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OMM, inomae petiolatis, racemo simplici laxo elongato, floribus 
siepissime solitariis raro binis brevissime pedicellatis, bracteis ovatis 
minutis, diio oen tubo brevi lobis ovatis, fructu ovoideo glabro 
calyce triplo lo longiori 
Hillsides at Alrail, alt. 2,000 fee 
blia inferiora 4-5 poll. ciem medio 12-15 lin. lata. Racemus 
6-9 poll. longus. Corolla ignota. Fructus 2-21 lin. longus. 
Belongs to the section Zeiantha of Bentham 
Herpestis Monniera, 77. B. K.—Sides of a brackish pool at Ghafit, 
alt. 600 feet. Cosmopolitan, 
Schweinfurthia latifolia, Baker in Hook. con. inedit.—Shari 
Seek Valley, Mokalla, alt. 200-300 feet. 
ACANTHACE. 
is edulis, Pers., var. congesta, Rolfe; foliis parvis congestis, 
sericeo-hirsutis. —Nea r Shibam, at 1,000 = elevation. A very 
eurious form, but perhaps ee a variety of the common and widely 
diffused Blepharis edulis, Pers. It differs in ring small, narrow, 
her numerous leaves, from 4 to 9 lines long, very hairy bracts, 
beer more dhedibirtiacecus and more hair y sepals, shorter pale blue 
Barleria Hildebrandtii, S. d/oore——Hills near Dobaibah, at 4,000 
feet elevation, n. 216. Previously known from Somali Land and Aden. 
Barleria triacantha, Hochst.—Sibeh, at 750 feet elevation. The 
leaves are much more canescent than in the type, and may belong to a 
different species, but the specimens are far advanced in fruit. 
Anisotes trisulcus, Nees—Between Tahiyeh and Alrail, at 1,500 feet 
elevation, Also Arabia Fe lix. 
Ecbolium linngeanum, Aurz.—Near Hajrain, Hadrama 2,600 
feet elevation, Widely € dopad] in India, Ar abia, and Boal, HT cen 
Bentia, ol [Genus novum]. Calyx ` profunde 5-partitus, 
segmentis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis subequalibus. Corolle tubus 
brevis, superne paullo ampliatus ; limbus bilabiatus, labio postico 
interiore erecto incurvo galeato integro, antico patente tridentato palato 
convexo venoso. Stamina 2, antica, fauci affixa, filamentis basi villosis 
galea brevioribus; anthere 2-loculares, loculis dissitis, altero altius affixo 
inferiore basi calcarato ; ; pollinis grana ellipsoidea, lateraliter late 
trilineata, lineis levibus, triporosa, minutissime reticulata. Discus 
cupularis. Ovarium breve, villosum ; stylus apice integer; ovula in 
quoque loculo 2. Capsula ignota. 
Bentia fruticulosa, Rolfe; fruticosa ramosa, ramis canescentibus 
teretibus, foliis breviter petiolatis obovato-oblongis v. obovatis obtusi 
tomentosis coriaceis, spicis terminalibus brevibus, bracteis late ellipticis 
v. elliptico-ol , calyce glanduloso- 
pubescente, corolla pubescenti ampla alba palato brunneo-venoso. 
Near Gambla, at 1,000 feet elevation. 
