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18. С. GOETZEI, Stapf et Hutchinson (sp. nov.). 
Frutex vel arborescens. Rami dense tomentosi, deinde cortice flavescente 
tecti. Folia sessilia, obovata, apice rotundata, 2-6 ст. longa, 1:5-4 em. lata, 
tenuiter coriacea, utrinque scabridula, nervis lateralibus utrinque 8-11 sub- 
patulis utrinque prominentibus, venis arcte anastomosantibus ; stipulae 
breviter vaginantes, truncate, extus tomentose. Receptaculum oblongum, 
5 mm. longum, dense pubescens. Calyx tubulosus, 6-lobus ; tubus superne 
uno latere fissus, 1 cm. longus, utrinque tenuiter pubescens ; lobi oblanceolati, 
obtusi, ad 1 em. longi et 2 mm. lati, glabri, in tubo decurrentes. Corolla 
tubus cylindrieus, 3-5 em. longus, medio 3 mm. diametro, utrinque tenuiter 
pubescens ; lobi 6, ovato-elliptiei, obtusi, 1-1:5 em. longi, 5-10 mm. lati, 
utrinque parce pilosuli. Ап Мег circiter 1 em. longs, 8 mm. infra faucem 
insertz. Stylus 3-4 ст. longus, parce pubescens; stigmatis lobi 8 mm 
longi, fere inclusi. Ovarium placentis 6. Fructus ignotus. 
German East Africa :—Ulunguru, Kissaki-Steppe, Goetze, 44! 
14. б. AqvALLa, Stapf et Hutchinson (sp. nov.). 
Frutex ramosissimus, 1-2:5 m. altus, ramis subprostratis (ide Schweinf.). 
Folia magnitudine valde variabilia, oblanceolata vel (minora) elliptica, 2:5— 
18 em. longa, 1-5 em. lata, apice rotundata, rarius obtuse subacuminata, 
supra seabrida, subtus hispidula, coriacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 14—17 
precipue subtus distinctis ; stipule late triangulares, 4 mm. longs, pilosæ. 
Receptaculum oblongum, 6 mm. longum, dense appresse pubescens. Calyæ 
tubulosus, 6-lobus; tubus cylindricus, 8 em. longus, utrinque appresse 
pubescens; lobi lineari-subulati, 8—4 mm. longi, subacuti, pubescentes. 
Corolla alba, demum citrina ; tubus cylindricus, 2:5—£ cm. longus, medio 
2 mm. diametro, extus dense appresse pubescens, intus tenuiter pilosus ; 
lobi 6, oblique ovati vel elliptici, 2-2°5 em. longi, 1-175 em. lati, extus parce 
pubescentes, intus glabri. Anthere 5 mm. infra faucem inserte, 1 em. 
longs. Stylus 45 cm. longus, pubescens ; stigmatis lobi brevi, obtusi. 
Ovarium  placentis 6. Fructus ambitu ellipticus, costatus, 375-4 cm. 
longus, L:5-2 cm. diametro ; pericarpium durum, 8 mm. crassum, brunneo- 
maculatum. 
From the Bahr-el-Ghazal to Yoruba :—Jur-land ; Seriba Kurschuk Ali, 
Schweinfurth, 1751! Scriba Ghatta, Schweinfurth, 1969 ! at Okel, Schwein- 
furth, 1761! (Herb. Mus. Brit.). Upper Ubangi; Snussi Country, Ndelle, 
Chevalier, 8071! Nigeria; Katagum and district, Dalziel, 352! Yoruba, 
low spreading shrub, not frequent (fruit spec. only), Barter, 1234! 
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