ALABASTRA DIVERSA 229 



0-2-0-4 cm. long. ; extimaB circa 0-6x0-3 cm.; harum spina 

 terminalis 1-0 cm. long. BracteolaB 0-7 X 0*1 cm., eminenter 

 1-nervosas. Calycis lobus anticus 1-1 cm. long., ejus dentes 

 lineari-laneeolati, 0*2 cm. long.; lobus posticus 17 cm. long., 

 inferne 06 cm., superne 0-3 cm. lat. ; lobi laterales 0-7 cm. long. 

 Corolla 2-5 cm. long. ; tubus 0-4 cm., limbus summum 1-1 cm. 

 lat. ; lobi 0-4 cm. long. Ovarium 0-2 cm., stylus 1-0 cm. long. 



Recognized by the grey pubescence, the linear-oblong entire or 

 weakly spinous leaves, the few-flowered spikes, and the bracteoles. 



Barleria (§ Prionitis) Eenii, sp. nov. Fruticulosa caule 

 tetragono primo puberulo cito glabro inferne nudo superne pauci- 

 folioso, foliis parvis brevipetiolatis oblongis apice obtusis (non- 

 nunquam emarginatis) ipso mucronatis basi paullo angustatis pilis 

 paucis strigosis appressis costas costulisque adspersis exemptis 

 glabris creberrime glandulosis in sicco viridi-lutescentibus, spinis 

 interpetiolaribus dum adsint brevibus rectis debilibus, floribus 

 in pseudospica terminali abbreviata pauciflora dispositis, bracteis 

 calycem aequantibus vel ab iis superatis spathulato-oblongis apice 

 obtusissimis ipso mucronatis fac. inf. costis costulisque pilis strigosis 

 appressis copiose onustis, bracteolis lineari-subulatis bracteas saepe 

 subjequantibus debilibus glabris, calycis lobo antico bidentato ut 

 lobus posticus sursum gradatim attenuatus ovato-laneeolato lobis 

 lateralibus reliquis asqualibus vel etiam paullo longioribus lanceo- 

 latis sursum attenuatis omnibus pilis glandulosis passim donatis, 

 corollas flav^e tubo brevi sat attenuato juxta medium paullo 

 contracto basi aliquanto dilatato limbo subbilabiato lobo antico 

 quam reliqui altius soluto lobis omnibus oblongo-obovatis obtu- 

 sissimis, staminibus 2 exsertis 2 e filamento brevi et anthera 

 parva subrotunda sistentibus staminodio minimo, ovario ovoideo 

 sursum attenuato glabro, stylo puberulo, stigmatis lobis subcon- 

 fluentibus, ovuli secundi rudimento minimo. 



Folia 2-0-4-0 cm. long., 1-0-1-5 cm. lat., membranacea ; costae 

 secundarias utrinque 4, ascendenti-arcuatae, utrinsecus parum 

 eminentes; petioli lati., fac. sup. parum excavati, circa 03 cm. 

 long. Inflorescentia circa 2-0 cm. long., corollis neglectis paullo 

 ultra 1-0 cm. diam. Bracteae 0-8-1-3 cm. long., superne 0-5 cm. 

 lat., dorso carinatae, longitrorsum 3-5-nervosaB. Bracteolas ± 0-5 cm. 

 long. Calycis lobi 1-0 cm. long., vel paullulum ultra. Corolke 

 tubus 1-1 cm. long., basi 0-35 cm., paullo supra medium 0-2 cm., 

 faucibus 0-3 cm. diam. ; lobus anticus 1-2 cm., lobi postici 0-8 cm. 

 long., omnes circa 0-65 cm. lat. Filamenta stam. 2 ad 0-9 cm. supra 

 basin corolhe tubi inserta, 1-6 cm. long. ; antherae 0-3 cm. long.; 

 stam. 2 filamenta vix 0*1 cm. long., anthera* 0*08 x 0-07 cm.; 

 staminodium 0*04 cm. long. Ovarium 0-4 cm., stylus 2.2 cm. long. 



A distinct species, known by the short interpetiolar spines and 

 the oblong-spathulate bracts, together with the small glandular 

 calyx with its anticous lobe broader above and 2- toothed at the top. 



Barleria (§ Acanthoidea) jubata, sp. nov. — Verisimiliter fruti- 

 culosa ramia validis crebro foliosis pilis simplicibus dense albo- 

 pubescentibus, foliis parvis oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis apice 

 obtusis vel obtusissimis ipso spinula rigida termiuatis basi in 



