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ments; third verticil of free segments above, but joined into a cup 
below ; interior verticil of about 20 inflexed filaments. 
This species is allied to N. cuspidata Miers. It is noticeable on 
account of the oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, distinetly cu-pidate, 
papyraceo-coriaceous leaves, 18-24 cm. long, 55-70 mm. broad, and 
the flowers about 40 mm. in diameter, the first petaloid verticil 
being more or less broken up into laciniae. 
Napoleona Gossweileri Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex semper- 
virens ; foliis parviusculis oblongo-oblanceolatis vel. anguste 
oblongis margine integris apice obtusis basi cuneatis coriaceis 
superne glabris nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-7 nervis secundariis 
tenuibus subtus reticulatis petiolo brevi limbo sub 30-plo breviore ; 
floribus mediocribus saepissime solitariis ex apicibus ramulorum 
oriundis ; sepalis 5 ovatis acutis apice extus biglandulosis ; verti- 
eillo primo petaloideo eupuliformi subtus nervis crassis circ. 35 
radiantibus donato ; verticillo secundo e filamentis linearibus 
liberis composito; verticillo tertio e segmentis plano-linearibus 
apice liberis basi in cupulam connatis ; verticillo interiore e fila- 
mentis plano-linearibus et centrum ver: 
l sus inflexis ; ovario infero 
5-loculari ; fructu depresse globoso sepalis coronato extus plus 
minus verrucoso. 
d Angola : plentiful east of Rio Cuebe; between Rio Cambambe and 
Rio Cuartiri, ‚ Gossweiler; n. 2609; in open dwarfy thickets at 
Kassuango Kuiriri, Gossweiler; n. 3361. 
An evergreen shrub with a woody rootstock. Leaves 5-75 cm. 
long, 20-25 mm. broad ; petiole + 2 mm. long. Flowers fragrant, 
rose-white to pure white (Gossweiler). First verticil petaloid, cupuli- 
form, with about 35 ribs, 45-50 mm. in diameter; second verticil of 
radiating linear segments; third verticil of about 40 flat linear 
segments united into a cup below; interior verticil inflexed. Ovary 
5-locular. Fruit crowned with the remains of the calyx, depressed- 
globose, verrucose externally. : 
iine KE. en een by the rather small, coriaceous, 
- ceolate or oblong leaves, 5-7°5 3 . 
broad, blunt at the apex, k en 
: and by the flowers at the apex of 
Free oia with a cupuliform, petaloid, first vertieil 45-50 bed in 
Napoleona Talbotii Bak. fil. Sp. nov. Arbor ramulis glabris 
subangulatis ; foliis subcoriaceis glabris oblongis vel ER 
oblanceolatis apice in acumen attenuatis basi late cuneatis nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 8-9 „prope marginem arcu intramarginali 
conjunctis petiolo: brevissimo superne canaliculato quam lamina 
circ. 40-plo breviore ; floribus majusculis e trunco ortis plus 
in eupulam connatis ; verticillo 
