50 H. Hallier, 



floralia (vel si mavis bracteae foliaceae) parva, petiolata, 

 oblonga, supra glabra, viridia, profunde pinnato-rugosa, albo- 

 marginata, subtus praecipue secus nervös (valde elevatos com- 

 . planatosque et utrinsecus lamella marginali dilatatos) albo- 

 tomentosa, inter nervös glabriora, glandulis densis capitatis 

 obsita, profunde buUata; pedunculi axillares, solitarii, uni- 

 flori, teretes, crassi, brevissimi, cinereo-tomentosi; pedicellus 

 longior, subclavatus, carnosus, exsiccando rugosus, bracteis 2 

 oppositis minutis longe triangularibus obtusiusculis suffultus, 

 sicut sepala glaber vel parce pulverulentus, luteo-viridis; 

 alabastra ovoidea, obtusa; sepala longe elliptica, obtusa vel 

 emarginata, coriacea, luteo - viridia, margine membranaceo 

 pallidiora, arcte imbricata, exteriora 2 breviora; c o r o 1 1 a 

 speciosa, hypocraterimorpha, alba, glabra, e tubo longo tenui 

 cylindrico sursum sensim parum ampliato in limbum latum 

 subrotatum 5-lobum expansa; lobi mesopetali, obtusi, profunde 

 bifidi; fasciae 5 mesopetalae a segmentis commissuralibus 

 distincte limitatae, nervis 5 — 11 parallelis lineatae, lutescentes, 

 extus nitidae; segmenta commissuralia nervis densis parallelis 

 e fascia mesopetala quaevis utrinsecus oblique divergentibus 

 anastomosantibus subtiliter lineata; genitalia inclusa, tubo 

 subaequilonga; Stigmata 2 globosa; antherae longae, lineares; 

 capsulae non exstant. 



Rami elongati juveniles ultra 4 dm longi, internodiis 



1 — 6 cm longis, adultiores usque 8 w/w crassi, florales 8 — 2dcni 

 longi; foliorum normalium petiolus usque ßouiin longus, 



2 mm crassus, lamina usque ultra 8 cm longa et totidem fere 

 lata, floralium petiolus usque 1 cm, lamina 3 cm longa; pedun- 

 culus floralis 2 — Qmm, pedicellus 6 — 10 «n« longus, apice 

 cü'ca 3 mm crassus; calyx 12 — \ö mm longus, 6 — 7 mm 

 diametro transverso; corollae tubus 9 — \0 cm longus, supra 

 calj^cem 3 mm, ceterum 4 — 5 mm diametro, limbus 7 — 8 cm 

 diametro; antherae 8 mm longae. 



Ost- Afrika, Athi Plains, 4. März 1896. 



5. Ip. (sect. Eriospermum) stenosiphon sp. n. 



Ip. bullatae Oliv., marmoratae Britt. et Ren die, lapi- 

 dosae Vatke, praecedenti et Ip. Habelianae Oliv, affinis, sed 



