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lobes lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 14 lin. long. Petals divided to the 
base; segments fleshy, terete, about 4 lin.long. Style 2-24 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara, slopes of Mtai, Holst, 
2476 partly ! 
The locality of this species is doubtful. The only specimen I have seen was 
mixed with S. erictna, Gilg. 
5. S. Thomsoni, Oliv. in Hook, Ic. Pl. t. 1493. A shrub. Branches 
erect, pubescent, densely leafy in the upper part. Leaves whorled, im- 
bricate, sessile, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, subacute, concave, pilose 
on the margins, otherwise glabrous, 44 lin. long, 2—24 lin. broad. 
Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile, about as long asthe leaves. Brac- 
teoles 2, linear-oblong, conduplicate, pubescent on the margins, with a 
tuft of hairs at the apex, about 2 lin. long. Calyx-tube cylindric, 
dilated at the top, glabrous; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, the two outer 
with tufts of short stiff hairs at the apex, the two inner with a few hairs 
at the apex or entirely glabrous. Petals divided to the base ; segments 
fleshy, terete, about 4 lin. long. Style 13-2 lin. long.—Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 309; Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 284. 
Mozamb. Distr. British East Africa: Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson / 
6. S. Albersii, 7. H.W. Pearson. Branches erect, villous, densely 
leafy in the upper part. Leaves whorled, sessile, lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acute or subacute, villous on the reflexed margins and at the 
apex, otherwise glabrous, }—2 in. long, 2-2} lin. broad. Flowers glabrous, 
about as long as the leaves. Bracteoles 2, oblong, obtuse, conduplicate, 
villous along the margins and at the apex, 14 lin. long. Calyx-tube 
slender, 4-} in. long; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, the two outer with 
short stiff hairs at the apex, } as long as the tube. Petals divided at the 
base ; segments fleshy, terete, about 4 lin long. Style 2-23 lin. long. 
Fruit ovoid, acuminate, glabrous, about 1 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Kwai, Albers, 191! 
7. S. kilimandscharica, Gilg in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 284. 
A shrub with erect branches densely clothed with black (or the young 
twigs with tawny) pubescence. Leaves crowded, sessile, lanceolate or 
linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, with a stiff subacute apex, villous with 
tawny hair on the margin and apex, otherwise glabrous, 3—? in. long, 
1 lin, broad. Flowers longer than the leaves. Bracteoles 2, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, conduplicate, villous on the margins and apex, 2} lin. 
long. Calyx-tube slender, glabrous, 4—-} in. long; lobes lanceolate, 
acute, the two outer with tufts of stiff hairs at the apices, otherwise 
glabrous, 14-2 lin. long. Petals divided to the base; lobes terete, 
4-4} lin. long. Style 24-3 lin. long.—Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 203. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; by the River Useri, on 
the north side of Mawenzi Peak, 9800 ft., Volkens, 2008 ! 
8. S. amabilis, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 284. A small shrub 
8-12in. high. Branches glabrous and leafless below, in the younger parts 
