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arbre,” mens by mistake, unless there has been some trans- 
ference of la 
waite longipes, sp. nov. Verisimiliter fruticosa ramulis 
sat validie pluristriatis griseo- “pubescentibus, foliis anguste oblongo- 
r r mis dorso gr 
ceteris microscopice puberulis ieetietain pluristriatis vix nervosis 
chartaceis, bracteolis parvis ovato-lanceolatis ene subsequilongis, 
ealycis lobis anticis ovato-lanceolatis obtusis quam laterales ob- 
longo-ovati longioribus lobo postico ovato ‘ot integro situmionltsie 
omnibus obscure se corolle tubo bracteas excedente extus 
dense griseo-pubescente, antheris 2 ee ee ovario oblongo 
obscure pubernlo, stylo pilosinseulo, capsula 
Hab. Fort Dauphin; Cloisel, pag num 
Folia 4-5-8°0 cm. long., 0°8-2:0 ¢ Shak : costa media valde 
perspicua ; costs secundaris wing circa 10, Sascee arcuate, 
c : 5 cm. diam. " Bractese 
circa 1:3 x 0-8 cm. Bracteole 0-7 cm. long. Calycis lobi antici 
‘65 cm., laterales 0-4 cm., anticus 0°7 cm. long. iene veri- 
similiter flave tubus circa 2:3 cm. long., deorsu *25 cm., 
sursum 0°1 cm. diam. vel paullo ultra; limbus fere 2 5 cm. diam. 
Anthers "56 18 cm. long. Ovarium 0°83 em., stylus 1:3 cm. long. 
The habit is ‘that of C. iaeliae Oliv. and C. slower Cc. B. 
Clarke, but the plant differs from both, inéer alia, in the chartaceous 
striate bracts, in which respect the resemblance is with C. guineensis 
ees, though as regards many other characters, ¢.g., form of the 
spike, size “and shape of the bracts, &c., the two are abundantly 
As Mr. Clarke, who kindly examined the specimen, pointed out 
to me, ‘oe posticous calyx-lobe is peculiar, inasmuch as it is entire 
at the tip, and the nerves, usually so pr ronounced in this ie are 
very obscurely indicated. The pollen is, however, quite no 
Stenandriopsis, Justiciearum genus noyum. (Plate 4788.) 
Calyx adusque basin 5-partitus, lobis subseariosis comparate 
latis lobo postico reliquis majore. Corolle parve hypocraterimorphe 
tubus attenuatus, sursum dilatatus incurvusque; limbus 5-lobus, 
inter se wquales vel anticus minor. Stamina 4, didynama, infra 
affixa, inclusa; filamenta brevia; anthere inter se cohwrentes, 
rie ulares loculo yee: utico. Pollinis grana subspheroidea, 
ee omplanata ambitu eebeatan te. Ievia, rima unica instructa 
S caltenpolien). Stylus inclusus, ramis a beeviba yi lay ses 
in loeul apsula gi ong: tusa, fore 
basi ype be Semina ovali-oblonga, levia bah 
rugulata, retinaculis validis compressiuse 
