(RBK) 585), 1-2-31 Static virgata Willd var ? minuta Kusch Kutt 297 lll-nff. Porto-Pi Cfd with 12-31-30. St branch from top roots in short (to 1/2 in) woody branches, flattened close to ground (quite diff from 12-31-30) thickly covered with small bracts towards base remaining dead bs. 1/2 to 1/2 x 3 mm, broadest at grey blunt tip, 1-nerved (nerve strong beneath) wedge(very narrowly margi- ed with white cartilage) strongly revolute even at tip. Naked sts to 6 cm high, slender, flexuose with sterile, zig-zag articulated branches from base i.e. for at least 1/3 length of st. Spiculets somewhat stalked, presenting an open appearance (if pressed together spicule- ets were only slightly). Lf looks very much like ill g S. minuta N Bor 263 (but note diff from S. minuta Centa III 162) Cfd with S. ? 12-31-30 and note also diff in notes on S ? 2-14-30; 10-19-30; 11-3-30 1-2-31 Justicia membranacea Poir (See 8-13-30) Fl orr? Porto-Pi.