152 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
a careful examination convinces me that the plant is really a 
is a small undershrub with the characteristic 
inflorescence of Crossandra, and the hinder segment of its cal x 
undescribed, the following short diagnosis is here appended :— 
Crossanpra Borvini 8. Moore. Suffrutex parvus, ramis cortice 
papyraceo albido obductis, foliis parvis longipetiolatis oblongis vel 
oblongo-ovatis obtusis tenuiter membranaceis leviter uberulis, 
Spicis abbreviatis subsessilibus paucifloris, bracteis triangulari- 
obovatis sursum horizontalibus apice breviter spinuloso-acuminatis 
integris el t ticulati I is pul il racteolis 
Foliorum limbus 8°5-4:0 em. long., 12-20 em. lat.; petioli 
modice circa 15cm. long. Spica 1-3 em. long., cylindrica. Bractex 
fere 1:0 cm., bracteole 0°8 cm., calyx O'7 cm. long. Corolle tubus 
bu 
0:12 cm. diam.; limbus circa 0°6 cm. diam.  Pollinis grana 
i non vidi. 
Ss margine 
integris vel rarissime brevissime spinuloso-dentatis membranaceis 
microscopice puberulis reticulato-nervosis, bracteolis anguste lan- 
aus acuminatis calycem paullulum excedentibus, calycis lobis 
pubescente, ovario oblongo glabro, stylo piloso, capsula —— 
Hab. Fort Dauphin ; Cloisel, 74 and 86. 
