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3- U, sp. nov.? aff. U. gibb^e, L. Scapo 2-1-floro, pedicellis calycem 

 aequantibus v. eodem 2-3-plo longioribus, fructiferis divaricatis, corollai 

 labio superiore lobo calycis 2-3-plo majore late rotundato, labio in- 

 feriore obscure 3-lobulato ealcari conico sursum curvulo obtuso sequi- 

 longo. — Scapus 1-3-unc., ssepius 1-2-florus, firmulus, nudus, Bractea 

 basifixa, late rotuiidata, amplexicaulis. Calyx lobis rotundatis obtusis. 

 " Floras aurantiaco-flavi" ( W^eZmV^cA). Corolla circa 5 lin. longa. 



Welwitsch, Iter Angolense, no. 2/0. Distr. Huilla, '' ad ripas 



lacus magni dicti ' Lagoa de Trantala/ ad circiter 4000 ped. alt." 



I have not seen this plant in ripe fruit. It is likely to prove 

 au undescribed species. 



4. U. DiANTHA, R(Bm. et Sch. (U. ambigua, A. DC. Prod. viii,9; U. 

 gracilis, Lepr, M.S. ined. For further synonymy, vide Joum. Linn. 

 Soc. iii. 176). 



Welwitsch, Iter Angolense, no. 267, ^^ frequens (sed hoc unico loco ob- 

 servata) in lacu dicto * Lagoa da Funda ' non procul a flumine Bengo, 

 Sept. 1854 ! Lagos Island, Barter in herb. Hook. ! Magaliesberg, 

 herb. Hook. ! Natal, 5000-6000 feet, Sutherland in herb. Hook. I 



A species widely distributed in India. 



5. U, DiPLOGLOSSA, fVelwitsch, MS. Scapo unifloro, fructifero re- 

 curve, coroUae labio superiore 2-3-crenato, palato labii inferioris inflate 

 emarginato ad labium superius adpresso, ealcari late conico obtuso - 

 Scapus erectus, brevis, 3-9 lin. longus, medio bractea amplexicauli 

 late rotundata truncata instructus, ex axi demerso parce ramoso utri- 

 culas atro-virides v. lividas crebros majuscules brevissime pedicellatos 

 gerente. Corolla flava labio superiore apice 2-3-crenato (nee bifido), 

 labio inferiore deflexo superiore latiore, margine subintegro, palato 

 maximo, ealcari labio inferiori ut videtur suba^quali. Capsula calycem 

 vix aut paululo superante. Semina compressa peltata polygona aptera, 

 " Corolla flava ; vesiculse plerumque livido-purpurese " {Welwitsch). 

 Labium corollse inferius ad 3 lin. latum. 



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Distr. Huilla, " in spongiosis . . . 

 ad 3300 ped. alt." 



Most 



Welwitsch's accurate memoranda. The peculiarities of the flower 

 in such a case can be satisfactorily observed only in living speci- 

 nxens. The species is a singular one, and, so far as I can make 

 out, undescribed, 



6. U. CYMBANTHA, sp. nova. Tenuissima, scapo brevissimo {3-S lin. 

 longo) unifloro, labio superiore corollse brevissimo retu so lateribus an- 

 tice productis labio inferiori transversim rotundato-oblongo integro 

 basi cymbiformi-saccato connatis. — Axis demersus tenuisrimus ra- 

 mosus, foliis simplicibus vel 2-3.partitis capillaribus utriculiferis. 

 Scapus gracillimus. Bractea minuta basiflxa rotundata obtusa. 



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