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tomentoso ; calyce campanulato 4-lobo extus tomentoso lobis late 

 triangularibus obtusissiinis ; pet alls suborbicularibus dorso pubescen- 

 tibus margine calvis stamina fere semitequantibus ; disco late cyathi- 

 t'ormi margine angusto libero longe villoso. 



Transvaal, Nelspruit ; H. G. Breyer (Hb. Kogers, 24018). 



Folia pleraque 5-9 X 2-3 - 5 cm., in sicco viridia snbtus pallidiora. 



Spica? evolutse 4-6 cm. long., bractese circa 1 mm. Ovarium 

 humectatum (cum receptaculo inf.) vix 4 mm. long. Calyx 2x3 mm. ; 

 huius lobi "75 mm. long. Petala suborbicularia. 1 mm. long. Sta- 

 mina 2-5 mm. long. 



The lax racemes with grey-tomentose ovaries are the chief points 

 of difference from species of this section. 



RlIIZOI'HORACEJB. 



Dactylopetalum Rogersii, sp. nov. Planta ramulix inferne sub- 

 teretibus superne compressis ad nodos aliquantulum nodulosis longi- 

 trorsum striatis glabris ; foliis petiolatis ovato-oblongis obtusis vel 

 obtussissimis basi obtusis tenuiter coriaceis glabris pag. utraque 

 eminenter reticulato-nervosis ; floribus 5-meris in axillis pluribus 

 breviter pellicellatis ; calycis glabri tubo cylindrico quam lobi tri- 

 angulares obtusi vel obtusissimi 3-plo longiore ; petalis lineari- 

 spathulatis apice plurifimbriatis ; staminibus 10 petalis sequilongis 

 filamentis glabris antheris oblongo-ovoideis obtusis glabris ; disco 

 annulari ; ovario subgloboso glabro 2-loculari 4-ovulato. 



Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, 2(5209. Folia 8-11 x 3-5 cm. 



Pedicelli circa l - 5 mm. long. Calyx in toto 5x3*5 mm. ; hujus 

 lobi soli 1"25 mm. long. Petala 5 mm. long., inferne *5 mm. lat., 

 superne usque 1 mm. ampliata (fimbriis neglectis). Filamenta 

 5 mm. long., antherse 1 mm. Ovarium 3 x 2"25 mm. Stylus vix 

 5 mm. long. 



Differs from D. Mannii chiefly in the few-flowered inflorescences, 

 the short pedicels to the 5-merous (not 4-merous) flowers, and the 

 cylindrical calyx. 



Anisophyllea tomentosa Rolfe. Elisabethville, 26300. 



MOLLUGINACE^I. 



Tribulocarpus, gen. nov. Flores polygami. Fll. d : calycis 

 tubus abbreviatus, limbo 5-partito lobis imbricatis ; fll. § calyx uti 

 3 sed major necnon tubo cylindrico elongato praeditus. Petala 0. 

 Stamina go , calycis ori inserta ; filamenta basi connata. Fll. § 

 ovarium inferum, cum axi florali continuum, bracteis obtectum. 

 2-loculare. Stylus 2-ramosus. Ovula solitaria, pendula. Fructus 

 plerumque compositus, lignosus, eum Tribuli alicujus spinosi re- 

 ferens, bracteis indui-atis spinescentibus arete indutus. Set/iiiia testa 



crustacea circumdata: embryo curvatus albumen sparsum cingens, 



Suffrutex farinosus. Folia alterna, obovata. Stipulce 0. Flores in 

 capitulos pedunculatos oliganthos digesti, superiores (interdum omnes 

 vel fere omnes ?) £ , pauci laterales c^ . 



T. dimorphantha, sp. unica {Tctraqonia dimorphantha Pax in 

 Engl. Bot, Jahrb. x. 12. tab. ii. 



