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ALABASTRA DIVERSA. — Parr XIII. 
By Spencer te M. Moorz, B.8c., F.L.S. 
(Puares 478, 480.) . 
Sertutum Mascarense. 
ACANTHACER (continued from p. 154). 
Mimulopsis Forsythii, sp. nov. Caule basi radicante sursum 
foliis ad normam generis parvis longipetiolatis ovatis vel ovato- 
oblongis obtusis vel cuspidato-acuminatis basi ater levissime 
cordatis margine crenulatis vel crenulato-dentatis memb 
nervis minute puberulis apr ps: fere glabris, cym apicem 
ramulorum abbreviatis paucifloris fulyo-pu oaths brand bracteolis 
lineari- vel oblanceolatis obtusis quam calyx brevioribus, calycis fere 
e um an 
brevissime calcarato nec alter aalia dissimili, stigmatis lobo postico 
abbreviato haud tuberculato, ovulis quoque in 
adagascar, Ambohimitombo Forest, Tanala ; Forsyth- 
Major, 378. 
Foliorum limbus modice 8-0-4: 0 cm. long. (raro fere 7-0 cm.), 
1:4-1°8 com. lat. (raro adusque 3-0 cm.), exstant itaque folia minora 
adhuc be 1:0-2:0 x 0°5-1-0 cm. metientia ; petioli solemniter 
0 cm. long., pase ey pubescentes. Cyme circa 3:0 x 3-0cm.; 
eieadli summum 1°3c¢m. long. Bracteole ane 0°35-0°55 em. 
long. og a lobi vix 1:0 cm. long., 0-1-0:2 em. lat. Corolle 
tubus 0-8 cm. long., ima basi 0°3 cm. * faucibus 0° Te em. diam. ; lobi 
obovato-rotundati, retusi, 07 x 0-7 cm. Antherarum staminaom 
anticorum loculi majores 0°35 cm. minores 0°32 cm. long. Ovari 
ovoideum, 0°3 em. long., 0-2 em. lat. Stylus inferne puberulus, 
1-2 cm. long.; stigmatis lobus alter 0-15 cm., alter 0:05 em. long. 
Easily distinguished among Madagascar species by the broad 
ee gialeo: wt ales of the calyx, together with the small corollas 
d the 
Melittacanthus, Justiciearum genus novum. (Plate 480.) 
Calyx amplus, campanulatus, alte 5-partitus, lobis lanceolatis 
inter se a Corollz# tubus sat 8, superne ampliatus ; 
limbus 2-labiatus labio postico lato su bifido (wstivatione 
interiore ?) late: flexis antico 8-lobo lobo i io 
e. Stamina 2, juxta ium tubum inserta; fila- 
menta breviter exserta; anthere 2- nee lato 
structs, loculus alter altero paullo altius affixus ambo 
: oblongi, basi 
mutici, Staminodia 0. Pollinis grana ambitu rotunda, eauns 
pe RE lamina circumferentiali instructa, 2-porosa (Giirtel- 
pollen). Discus breviter cupulatus. Stylus filiformis; stigma 
Journat or Borany.—Vou. 44. [Juny, 1906.] R 
