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3. Raphidophylium ramosum Hochst. Planta 
priori onmino similis sed altior 2—3pedalis, caule 
strieto ramoso inferne tereti superne anguloso, scabro 
nee non subhirsuto, foliis linearibus acutis planis 
margine revolutis rigidis scabris, fragilibus, bipol- 
licaribus, ternis quaternisque suberectis; spicoe vel 
vacemi terminales subverticillati, flores in vertieillis 
terni, quaterni, rarjus bini (rarissime solitarii), 
pedunculis calyce brevioribus, bracteis eundem 
superantibus vel zequantibus foliiformibus angustis; 
calyces bracteolis duabus longiores extus glabri pur- 
pureo- nigrescentes dentibus ovato- acutis intus la- 
natis; flores purpurei, calyce duplo vel plus duplo‘ 
majoribus. 
Habitat inter virgulta planitiei prope San Segal 
in provincia Abyssiniee Schire, ubi d. 22. Nov. 
1839 florentem invenit peregrinator Un. itin. W. 
Schimper. 
Cyrtandre®. 
Craterostigma (nomen a stigmate infundi- 
buliformi sen crateriformi). 
Character: Calyx tubulosus (subcampanulatus) 
quingnefidus vel quinquedentatus dentibus subzequa-- 
libus; corolla hypogyna infundibuliformis limbo bi- 
labiato, labio superiori integro recto subeoncavo, 
inferiori majori trilobo lobis rotandatis versus basin 
gibberibus duobus inflatis ornato; stamina quatuor 
fertilia didynama, filamenta duo longiora labio in- 
feriori utrinque infra originem gibberis affıxa longe 
eserta, breviora ad basin labii superioris inserta, 
