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£. abnt, Oliv. ; fruticulosum divaricatim ramosum, ramulis rectis 
pilis brevibus albidis s patentibus cano-hispidulis, foliis oppositis parvis 
beatin ep bracteolis obovato-rotundatis misih calycis segmentis 
arcte appliciti 
Habitat, aia anit : Mrs. Lort Phillips. 
Folia 2 lin. longa, 1 TN lata, Calycis lobi 4-5 lin, diam. Corolla 
6 lin. longa ; fed 3 lin. lat 
299. Phillipsia, Bilje [Acnthaeearum. ‘genus novum]. Calyx 
elongato- em 5-angulatus, apice 5-dentatus. Corolle tubus longe 
cylindrac aucem brevem paulo ampliatus ; limbus 
subaequalis, patens, lobis 5 brevibus rotundatis contortis. Stamina 4, 
subequalia, ad medium faucis affixa, subexserta, filamentis gracilibus, 
ii oblongx, loculis zqualibus parallelis mutieis. Discus incon- 
spicu Stylus gracilis, apice crassiusculus ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. 
Cops calyce clauso inclusa, o longo- linearis, acuta. Semina 4, plano- 
compressa, retinaculo brevi fulta 
.P. fruticulosa, Rolfe; herba perennis ramosa v. fruticulosa, ramulis 
tetragonis cinereis asperulis, cem breviter petiolatis suborbicularibus 
obscure crenulatis minute pubescentibus pilis curvatis, floribus axil- 
laribus solitariis subsessilibus, istinc linearibus parvis. 
Habitat.-—Somali-land : Golis range, Mrs. Lort Phillips. 
Folia 2-5 lin. longa. Calyx 5-7 lin. longus; lobi Ses te lin. longi. 
Corolle tubus 9 lin, longus; Abi 2 lin. longi. Capsula 5-6 lin, longa. 
A very distinct genus belo onging o to the tribe Ruelliee, allied to 
tanocrater and Physacanthus, but readily distinguished by the narrow 
tubular calyx, pn eng habit and very "e i eiit The corolla is most 
like the latter genus, but has much smaller The habit is peculiar 
in the group, and, like the Arabian genus oria, in the tribe Justiciez, 
is evidently an adaptation to the dry climate 
300. Asystasia Colez, Rolfe [Acanthaces') herba diffusa, ramis tetra: 
gonis p elliptico-ovatis obtusis v. sub- 
obtusis repando-crenulatis pubescentibus, floribus i in spicis terminalibus 
dispositis, bracteis ovato-l bracteolis paulo 
parvioribus, calycis tubo brevissimo lobis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 
ntibus, corolle tubo subcampanulato basi paulo contracto intus 
nervis barbatis lobis inzqualibus rotundatis. patentibus, mee 
brevibus filamentis barbatis, ovario hirsuto, stylo apice glabro, sti 
bidenticulato, capsula oblonga Lc stipitata, seminibus 4 tobeeujeli 
Pn 9 rugulosis cin 
—Somali-land : Bu” — Mrs. Lort Sielpia Miss 
Edith Cole. Adda Galla, James and Thru — 
Folia 4-3 poll. longa, ZI lata; petiolus 2-8 X longus. 
c 1-2} poll. longe. tee 69 lin. longe. Bracteole 5-7 lin. 
Soe 4-5 nie we aa etn 2-1 poll, pe Capsule 
Allied to A dives rostrata, gd but a stouter plant, with much 
larger flowers and fruit. 
tana concinna, Baker ( Verbenacer | ; fruticosa, ramosiss 
301. Lanta ima, 2 
ramulis gracillimis E e foliis oppositis petiolatis ovatis — — 
