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or rounded at the base, very minutely scabrid-puberulous on both 
sides. Umbels lateral at the nodes, few or many-flowered ; peduncles 
43-163 lin. long, minutely tomentose; pedicels 14-1 64 lin. long, minutely 
tomentose. Sepals }in. long, subulate-lanceolate, tomentose on the 
back. Corolla lobed nearly to the base, orange-red ; lobes about 4 in. 
long, oblong, acute, minutely papillate. Coronal-lobes arising # lin. 
above the base of the staminal-column and very much longer, 
43 lin. long, 3-lobed, furnished within below the terminal-lobe with a 
crested appendage, and with two papillate lines decurrent from the 
acute side lobes. Staminal-column 14 lin. long, reaching only to the 
middle appendage of the coronal-lobes; anther-appendages large. 
Follicles 34-44 in. long, fusiform, beaked, minutely papillate.—Stath- 
mostelma odoratum, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 457. 
aaa Dist. German East Africa; Uhehe: near Sula, 4200 ft., Goetze, 
I have not seen this species. If the measurements given are correct, the 
eoronal-lobes are about 3 times as long as the staminal-column. 
10. A. pachyclada, V. #. Br. A stout bush about 3 ft. high, 
with flowering-stems 8-12 in. long and 34~4} lin. thick at the base, 
subtomentose above with dusky olive-green hairs. Leaves membranous ; 
petiole up to } in. long, somewhat sulcate, papillate ; blade 34-84 in. 
long, 13-44 in. broad, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 
rounded or subcordate at the base, subtomentose when young, after- 
wards with minute scattered hairs on both sides. Umbels lateral at 
the nodes, few-flowered, pedunculate ; pedicels 1-14 in. long, minutely 
subtomentose. Sepals 2~2} lin. long, subulate, puberulous on both 
sides. Corolla large, 5-lobed almost to the base, red-brown ; lobes about 
2 lin. long, oblong, acute, minutely papillate within. Coronal-lobes 
3-lobed, lateral lobes acuminate, middle lobe obtuse, furnished within 
with a triangular appendage. Staminal-column 2 lin. long.—Stathmo- 
stelma pachycladum, K. Schum. in Eng). Jahrb. xxviii. 458. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uhehe; in Iringa near Kigonsire, 
4200 ft., Goetze, 531. 
x : have not seen this plant, which may prove to be identical with 4. spectadilis, 
-E. Br, 
1l. A. spectabilis, V. #. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 254. Stems 
S~4 ft. high, stout, pubescent, with milky juice. Leaves somewhat 
ascending, herbaceous ; petiole 1-6 lin. long; blade 34-7 in. long, 12 
In. broad, lanceolate, tapering to an acute point, cuneately or sub- 
truncately rounded at the base, pubescent on both sides. : Umbels 
lateral and terminal, probably 5—6-flowered ; peduncles 3-1} in. long, 
pubescent; bracts 2-21 lin. long, subulate ; pedicels j-14 in. long, 
pubescent, at least down one side. Sepals 4-6 lin. long, Janceolate, 
“cuminate, pubescent. Corolla rotate-campanulate, 14 in, in diam. ; 
obes } in. long, 34 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, more or less replicate, 
Sparsely pubescent on the back towards the apex and puberulous within 
along one margin. Coronal-lobes arising 3-1 lin, above the base of the 
