310 MR. SPENCER MOORE ON THE 
Diopta sTIPULOSA, sp. nov.; ramis puberulis in sicco alte 
sulcatis, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis apice cuspidato-acutis 
basi obtusis margine minute ciliolatis eleganter costatis nervis 
utrinque 3-4 ex cost; medie dimidio proximali ortis firme 
membranaceis precipue fac. sup. scabriusculis, stipulis magnis 
deorsum latissimis sursum longisetosis, calycis lobis 4 sat 
elongatis subulato-linearibus quam ovarium paullulum longi- 
oribus eiliolatis, corollie tubo calycem bene excedente superne 
gradatim expanso limbi, lobis 4 oblongis tubo multo brevioribus, 
ovario 2-loculari, stylo exserto, stigmate breviter 2-lobo, fructibus 
c coccis duobus erustaceis puberulis sistentibus. 
Hab. East Africa: Kikuyu; Dr. J. W. Gregory, 92. Sani; 
Adssner, 753. Marangu; Volkens, 413. 
West Africa: Cameroons; Preuss, 682. (Also, at Kew, 
H. H. Johnston, 97.) 
Folia + 40x20cm. Stipulæ brunneo-straminem 0:7-0*8 em. 
lat.; harum pars indivisa circa 0'5 cm., sete adusque 0'8 cm. 
long. Calycis lobi fere 0-4 em. long., 0'03 cm. lat. Corolle 
tubus 0'7 em. long., basi 0°04 em. faucibus 0'2 cm. diam.; lobi 
0'3 em. long., infra apicem barbellati. Anthere exsertz, 0°12 
em. long. Ovarium 0°3 cm., stylus glaber, 1:5 em. long. 
Stigmatis lobi 0°05 em. long., papillosi. Fructus cocci :egre 
0'5 em. long. Semina 0*4 cm. long., vix Ol em. lat., pallide 
nitentia. 
Confused hitherto with D. breviseta, Benth., and D. sar- 
mentosa, Sw., from which it can be distinguished at a glance by 
means of the large loose stipules with long setæ. The flowers 
also prove on examination to be different in several respects, and 
the fruits and seeds of D. stipulosa are considerably larger. 
DIoDIA ANGOLENSIS, sp. nov. Herba, verisimiliter perennis, 
decumbens, rigida, ramis validis crebro foliosis quadrangularibus 
subsparsim hispidule pubescentibus, foliis sessilibus anguste 
lineari-lanceolatis apice breviter spinosis scabride  hispidulis 
uninervibus coriaceis in sicco pallide brunneo-viridibus, stipulis 
abbreviatis truncatis apice setis 5-7 elongatis onustis, floribus 
in axillis szepissime solitariis, calycis lobis 4 alternis brevioribus 
lineari-laneeolatis acutis setuloso-ciliatis ovario setuloso sub- 
wquilongis, corollæ extus puberulie tubo ealycem longe superante 
faucibus ampliatis lobis 4 ovatis obtuais quam tubus brevioribus. 
ovario 2-loculari, stylo breviter exserto puberulo, stigmate 
