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BOUCHBA INCISA, sp. 11. 



Fruticulus ramis quadrangularis hispidis pilis reflexis. Folia 

 opposita, petiolata, simplicia, late oblonga, obtuse 7-9 pinnatifida 

 vel vix pinnatipartita, basim attenuata petiolis decurrentia, apice 

 obtusa vel subacuta, subcoriacea, marginibus hispido-ciliatis, nervis 

 lateralibus principiis utrinque 6-8, minute hispidula, glandulosa ; 

 petiolus latus, supra canaliculatus. Spica simplex, axillaris, pauci- 

 fiora, conferta, hispidula. Bractece subulatse, hispidulse , bracteolae 

 bracteis similes. Florcs sessiles. Calycis tubus 5-angularis, sub- 

 aequaliter 5-dentatus, extus hispidulus, intus puberulus; dentes 

 subulati, acuti, hispiduli. Corolla tubus rectus, extus glaber, 

 glandulosus, intus villosus. Staminum filamentae hispidulae. Fructus 

 oblongus, rectus, ex coccis cohserentibus 2 constatus, areola excavata 

 anteriore instructus. 



Tropical Afeica : Northern Transvaal; Sand Eiver, 2,500 ft., 

 B. Schlechter 4594, in Herb. Bolus. 



A low shrub with stout angular stems hispid with refiexed hairs ; 

 internodes 1-4 cm. long. Leaves opposite, petioled, broadly oblong, 

 incised (the 6-8 lateral lobes extending about half-way to the midrib), 

 minutely hispidulous, ciliate along the margins, with an obtuse or 

 sub-acute apex, 6-7 cm. long, 3-4 cm. broad ; petiole 1*5-2 cm. long. 

 Spike unbranched, axillary, few-flowered, 3-4 cm. long. Bracts 

 subulate, 5-6 mm. long; bracteoles 2 mm. long. Floioers sessile, 

 crowded. Calyx-tube hispidulous without, puberulous within, 1*5 cm. 

 long ; teeth subulate, 1-1-5 mm. long. Corolla-tube straight, villous 

 within, 2-2-2 cm. long. Fruit oblong, straight, of 2 cohering cocci, 

 with an anterior areole, 7 mm. long. 



B. incisa is related to B. pumila, from which it conspicuously 

 differs in the large pinnatifid leaves. 



Gen. VEEBENA, Linn. 



Verbena pulchella, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Garcl., ser. 1, vol. hi., t. 295. 



A small much-branched shrub with ascending branches. 

 Leaves decurrent on the short petiole, pinnatifid-laciniate with 

 linear, somewhat acute, entire lobes, hirsute with adpressed 

 scattered stiff hairs. Spike pedunculate, terminal, usually solitary, 

 sub-canescent ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate. Calyx roughly 

 pubescent, bearing at the angles shortly stalked disc-shaped glands, 

 about 5 mm. long. Corolla violet, twice as long as the calyx-tube, 



