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breviter acuminatis niembranaceis viridibus puberulis, calycis 

 puberuli lobis anticis breviter connatis oblongis lobo postico 

 lineari-lanceolato quam lateralia linearia paullulum longiore lobis 

 omnibus acutis, corollas tubo extus sursuni pubescente bracteolas 

 paullulum excedeute leviter incurvo superae dilatato faucibus 

 intus pilis hispidis decurvis onusto limbo subbilabiato lobis 

 brevibus oblongo-obovatis emarginatis, filainentis basi puberulis 

 antheris aristatis, stylo inferne puberulo, stigmatis lobis inter se 

 par um inaequalibus, capsula . 



Plantula vix 10*0 cm. alt. Kamulorum sterilium folia modice 

 2*5-3*0 cm. long., 0*7 cm. lat. ; petioli summum circa 1-0 cm. long., 

 tomentosi; ramulorum fertilium folia 1*0 X 01 cm., horum pili 

 0-1-0-2 cm. long. Bracteolse vix 1-0 cm. long., 0*45 cm. lat., 

 harum nervas mediocriter prorninulae. Calycis lobus posticus 

 6 cm. long. ; lobi laterales 0-55 cm. ; loborum anticorum pars 

 libera modo 0-1 cm. long. Corollae tubus 1*7 cm. long.; deorsum 

 0-2-0-25 cm. faucibus 0*8 cm. diam. ; limbus 1-2 cm. diam. ; lobi 

 circa 0-4-0*5 x 0-15 cm. Filamenta longiora 0*5 cm., breviora 

 0*25 cm. long. ; anther® 0-3 cm. long. Stylus fere 1*5 cm., 

 stigmatis lobus alter 0-125 cm., alter 0*075 cm. long. 



Differs from P. Lepidagathis S. Moore, in the indumentum, the 

 much smaller leaves of the barren shoots, the corolla-tube dilated 

 above and closely pubescent, &c. 



Blepharis grisea, sp. nov. Humilis ramis e radice elongato 

 valido sparsissime ramuloso ascendentibus fastigiatis sursum 

 ramulos fertiles breves foliosos minute pubescentes gignantibus et 

 ramulos abbreviates steriles basi spiniferos, foliis saepissime 

 oppositis raro approximatis et tunc vix inaequalibus lineari-oblongis 

 obtusis apice ipso breviter spinosis vel mucronatis iuterdum vero 

 inermibus basi in petiolum brevem leviter angustatis margine 

 sparsim dentato-spiuulosis vel integris subcoriaceis minute griseo- 

 pubescentibus, ramulorum sterilium spinis rigidis etsi attenuates 

 simplicibus patentibus quam folia saapissime brevioribus, floribus 

 in spicis abbreviatis ramulos terminantibus pauci- (2-3-) floris dis- 

 positis, bracteis pro spica paucis ssepissime oblongo-obovatis (per- 

 paucis extimis oblongis) apice spinis 3-5 patentibus quarum 

 laterales debiliores sunt necnon breviores quam intermedia coro- 

 natis decoloribus prominenter 5-nervosis minute griseo-pubes- 

 centibus, bracteolis anguste linearibus acutis margine ciliatis a 

 bracteis superatis, calycis minute pubescentis lobo antico oblongo- 

 ovato dentibus acutis quam posticus ovato-lyratus apice emargi- 

 natus breviore lobis lateralibus lanceolatis acutis, corollae calycem 

 bene excedentis labio antico 3-lobo lobis oblongo-obovatis 

 emarginatis adjecto utrinque dente parvo obtuso, ovario ovoideo- 

 oblongo apice breviter angustato glabro, stylo inferne puberulo ubi 

 aliquantulum incrassato, capsula . 



Planta circa spithamea. Folia 1-5-2-5 cm. long., 0-4-0*7 cm. 

 lat., in sicco viridi-grisea ; costa centralis crassa, reliquae baud 

 aspectabiles. Spinse ramulorum sterilium saepissime 0*7-l'7 cm. 

 long. Spica (corollis inclusis) 2*5 x 1*5 cm. Bracteas (limbus) 

 1-2 x 7 cm.; harum spina intermedia 0-6-0-7 cm., laterales 



