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Amphiestes, Justiciearum genus novum. (Plate 480s.) 
Calyx hyalinus, bilabiatus, labio antico bifido binervoags postico 
tridentato trinervoso, labiig duobus basi connatis. Corolle tubus 
superne gradatim dilatatus, rectus; limbus bilabiatus, ialio't postico 
erecto integro, antico ampliore tridentato. Stamina 2, faucibus 
sigs ge  exserta 5 a: 1- loculares, m utice. tami- 
n 
pollen), Disous capularis. Sieius filiformis, apice bilobus; ovula 
quoque in loculo 2. Capsula ovoideo-oblonga, a basi 4-sperma, 
placentis a valvis hand solvendis. Semina fere levia, retinaculis 
complanatis | eraitiatis fulta. —Verisimiliter suffrutex parvus. Folia 
ampla, integerrima. Flores panicula terminali laxa ramosa 
dispositi, sessiles vel ramulos breves coronantes. Bractew parve. 
Bracteole 4, per paria decussata insert, rs teres con- 
stituentes, interiores cum calycis labiis altern 
Amphiestes glandulosa, s nica. “Caule erect folioso 
glanduloso-pubescente, foliis ellipticis acutis vel obtusis basin 
versus in petiolum angustatis tenuiter membranaceis pilo a -pube- 
is, paniculis foliis longioribus distanter plurifloris glanduloso- 
pubescomeits, bracteis. vetustioribus pappevintis junioribus lineari- 
and volucris 1-floris, aac 
peiocoribas FRE versus connatis slenpaiia ovato-oblongis sursum 
ianccatati acuminatis quam exteriores manifeste brevioribus extus 
sursum puberulis, calycis quam bracteole interiores minoris labiis 
lineari-lanceolatis microscopice ciliolatis, corolle extus piloso-pu 
scentis tubo bracteolis exterioribus longioribus labio postico lanceo 
lato antico ovato, filamentis crassiusculis piloso-puberulis, 0 
a disco amplo magna pro parte obtecto ovoideo- - stiES plahiée, 
stylo glabro. 
Hab. North Madagascar; Baron 6678. 
Stirps saltem 85 cm. alt. Internodia circa 6-0-8-0 cm. long. 
Foliorum Timbus 90-120 x 0°4-0°5 cm., exstant vero folia pauca 
petioli 0°5-2°5 cm. long., pubescentes. Panicula 15-0 x 10-0 cm., 
er eee Benen Bractes modice 0-2-0-7 em., bracteole ext. 
3-1:5 em., int. 1-0 cm. long. Calyx 0°6-0°7 cm. long.; labii 
antiel lobi 0°15 cm. long., postici dentes laterales 0-03 cm., inter- 
medius 0°05 cm. long. Corolle tubus circa 2-0 cm., labium posticum 
0°75 cm., antici lobi modo 0°1 cm. long. Filamentorum pars ex- 
serta 0-4 cm., anther 0°38 em. long. Discus 0°12 cm. alt., leviter 
undulatus. Ovarium 0°15 cm., stylus 2-0 cm. long. oe la 
0°75 ae semina ie 0-2 cm. long., hee in sicco brunne 
A singular plant, which I feel justified in referring ay a genus 
ee undescribed., Its affinity is, of course, with Hypoestes, ot 
actinomorphic calyx , but, as will be seen by a glance at By g-t 
of Plate 4808, to a eat difference i in structure. The calyx, 
