192 BOTANY OF THE UGANDA BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 
et 0°25 em. lat. Calycis tubus 0'4 em. long., cirea 0:5 em. 
diam. ; lobi 0:3 em. long. Corolle dilute punice: ; tubus 
leviter curvatus, 07 em. long., 02 cm. lat. Antheræ 
03 em. long. Capsula 0'45 em. long. 0°3 cm. lat., 
glabra. 
A very distinct species, recognized at once by its narrow 
erowded leaves together with the very dense spikes of sessile 
flowers. 
SOPUBEA UGANDENSIS, 8p. nov. 
S.eaulibus strictis validis deorsum simplieibus sursum ramosis 
e radice sat robusto oriundis, ramulis ereberrime foliosis 
patentibus, foliis quasiverticillatis sessilibus cirea adusque 
medium trifidis raro bifidis integrisve uti segmenta an- 
guste linearibus obtusiusculis margine involutis scabridis, 
floribus sessilibus in spiea densa terminali cylindrica dis- 
positis, bracteis inferne dilatatis et concavis superne tri- 
fidis summis integris flores longe excedentibus segmentis 
linearibus, bracteolis ovato-spathulatis obtusis juxta 
medium subito ampliatis igitur unguiculatis, calycis lobis 
ovato-lanceolatis aeuminatis ciliatis quam tubus superne 
transversim rugulatus longioribus, antheris mox liberis, 
capsula ovoidea apice compressiuscula retusa. 
Hab. Below Ruchigga. Fl. December, 502. 
Planta fere 30:0 cm. alt. Caules 0:3-0-4 cm. diam., sub- 
teretes, secus lineas latas pubescentes ceterum glabri. 
Hamuli absque inflorescentia usque ad 5:0 em. long. 
Folia ima basi paullulum dilatata, modice 1:0-2:0 em. 
long.; segmenta 0:5-1:5 em. long., vix O'l cm. lat. Spice 
complete evolutz, 5'0 em. long. 1'5 em. diam. Bractee 
circa 1:0 em. long., inferne 0°45 em. lat.; harum segmenta 
O'l em. lat., + 07 em. long. Bracteole 0*6 em. long.; 
unguis O'l cm., lamina 0:3 em. lat. Flores rubri. Calycis 
tubus circa O4 cm., lobi 05 em. long. Corolle 
tubus sursum leviter et gradatim dilatatus, 0:6 em. 
long.; lobi latissime obovati, 0-4 em. long. Anthere 
02 cm. long. Capsula vix 0'5 em. long., 04 em. lat. ; 
valve integra. Semina oblonga vel anguste ovoidea, trun- 
cata, microscopice scrobiculata, fusca. 
Near the last, with which it shares the peculiarity of densely 
massed sessile flowers, but the two are altogether different in 
leaf and flower. 
