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Dicranolepis Talbotiorum, sp. nov. Ramulis foliosis teretibus 

 siiLtiliter sericeo-pubescentibus dein glabrls ; foliis subsessilibus 

 oblique ovatis vel ovato-oblongis caudato-acummatis apice obtusis 

 basi cmieatis membmnaceis glabris ; florihus 5-meris in axillis veri- 

 similiter solitariis ; calych tubo satis elongate cylindrico basi paul- 

 lulum dilatato cinereo-tomentoso lobis tubo brevioribus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis obtusis mox reflexis extus tomentosis intus subtiliter etsi 

 dense pubescentibus; squamis caljcis lobos adsequantibus vel iis paullo 

 brevioribus usque basin partitis spathulato-oblongis obtusissimis in- 

 tegris vel apiceni versus leviter undulatis glabris ; staminihus exsertis ; 

 ovario glabro, stigmate capitato-truncato subincluso. 



Kcih. South Nigeria, Degema Division ; Talbot, 3693. 



Folia 5-7*5 cm. long., 2*5-3 cm. lat., in sicco brunneo-viridia. 

 Calycis tubus circa 3 cm. long., liumectatus basi 3 mm. lat. alibi 

 2 mm.; lobi 1"2-1"5 mm. long. Squamae 1-1*3 cm. long., segmentis 

 juxta apicem 3*5-4 mm. lat. Stamina usque 7 mm. exserta ; anthera? 

 subhippocrepiformes, vix 2*5 mm. long. Stigma superne compressum, 

 1*75 mm. diam. Fructus ovoidea, brunnea, subtiliter pubescens, 

 1*3 X 1*1 cm., calycis persistentis parte sup. 5-Q mm. long. 



Affinity with D. grandiflora Engl., differing chiefly in the smaller 

 flowers with relatively broader squamae, shorter than, or at most equal 

 to, the sepals and stigma only just emerging from the mouth of the 

 calyx-tube. 



Dicranolepis angolensis, sp. nov. Suffi-utex ramosus ramulis 

 subteretibus novellis pilis fere omnino destitutis ; foliis subsessilibus 

 oblique ovatis caudato-attenuatis apice obtusis basi obtusis membrana- 

 ceis subnitidis glabris ; fiorihus 5-meris in axillis solitariis sessilibus ; 

 calycis tubo gracili basi leviter solum dilatato cinereo-tomentoso 

 intus glabro lobis oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis utrinque pubescenti- 

 bus ; squamis sepala circiter aequantibus alte partitis segmentis 

 oblongo-obknceolatis apice leviter incisis glabris ; staminihus exsertis ; 

 ovario glabro ; stigmate incluso compresso-claviformi apice truncato. 



Hah. Angola, Cazengo ; Gossiveile7\ 4422, 4422 a. 



Planta f-metralis radice erecto crassissimo quam se ipsa duplo 

 longiore fulta. Folia pleraque 6-8*5 cm. long., usque ad 2*5-3*5 cm. 

 lat., in sicco supra saturate subtus pallide viridia. Flores albi. 

 Calycis tubus 2*5-2*7 cm. long., ima basi 1*5 mm. alibi 1 mm. lat. ; 

 lobi 10-11 mm. long., 3 mm. lat. Squamae 9-10 X 2 mm. Filamen- 

 torum pars exserta feie 1 mm. long. ; anthera 2*5 mm. long. Stigma 

 2x1 mm. 



To be inserted next D. pulescens H. H. W. Pearson, a native of 

 French Guinea, from which its glabrous young shoots, its calyx-tube 

 glabrous within, and narrower calyx-lobes are the chief points of 

 difference. 



Apparently no. 4422 h is the same thing in fruit. The ovoid 

 fruits are covered with a sparse sericeous indumentum easily rubbed 

 off ; they measure 9-10 X 7-7*5 mm. : the persistent tubular part of 

 the calyx is 4 mm. in length. 



Dicranolepis Batesii, sp. nov. Frutex ultrametralis ramulis 

 crebro foli(jbis pubescentibus deinde glabris ; foliis breviter petiolatis 



