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Phaylopsis Betonica, sp. nov. Caulibus tenuibus verisimi- 
liter decumbentibus fere omnimodo foliosis pubescentibus deinde 
glabrescentibus, foliis og sessilibus vel subsessilibus oblongo- 
lanceolatis obtusis ba ensim angustatis paullulum vel hau 
obliquis salabonnhicis ect thie utrinsecus puberulis, spicis cylin- 
dricis plurifloris folia circa aequa antibus, foliis floralibos obovato- 
corollze tubo anges ampliato calyce paullulum int soe gino 
limbus bilabiatus longiore, antheris breviter exsertis basi mucro 
natis, ovario oblongo apice pubescente, stylo joclass silnee: 
pubescente. 
ab. Congo Free State, Mt. Senga; Késsner, sang 
Caules spithamei vel paullo ultra. Folia plera 
7-10 mm., in sicco (subtus dilutius) luteolo- caneniiiay oystolithi 
sub lente nequaquam perspicui; petioli summum 3 
ep 3-4 x 1-5-2 Folia floralia 10-15 mm. long., 3-5-7 mm. 
Homoplas ath ‘oveal weimly ‘of Justicia § Betonica, and 
easily recoil y the resemblance. 
Barleria (§ Ev- pistes _ eri, nome Circa spi- 
thamea ca ‘atibas e rhizomate crasso ascend cube simplicibus 
fere a basi foliosis piloso- hispidulis, she sessile brevissime 
petiolatis oblanceolatis obtusis vel obtusissimis orbs sbmedio. 
anguste aes ovoideo sur bescente, nia exserto ae 
ovulis quoque in loculo 2 ptaciors nano, capsula inferne ovoidea 
superne rostrata sparsim pubescente 2-sperma 
Hab. Congo Free State, Niember River, under trees ; Kédssner, 
3010a. 
Caulis 2 mm. diam. vel paullulum minus; internodia 2-4 cm. 
