ALABASTRA DIVERSA 231 



Monechma eremum, sp. nov. — Oaule lignoso erecto sursuin 



ramoso deorsum nudo, ramulis patule piloso-hirsutis foliosis, foliis 

 brevipetiolatis linearibus vel anguste lineari-oblanceolatis obtnsis 

 utrinque minute pubescentibus firme membranaceis, floribus soli- 

 tariis axillaribus sessilibus saepissiine ex raroulorum breviurn axillis 

 superioribus ortis, bracteolis quam calyx 4-merus leviter brevioribus 

 spathulatis acutis ut calycis lobi anguste lineari-lanceolati acuti 

 glanduloso-pubescentibus necnon margine ciliatis, corollas calycem 

 breviter excedentis tubo lato superne paullulutn ampliato extus 

 puberalo labio antico amplo breviter 3-lobo quaru labium posticum 

 ovatum retusum longiore, staminibus breviter exsertis antherarum 

 loculis inter se subasqualibus inferiore calcare debili incurvo quam 

 se ipsum breviore insfcructo, ovario anguste ovoideo apice piloso- 

 puberulo, stylo superne piloso, ovulis pro loculo 2 quorum superiore 

 casso, capsula anguste obovoidea obtusa basi compressa superne 

 piloso-puberula 2-sperma. 



Planta verisimiliter saltern bispithamea. Folia circa 1-0 cm. 

 long, (raro 1-5 cm. aequantia), 3-0*4 cm. lat.; petioli 0-1-0-3 cm. 

 long. Bracteolse 0-5-0-6 cm. long. Calyx totus 0*6-0-7 cm. long. ; 

 lobi 0*45-0-55 cm. long. Corolla tota 1-0 cm. long. ; tubus 0-5 cm. 

 long. ; basi 0*2 cm., faucibus 0.35 cm. diam. Labium anticum 

 0-5 x 0-7 cm. ; lobus intermedins rotundatus, 0-175 X 0-3 cm. ; lobi 

 laterales oblongo-obovati, 0.2 cm. lat. Antberarum loculus sup. 

 0-075 cm. inf. 0-1 cm. long., bujus calcar 0-05 cm. long. Ovarium 

 0-12 cm. long. ; stylus 0*45 cm. Capsula 0*6 cm. long., pars com- 

 pressa asperma 0.2 cm. long. Semina subrotunda, Ievia, humectata 

 paullo ultra 0*2 cm. diam. 



Apparently nearest ill. Nepeta C. B. CI. (which is said in Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. v. 219 to have five calyx -lobes, although there are only 

 four), from which it can be told by means of the compact habit, the 

 smaller and narrower leaves, larger corolla, longer capsule, &c. 



Monechma platysepalum, sp. nov. — Caule lignoso folioso 



minute pubescente deinde fere glabro, foliis parvis subsessilibus 

 oblongis utrobique obtusis (basi ssepe leviter rotundatis) fere a basi 

 5-nervibus firme membranaceis faciebus ambabus scabriusculis, 

 floribus in spicis axillaribus admodum abbreviatis contiguis per- 

 paucifloris dispositis, bracteolis spathulato-oblongis acutis quam 

 calyx plane brevioribus, calycis glabri lobis 5 inter se fere aequalibus 

 oblongo-ovatis apice breviter acuminatis ut bracteolze medio viridi- 

 bus ceterum decoloribus, corollas tubo extus minute pubescente 

 superne leviter dilatato, labio postico subquadrato apice trnncato 

 erosulo labii antici lobis lateralibus anguste obovato-oblongis lobo 

 intermedio ovato omnibus retusis, staminibus exsertis antheris inter 

 se aequalibus loculo inferiore calcare sibi ipsi aequilongo recto necnon 

 obtuso instructo, ovario ovoideo sursum puberulo, stylo puberulo, 

 ovulis quove in loculo 2 quorum uno crudo, capsula glabra inferne 

 angustata et compressa superne ovoidea apice obtuse acuta 2- 

 sperma. 



Planta verisimiliter humilis (circiter J-spithamea). Folia 

 modica 1-5-2-0 cm. long., 0*6-0*7 cm. lat., in sicco lutescenti- 

 viridia ; petioli 0-1-0-2 cm. long. Spicae corollis haud exemptis circa, 



