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Planta ex specimine unico milii obvio 20-0 cm. alt. Caulis pars 

 hypogaea circa 1-0 cm. diam. ; pars epigaea adhuc simplex 0*4 cm. 

 diam. ; rami 0*l-0-25 cm. lat. Folia modica 5*0-6*0 cm. long, et 

 0*2-0'4 cm. lat., firme membranacea ; petioli circa 0*1 cm. long. 

 Pedicelli 1*0-1*4 cm. long. Calyx 0*3 cm. long. Corollas lobi 

 0-45 cm. long., in sicco virides. Corona squamae 0*25 cm. ; gyno- 

 stegium 0*3 cm. ; pollinia 0*1 cm. long. 



Easily distinguished by reason of the long and narrow leaves, 

 the small green flowers, and the large dorsal thickening to the 

 corona scales. 



I have named this in compliment to Professor Karl Schumann 

 of Berlin, who very kindly compared a small piece with types in 

 the botanical museum of the German capital. 



Marsdenia spissa, sp. nov. Forsan erecta, caule sat valido 

 subtereti glabro eminenter lenticellifero, foliis petiolatis ovato- 

 oblongis apice breviter cuspidatis obtusis basi rotundatis firme 

 membranaceis glabris, cymis umbelliformibus brevipedunculatis 

 plurifloris ad ai^icem caulis arete approximatis, pedicellis flores 

 excedentibus puberulis, calycis segmentis ovatis obtusissimis mar- 

 gine ciliatis glandula unica alternantibus, coroll^e rotatas tubo sub- 

 nullo lobis ovato-oblongis obtusis membranaceis margine et parte 

 abaxiali crispule pubescentibus, coronae squamis parvis oblongis 

 obtusissimis crassiusculis basi inappendiculatis gynostegio brevi 

 vix asquilongis, polliniis pyriformibus, stigmate convexiusculo, 

 folliculis . 



Hab. British East Africa, near Lake Marsabit, 1898 ; Lord 

 Delamere (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



Caulis 0*3 cm. diam., intervallis 1*0-2*0 cm. long, foliigerus. 

 Foliorum lamina 5*0-5*5 cm. long., 3*0 cm. lat., in sicco lutescenti- 

 viridia ; costae secundariae utrinque 5, cost^e omnes subtus pro- 

 minentes. Pedicelli circa 0*5 cm. -vix 1*0 cm. long. Calycis 

 segmenta 0-2 cm. long., 0*17 cm. lat. Corolla vix 1*5 cm. diam. ; 

 lobi 0-55 cm. long. Coron^T squamaB 0*2 cm. long., 0*1 cm. lat. 

 Gynostegium 0*22 cm. long. Pollinia 0-05 cm. long. 



The massed cymes, rotate corollas, and short corona scales are 

 among the chief peculiarities of this species. 



Parasia (Belmontia) Thomasii, sp. nov. Herba ascendens, 

 sparsim ramosa, glaberrima, carnosula, foliis sessilibus stepe breviter 

 amplexicaulibus rotundato-ovatis obtusis brevissime cuspidulatis 

 basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, floribus solitariis terminalibus 

 vel ex axillis summis oriundis subsessilibus, calycis ovoideo-oblongi 

 a tubo corollaB bene superati segmentis lanceolatis sat louge acumi- 

 natis dorso ala inflata oblonga obtusissima sursum in carinam 

 transeunte enervosa ouustis, corolla hypocrateriformis tubo elon- 

 gato inferne uniform! superne leviter amplificato limbi lobis late 

 obovatis obtusissimis, staminibus in parte f tubi altitudinis insertis, 

 filamentis brevibus, antheris oblongis glandula oblonga sat magna 

 coronatis et basi glandulis 2 (vel abortu 1) minimis appendiculatis, 



stylo corollae tubo semiaequilongo, stigmate oblongo, capsula ► 



Hab. Orange River Colony, 1900; Lieut. H. E. Pateshall 

 Thomas (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



