No. 1 
Folia 2-0-3: . long —-0°7 cm. lat., mane ranacea, fac. 
sup. in sicco Beahinee: i ittasentia, oe oe ” Bplonstek tandem 
fere 20°0 cm. long. Bracter 0:4 ¢ 
ee, pubescentes. Pedicelli floris 0. 2. cm. frais 0-4 em. long 
Flores dilute violacei. Calyx floresc. intus nudus, totus 0:3 cm. 
ar “he Ne a 0°71 cm. lobi antici 0°13 em. long. Calyx 
fruct. in toto 0°6 cm. long., juxta a 0°3 cm. ore 0°5 cm. 
diam. ; lobus posticus patens, 0°25 cm. x 0:2 em.; lobi antici 
leviter i incurvi, 0°32 cm. long.; lobi Poe 0-2 cm. long. Corolle 
tubus 0°5 cm. long. ; th bium ‘posticum 0°12 au anticum 0-2 cm. 
oe Oe rum pars exserta 0°22 cm. long. 
Ps a Pat and 0, breviflorus Vatke. It can Ve 
recognize by the row sessile leaves, together with the 
te purple denidtinig bracts, exserted stamens, and inflated fruiting 
iyo 
ahaa rhodesiana, Sp. Nov. Fruticnlosa, crebro ramosa et 
foliosa, ramis teretibus cortice subcinereo obductis, ramulis gracil- 
limis subtiliter pubescent, foliis parvulis oppositis vel sub- 
oppositis eran rege vatis vel ovato-lanceolatis obtuse 
acutis rotun okie: fac the ndulis microscopicis lucentibus 
preeditis daa ilsidl day pabescstinhae, floribus parvis ieee 
in axillis solitariis vel binis, pedunculis gracilibus nutantibus quam 
s u 
contracto decolori, ce tubo calycem 4-plo excedente supern 
leviter solummodo tato labio postico late obovato rotundato- 
truncato labii antici ‘bo intermedio emarginato quam laterales 
saltem duplo latiore, staminibus breviter exsertis, eat parvulis 
ones obtusissimis superne breviter setuliferis 
o Hills. No. 159. 
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Folioram lamina modice 1-0-1-4 em. x 0°5-0°7 cm., _ ae 
coriacea, in sicco viridi-brunnescens ; petioli 0°3-0°4 cm. long., 
pubescentes. Pedicelli 0:°5-0-6 cm. long.: horum ndteihie: setacem, 
summum 0:1 cm. long., sepe vero breviores. Flores purpureo- 
.brunnei. Calyx florescens 0°6 em. long., 0°3 cm. lat.; fructescens 
1:2 cm. long., vix totidem lat., ore os modo 0°5 cm, lat. Corolle 
tubus 1: 0 cm. long., Aims age ulluium m majus, ima hye 0°3 cm. game 
0°5 cm. diam.; m posticum circa 0: x 06 ¢ antici 
lobus intermedius 1-0 em., lobi a ringer 0° 13 cm. lat. ‘Filamenta 
uno latere pubescentia, longiora 0-9 cm., breviora 0°7 em. long. 
u 
points. The chief characteristics 0 _ the | species are ‘the 3 very sma 
and relatively broad 
infema ibe begtin calyx, small sire aad fruiting ead: and 
exceedingly small achenes. 
