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harum 0°13 cm. long. Capsula vix 1:0 cm. long., 0°15 em. lat. 
Semina 0-1 cm. long., dilute punice 
e compared with H. senegalensis T. And., a West patie: 
plant with which it has much a resemblance. he flow 
are, however, different in the two cases, those of H. Bee oA eae 
aving a considerably longer age and limb. Moreover, the un 
equally lobed calyx, emphatically didynamous stamens, ceil 8- seeded 
capsule are divergent points worthy of mention. 
Ruellia patula Jacq. Buluwayo, early Jan. Nos. 177, 178. 
Dyschoriste Fischeri Lindau. Buluwayo, Dec., early Jan. and 
May. Nos. 181, 182, 383. 
Strobilanthopsis 
Acanthacearum e tribu Ruelliearum genus novum (tab. 410A). 
x 5-partitus, segmentis linearibus, squalibus vel leviter 
inequalibus. Corolle ewstivatione contorte tubus deorsam angustus, 
sursum eximie amplificatus et venoso-palatiferus; limbus obscure 
bilabiatus, labii inferioris lobo mediano lateralibus paullo majore. 
tamina 4, didynama, juxta medium tubum affixa, vix exserta; 
filamenta per paria lateralia in membranam decurrentem coalita; 
anther omnes inter se equales, oblonge, dorsifixe, 2-loculares, 
loculis sequalibus, parallelis, basi mucronatis. Pollinis grana 
ellipsoidea, costis longitudinalibus circa 8 induta iat none 
pore 3, costales. Discus apa s. Stylus inclusus, apice 
latus, lobo Beech dentiformi. Ovula quove in loculo 2, ene 
u unquam subo wslen, Se ei apa ie rate - 
ang ‘diate, sitjuantels compressa, 2 ma, rarissime 1-sper 
Suffrutex erectus cerebro tenuit arya Sateen, glandulosus. “Bolla 
parva, membranacea, integerrima. ts res majusculi, ad apicem 
—— brevium resceeiiee vel pau 
S. hircina, Ramis sean pti pert — 
labris, foliis Ppathitatie vel lineari- espe obtusis crebro 
glanduloso- srg nec ultra 1:0 cm. long. (plerisque vero ie vi- 
oribus) 0°2-0°25 em. lat., saree lobis oe dense glanduloso- 
pubescentibu 8 aes em. long. 0-1- vix 0:2 em. lat., co ee 
glabra in toto vix 8-0 cm. long., tubo “imidio inferiore 0-2 em 
dimidio superiore 0°8 cm. diam., limbo vix 2:0 em. diam. hujus 
lobis ses re pr eee 0-7-0'8 em. long., antheris obtusis 
long. 
0°3 cm. long., o 0°35 cm. long., stylo vix 1:8 cm. 
pubetils, _stignatis lobo antico 0-1 em. long., capsula glabra, 
1-2-1°5 em. long., seminibus sordide ae 0-2 cm. lat 
Hab. Wort Gibbs, Rhodesia; Sept. 1898. No. 64 40. 
After spending much time over this plant, I find myself com- 
pelled, although unwillingly, to propose a new genus for its 
genera as Mellera and Mimulopsis. There seems justification, there- 
ore, for regarding the new genus as a link between the tribes 
Eu-Ruelliee and Strobilanthee a3 understood by Mr. C. B. Clarke. 
The African plant referred by the late Mr. Bentham to Strobilanthes 
