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majore ac calcar bene evolutuin apice bicrurum gerente, stylo 

 obtuso, capsula ignota. 



Hab. Earior ad dnmeta prope Condo, Nbille et Buniba distr. 

 Pungo Andongo. (Nos. 5085, 5092.) 



Ex affinitate J. palustm (Adhatoda, Nees) sed caule pubescenti- 

 villoso, et foliis majus coriaceis ac scabridis, et floribus multo 

 majoribus ab ea distincta: itaque ob notas citatas a J. pticata, Vahl 

 et J. minor e, Anders, baud longe distare videtur. 



Herba 2-3 pedalis ereeta scoparie raniosa. Caulis 2-4 cm. 

 crassus. Folia 4-8*5 cm. long, et 1-2-5 cm. lat. : petioli 0-2-0-8 

 cm. long., pubescenti-villosi. Bractese circiter l'O cm. long., 

 0-15-0-22 cm. lat., firmiuscuhe, siccse baud atrata?. Calyx 0-7 cm. 

 long., lobi ejus divaricati, puberuli. Corolla labii antici lobi ovato- 

 rotundati, postici ovati, obtusi. 



J. monechmoides (sp. nov.) — Caule subtetragono crebre stri- 

 goseque puberulo longitudinaliter canaliculato, foliis membranaceis 

 breyipetiolatis lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis scabriusculis, spicis 

 sessilibus terminalibus vel axillaribus folia equantibus vel iis revera 

 longioribus vel abbreviatis, bract eis amplis ovatis vel oblongo- 

 ovatis acutis viscoso-hirsutis calycem occulentibus, calycis lobis 

 5 subaequalibus linearibus birsutulis, corollas tubo quam calyx 

 breviore e basi levissime dilatato labio postico brevissime 2-lobo 

 fere integro, antberis valide calcaratis, disco integro, ovario oblongo- 

 ovoideo brevissime stipitato, stigmate obtuso, capsula obovoidea 

 levissime rostrata sericeo-pubescente, seminibus quave in capsula 

 2 Iambus retinaculis truncatis sufiultis. 



Hab. In dumetosis humidiusculis ad Imbondeiro dos Lobos 

 distr. Loando. (Nos. 5065, 5123, 5140, 5184.) 



Herba 1|— 2-pedalis, laete viridis, ereeta, basi pauce ramosa. 

 Folioruni lamina ad 5-0 cm. long, et 2-5 cm. lat. ; petioli usque ad 

 0*7 cm. long., crebre puberuli. Spicae 0-(j-4-0 cm. long, et 1-0 cm. 

 lat., alternse (an rarissime opposite?). BracteaB 0-7-0-8 cm. 

 longitudine, siccse virides. Flores albi, indt ores. Calycis lobi et 

 corolla 0-5 cm. et capsula 0-7 cm. long. Semina segve 0-3 cm. 

 diam., obscure reniformia, nitida. 



This very distinct species, as its name imports, has a great 

 resemblance to the section Monechma. The essential character of 

 that section, unfortunately overlooked by Bentham in the ' Genera, 1 

 is that the spikes are in opposite axils, a character which is not 

 possessed by the spikes of J. monechmoides, unless perhaps near the 

 point where they change from axillary to terminal. 



J. LiETA (sp. nov.) — C ule erecto tetragono cinereo patenti- 

 pubescente, foliis amplis membranaceis ovato lanceolat cuspidatis 

 e basi attenuata in petiolum brevem abeimtibus utrinque \n\ eipue 

 vero subtus piloso-pubescentibus, spicis axillaribus pedunculitis ac 

 tlnysoideo-teriiiiiialibus, brack bracteolisque subiequalibus ovato- 

 lanceolatis sublivalino membranaceis trinerviis extua puberulis 

 margine ciliolatis, calycis lobis quam corolla' tubus paullo 

 brevioribus lanceolatis bracteis bracteolisque consimilibus lobo 

 quinto deficiente, corollte tubo satis elongate a basi ipsa gradatim 



