1961] 



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mm longis, tubo 5 mm longo et 4 mm lato, labio superiore ereeto, triangulari, 

 bski 4.5 mm lato, apiee bilobato, lobis rotundatis, 1 mm longis, 0.75 mm latis 

 labio inferiore ereeto vel leviter patulo, 1 cm longo, trilobato, lobis 2 mm longis 

 2-2.5 mm latis, rotundatis; stamina exserta sed labio superiore breviora, lobis 

 antherarum superpositis et parallelis, margine ciliatis, pilis planis, eonnectivo 

 piano, 1 mm longo; eapsulae (immaturae) pilosae, pilis patulis, deorsum ret- 

 rorsis. 



VENEZUELA: Aniazonas: occasional in forest between Sanariapo Eoad and Salto 

 Carestia (5 km north of Sanariapo), alt. 100-120 in; herb 0.7-1.5 m; flowers pale lavender; 

 11 Nov 1953, Bassett Maguire, John J. WurdacTc $ George S. Bunting 36152 (type, US). 



The specific epithet is from the Greek oXalos, meaning belonging to the 

 woods. 



Justicia kunhardtii Leonard, sp. nov. Fig. 37. 



Herba usque ad 60 cm altam, caulibus ascendentibus, basi in nodis radicantibus 

 sulcatis, subquadrangularibus, angulis rotundatis, glabris vel sursum hirsutis, 

 pilis ascendentibus, brunneis, usque ad 0.5 mm longos; lamina foliorum lanceolata 



Fig. 37. Justicia Tcunhardtii Leonard (Kundardt 9). a, tip of plant, X 1 ; b, portion 

 of leaf blade (under surface) enlarged to show venation and hairs, X 2; c, calyx, X 3; 

 d, calyx segment, X 6 ; e, hair from margin of bract, X 3 ; f , tip of bract, X 4.5 5 S> 

 anther, X 6. 



