222 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
liberis inter se subequalibus exterioribus anguste lineari- gore 
obtusis interioribus angustissime lineari-lanceo atis acuminati 
omnibus margine membranaceis necnon ciliatis puberulis, aya 
quam involucrum multo breviore ultra medium partito ere | sub- 
ubo involue requ 
extus ‘iis i paitteraks rite, ostico o inoats Oa coins tan 
obovato breviter 3-lobo, sta ites labiis per scans ovario anguste 
ovoideo glabro, stylo glabro, capsul 
Sar Fort Dauphin ; Cloisel, 
-0-1°5 cm. lon ne» 0°5-0'8 em. lat. ; costa media fac. inf. 
marginem Py siaiic: petioli i 0°:2-0°3 em. long., griseo-pubescentes. 
Folia floralia + 0°5 x 0°35 cm. Spice modice 2:0-6:0 cm. long. 
Bracteole exteriores 0°65-0-7 cm., interiores 0°6 cm. long., _ 
superne fuscescentes. Calyx in toto 0°3 cm., ejus tubus Ole 
long. Corolle tubus 0°7 cm. long., 0° 1 cm. diam.; labium postoum 
ait 0-1 cm. long. 
nay | nearest = microphylla Baker, which has longer 
lanceolate leaves, lanceol Mot clenepet corolla with limb only half 
as long as tube, a pean Saas 
The involueres have been dosecibed as 1-flowered, but the very 
small rudiment of a second flower (only 0-08 cm. in length) is to 
be seen in ‘otis cases. Possibly this may sometimes develop into 
a perfect flower. 
Hypoestes betsiliensis, sp.nov. Caule eee pamoso cortice 
albido obducto, ramis tetrag. gonis subdistantibus foliosis erectis 
microscopice puberulis, foliis ‘breviter petiolatis fensscleels sursum 
e 
corolle breviter acaatitl pyar’ obl ongo glabro, stylo puberulo. 
, Madagase ; Hildebrandt, 3905. 
Folia modica 3°5-5:0 a “hies. 1°3-2°0 (raro 2°5) cm. lat. ; 
coste secundarie utrinque 5, pe ‘fornicate. Bractee gradatim 
te, tandem circa 0°5 long. Bracteole exteriores 
0°6 ig interiores 0°55 ‘tik: long. " Calyx 0°3 em. long. Corolle 
tubus 1°3 cm. long., juxta basin 0°1cm. faucibus 0°45 cm. diam. ; 
limbi labia circa 1:0 cm. long. Ovarium 0°2 em., stylus 1-35 cm. 
ng: 
ear 1. saxicola Nees, but easily distinguishable from it by the 
smaller differently shaped involucres. 
