466 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
The following re rate froin the list of Dr. Rand’s Acan- 
thacese (Journ. Bot. x i, 201 
Blepharis innocua C. ‘8. Clashes: Buluwayo, early January. 
No. 281. 
Monothecium abbreviatum, sp.nov. Caule eae 2 
elato tereti geniculato pubescente, foliis graciliter petiolatis 
guste ellipticis obtusiusculis basi cuneatis fere glabris, plata 
pedunculatis abbreviatis densifloris, foliis floralibus ovato-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis bracteas bracteolasque lanceolatas subsequantibus 
una cum his et calycis segmentis minute pubescentibus, calycis 
segmentis linearibus nec setaceis, corolle labio postico integro, 
staminibus breviter exsertis, capsula claviformi puberula. 
ab. Ka opnte, British Kast Africa; G. F’. Scott Elliot, No. 7016 
pert rad Brit.). 
orum lamina 8°0-5-0 cm. long., tenuiter membranacea ; 
oatint rs 4-1:0 cm. long. Spica modo 1°5 em. long., 1:0 cm. diam. ~ 
Folia floralia circa 0°5 em. long. Ca here segmenta paullo in- 
equalia, 0-4-0°5 em. long. Corolle tubus 0°8 em. long., 0°12 cm 
lat., basi parum Petey ; limbi labium posticum lanceolatum, 
anticum trifidum, late oblongum, ambo 0:4 cm. long. sula 
short an d spikes and the linear, not setaceous, bracts and 
Paeteales are its chief siesilliavitice: 
Justicia (§ eo a. ‘parent sp.nov. Suffrutex ramo- 
sus, rigidus, ramis sat raro foliatis crebro ramulosis minute pubes- 
centibus, foliis parvis sessilis Poe vel lineari-oblongis obtusis 
primo arcte albo-tomentellis mox pubescentibus vetustis “puberulis, 
foliis aa i deta bracteolis oblongis acutiusculis 
calycem semizquantibus, calycis 5-partiti tomentelli coroll@ tubum 
subsequantis lobis bater se equalibus oblongis obtusis, corolle extus 
minu c 
antherarum loculis inequalibus vel subequalibus loc. inferiore 
nonnunquam ecalearato vel etiam obsolete, capsula minute pubes- 
cente 
ab. British Hast Africa, Masailand, at 6000 ft.; G. I’. Scott 
Elliot (Nos. 6593, 6637 in ae rb. Mus. Brit. 
hore ere 9 0°6-1°0 cm. long., ramulorum vero sepe usque ad 
0:2-0-3 cm. imminuta. Bracteole 0-2 em - long. Calyx 0-4 cm. 
long. ; lobi. parum carinati. Corolla purpurea, in toto vix 1:0 cm. 
long. ; hujus tubus 0°45 cm. long.; labium posticum ovato- 
oblongum, rh 0°32 cm. lat., ejus lobi rotundati, undulati, 
0°12 cm. long.; labii antici lobi late rotundati, lobus pe 
. 3 cm a a quam laterales paullo latior. Ovarium oblongu 
‘14 cm. long. Stylus pilosus. Capsula 0°7 cm. long., btasinscula 
Somnie triangulari-oblonga, tuberculata, pallide brunnea, 0°22 ¢ 
ong. 
Apparently nearest J. Urbaniana Lindau, which has strigose or 
hispid branches, sparsely hairy leaves, a different calyx, normal 
anthers, &c. 
