﻿3- nis, bracteis bracteolisque lineari-lanceolatis calyce multo bre- 

 vioribus, calycis segmentis 5 subasqualibus linearibus acuminatis, 

 corollae tubo calycem excedente quain limbo longiore recto nec 

 sursum ampliato, labio postico antico paullo longiore ovato breviter 

 bitido, labio antico late obovato breviter 3-lobo lobis rotundatis, 

 filamentis basi glabris, antheraruin loculo altiore calvo, disco 

 breviter bitido, capsula oblouga mucronata 4-sperma, seminibus 

 parvuhs tuberculatis dilute brunneis. 



Hab. Ad Gopo lal Maru in margine editor am leikipiensium 

 repperit cl. Dr. J. W. Gregory. Fl. Jun. (v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit.). 



(Jaules sat graciles, 0-15-02 cm. diam., geniculati et nodulosi, e 

 rhizomate abbreviato pennse corvina3 crass, radices paucas emit- 

 tente assurgentes, in sicco olivaceo-purpurei. Folia plerumque 



4- 0-4-5 cm. long., 0-25-0-45 cm. lat., supra cystolithis instructa ; 

 petioli nec ultra 0-4 cm. long., plerumque breviores. Bracteae 

 0 2 cm. long., bracteolas bene excedentes. Calyx 0-7 cm. long. ; 

 lobi margine ciliolati. Corollae extus pubescentis tubus vix 1-0 cm. 

 long., 1-0 cm. lat. ; limbus 1-0 cm. diam. ; labium posticum 0-5 X 

 0 3 cm., anticum 0-6 x 0'48 cm., hujus lobi circa 0-1 cm. long, et 



planata, 0-35 cm. long. Antherae circa 017 cm. long.; loculi 

 oblongi ; loc. inferior calcare albo se ipsum vix semiaequanto basi 

 ad angulum rectum subito incurvo onustus. Pollinis grana ellip- 

 soidea, 40 X 25 /x. Discus circa 0-07 cm. alt. Ovarium oblongum, 

 sursum versus angustatum, glabrum, discum ter excedens. Stylus 

 inferne pilosus, 1-1 cm. long. Capsula 0-85 cm. long., 0.25 cm. 

 lat. Semina suborbicularia, vix 0*2 cm. diam., brunnea. Beti- 

 nacula parva, oblonga, late truncata, circa 0'12 cm. long. 



Ob folia subsessilia linearia comparate elongata et corollas 

 structuram sine dubio pro specie propria habenda. 

 _ Dr. Gregory mentions as the habitat of this plant, "Steppes 



Justicia (§ Monechma) Gregorii, sp.nov. Caule sat valido 

 geniculate deorsum versus nudo subtereti pubescente, foliis abbre- 

 viates ovatis vel oblongo-obovatis obtusissimis vel emarginatis basi in 

 petiolum brevem cuneatim attenuatis utrinque praBsertim in nervi- 

 bus pubescentibus, inflorescentiis terminalibus vel axillaribus quam 

 folia brevioribus solitariis oppositisve, bracteis 4-fariatim imbricatis 

 oblongis brevissime cuspidulatis sericeo-ciliatis utrinque minutis- 

 sime glanduloso-pubescentibus, bracteolis minimis, calycis segmentis 

 5 subtequalibus lineari-laneeolatis acuminatis glanduloso-villosulis, 

 corollai tubo limbum subaequante recto faucibus parum ampliatis, 

 labio postico breviter bitido labii antici lobis subsaqualibus rotundatis, 

 palato convexiusculo, filamentis basi pilosis, disco bilobo, stylo ob- 

 tuso integro, capsula ovoidea acuta pubescente 2-sperma, seminibus 

 lasvibus. 



Hab. Prope Inhuyuni inter Nawasha et convallem Baringo ubi 

 floret Maj. (Gregory in herb. Mus. Brit.). 



Caulis ultra 50 0 cm. alt., inferne simplex et usque 0 4 cm. 

 superne ramosus et 0-2 cm. diam., internodia pleraque 6 0-8-0 cm. 

 long. Folia 1-5-2-5 cm. long., 1-0-1-3 cm. lat., supra cysto- 



