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9. ANISOTES. 



Anisotes, Nees ab. Esenb. in DC. Prod. xi. 424; Benth. efc Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 1111. 



A genus of two species of shrubs, one a native of Arabia, the other peculiar 

 to Socotra. The plant described by Forskal (Fl. iEgypt. Arab. 7) as 

 Dianthera trisulca (Justicia trisulca, Vahl Symb. ii. 10), is the type of this 

 genus, founded by Nees and kept up by Bentham and Hooker, although it is 

 very closely allied to Adhatoda, on account of the long narrow anterior lip of the 

 corolla. Our plant adds a second species to this hitherto monotypic genus, and 

 our specimens enable us to complete the description of the genus, which has 

 hitherto been deficient in fruit and seed characters ; these are, — 



Capsula oblonga basi in stipitem solidum loculis longiorem contracta. Semina 4 v. abortu 

 pauciorasuborbiculataplano-compressa, testa crassiuscula muricata, retinaculis obtusisfulta. 



2. A. diversifolius, Balf. fil. in. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 88. 

 Tab. LXXIV. 



Fruticosus ; foliis plus minusve obovatis ; cymis axillaribus v. terminahbus. 



Frutex glabrescens ramis eortice griseo ulthnis striatis puberulis. Folia petiolata elliptica v. 

 oblonga v. obovata haud raro obcordata v. subrotundata apice rotundata v. angustata 

 obtusa ssepe retusa basi in petiolum attenuata v. subrotundata 1-1^ poll, longa \-l poll, 

 lata v. minora integra vix revoluta glabra crassiuscula pennivenia papillis paucis siccitate 

 notata, petiolo 4— £ poll, longo striate puberulo. Flores in cymas axillares |-1 poll, longas 

 dispositi, rhachi primaria stricta adscendente £-£ poll, longa pubescente bracteas oppositas 

 minutas \ poll, longas ovatas glanduloso-pubescentes gerente ; pedicelli brevissimi 

 bibracteolati. Bracteolcc bracteis similes. Calyx \ poll, longus, segmentis lineari-lanceol- 

 atis extus glanduloso-puberulis. Corolla llammeo-rubra 1^- poll, longa, tubo angusto 

 cylindrico extus piloso-pubescente, limbo longissime 24abiato, labio postico erecto 

 subconcavo antico aequilongo apice brevissime 2-lobato lobis reflexis, antico % poll, longo 

 apice breviter 3-lobato lobis obtusis subaaqualibus plerumque reflexis. Stamina corollse 

 aequilonga, filamentis complanatis venulo medio promiuulo marginibusque membranaceis 

 ad corollinem orem affixis et decurrentibus ; antherarum loculi sequales £ poll, longi 

 disjuncti basi acuti. Ovarium glabrum basi disco magno crasso angulato cinctum ; 

 stylus filiformis staminibus sequilongus puberulus apice incurvus et obscure 24obatus. 

 Capsula | poll, longa £ poll. diam. oblonga punctata loculis angustis glabra superne vix 

 puberula, stipite f poll, longo. Semina retinaculis pubescentibus fulta. 



Nom. Vern. Elhan. 



Socotra. On the hills near Galonsir and Keregnigiti. B.C.S. nn. 506, 

 576. Schweinf. n. 477. 



Distrtb. Endemic. 



A very interesting plant, for reasons stated above under the generic name. 

 It may be readily distinguished from its congener A. trisulcus, Nees ab. Esenb. 

 (loc. cit.), by its foliage. 



We have another set of specimens which I think are to be considered of 

 this species. The leaves are not, however, so markedly rounded at the apex 

 but have a general tendency to narrow at the point, and the calyx is different, 



