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obtusis subincurvis; antheris more generis conniventibns, filamento 

 brevissimo, subbastatis, apice obtusis exappendiculatis ; polliniis 

 subclavatis obtusissimis, basi sensim in caudiculam angustatis, 

 glandula subrotunda bene conspicua, pro magnitudine polliniorum 

 satis magna ; stigmatis capite breviter cylindrico. 



Urimdi. Hills, 4000-5000 ft., No. 8372; east side of Albert 

 Edward Lake, on dry grassy bills. No. 8066. 



At first sigbt tbe present species may easily be mistaken for tlie 

 Angolan ('. myrtifulia Scbltr. (Ectadiopsis viyrtifulia Baill.), but tbe 

 different nervation of tbe leaves and tbe mostly lateral inflorescenco 

 sufficiently distinguisb tbe latter. 



Cryptolepis (§ EcTADiopsis) Welwitschii Scbltr. Ectadiop.sis 

 Wehritschii Baill. in Bitll. Soc. Linn. Par. ii. 803. 



Stevenson Road, alt. 5000-6000 ft., Nov., Nos. 8814, 8264. 



Raphionacme Harv. 



Raphionacme excisa Scbltr., n. sp. Herba erecta, bumilis, 

 ramosa, vix spitbamrea, ramis erectis vel erecto-patentibus tenuis- 

 sime puberulis sparsim foliatis ; foliis patentibus vel erecto- 

 patentibus linearibus obtusiusculis, utrinque plus minus puberulis 

 basi in petiolum brevissimum angustatis, vel potius subsessilibus ; 

 floribus in cymis laxis paucifloris pro genere mediocribus, patentibus 

 vel erecto-patentibus; calycis segmentis lanceolato-triangulis acutis- 

 simis, 0-1 cm. longis, extus sparsim puberulis, corollse lobis erecto- 

 patentibus basi tertia parte in tubum brevem subcylindricum 

 connatis, ovato-oblongis obtusis utrinque glabris, vel extus sub- 

 inconspicue puberulis, 0-6-0'7 cm. longis, medio fere 0-3 cm. latis ; 

 corona squamis corollae ad medium tubi fere adnatis circuitu sub- 

 orbicularibus vel oblatis lobo medio erecto filiformi longissimo, lobis 

 lateralibus inflexis ; antberse stipite longissimo, lineari, antbera 

 subbastata appendice brevi subnndulato obtusiusculo vel subacute : 

 polliniis circuitu subspatbulatis, apice excisis, supra medium sensim 

 in caudiculam linearem angustatis, marginibus involutis, glandula 

 subrotunda, obtusa ; stigmatis capite breviter cylindrico. 



Single specimen, witbout locality. 



In liabit very nearly allied to R. Broivniana Scott Elliot, from 

 Sierra Leone, but distinguished by the corolla as well as the corona. 

 Judging from the dried specimens, tbe flowers appear to have been 

 greenish purple. They resemble in size and shape those of B. 

 divaiicata Harv. 



Raphionacme splendens Scbltr., u. sp. Herba erecta, bu- 

 milis, simplex vel subsimplex; caule stricto vel plus minus flexuoso, 

 tereti.subaphyllo, basi glabrescente apicem versus velutino-puberiilo ; 

 foliis minutis valde distantibus, linearibus vel lineari-subulatis, 

 acutis, velutinis, erectis, 0-5-0-7 cm. longis, vix 0-1 cm. latis ; 

 floribus pro genere maximis, speciosis, erectis, in fasciculis extra- 

 axillaribus paucifloris, graciliter pedicellatis ; pedicello tereti-velu- 

 tino ; calycis segmentis ovatis acuminatis, tenuissimo ciliatis, extus 

 puberulis, pro magnitudine corolhe minimis, vix 0*3 cm. longis, 

 infra medium vix 0"2 cm. latis ; corolla subrotata, lobis patentibus 

 vel patulis, basi in tubum brevem conuatis, oblongis obtusis, 



