SPENCER MOORE: GAMOPETALZ. 191 
STRIGA CANESCENS, Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. C. 361. 
Near Mulema and at Irunga. FI. June, November, 330 & 
394 C. 
Distrib. Nile Land, Mozambique District, Upper and 
Lower Guinea. 
RuawPHrcARPA Hever, Hochst. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. 
Aithiop. 100. 
Mulema. FI. April, 230. 
Distrib. Nile Land. 
CYCNIUM ADOENSE, E. Mey. ev Benth. in Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 
(1835) 363. 
Hillside at Mulema. Fl. April, 229. 
Distrib. Mozambique District, Lower Guinea. Also in 
South Africa. 
SoPUBEA RAMOSA, Hochst. in Flora, xxvii. (1844) 27. 
Mulema and Ruchigga. Fl. April, December, 240 & 529 A. 
Distrib. Nile Land, Mozambique District, Upper and Lower 
Guinea. 
S. KARAGUENSIS, Oliver, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. (1873) 123. 
Kagera Valley near Mulema. Fl. May, 298. 
Native name *Nyakocha." “The leaves are eaten for 
syphilis.” 
Distrib. Central Lake District. 
S. CONFERTA, sp. nov. 
S. stricta, caulibus simplicibus angularibus inter angulas 
breviter griseo-villosulo-tomentosis mox glabris, foliis con- 
fertis quasiverticillatis anguste linearibus acutis chartaceis 
primo aliquantulum araneosis cito glabris, floribus sessilibus 
in spiea densa terminali late oblonga dispositis, braeteis 
lineari-laneeolatis acutis quam alabastra subspheroidea 
longioribus margine dense villoso-lanatis, calycis dense 
lanati lobis triangulari-deltoideis acutis quam tubus paul- 
lulum brevioribus, corolle& mediocris lobis ovatis tubo 
brevioribus, antheris per paria cohrentibus, capsula 
ovoidea sursum compressa apice rostrata, 
Hab. Ruchigga, 6500-7000 feet. FI. December, 529. 
Planta fere adusque 40-0 em. alt. Folia 1:5-2*0 em. long., 
et O'1-0:15 em. lat., patula. Spica maxima nondum 
omnino evoluta 5*0 em. long. Bractew circa 1:0 em. long. 
