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panulato lobis brevibus 3-4 inter se subsequalibus ; corolla 4-mera 

 calycem breviter superante ob lobos brevissimos ore modo repanda ; 

 staminihus inclusis 8 filamentis liberis ; ovario globoso 4-loculari 

 ovulis quove in loculo 2. 



Belgian Congo, Kundelungu ; Kassner, 2769. 



Folia 2-3 mm. long., '5 mm. lat., sicco griseolo-vlridla. Pedicelli 

 1-1-5 mm. long. Calyx 1 mm. long decoloratus, lobis apice viridibus. 

 Corolla 1 mm. paullulum excedens. Filamenta "3 mm. long. ; antherse 

 •4--5 mm. long., breviter bifide rarius Integra? vel subintegrse. 

 Ovarium circa '5 mm. diam. Stylus ovario circiter sequilongus; 

 stigma '5 diam. 



The foliage, short pedicels and included anthers are the chief 

 marks of the species. 



PMlippia congoensis, sp. nov. Ramulis ultimis tenuibus inferne 

 cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum signatis apicem versus foliosis 

 pubescentibus ; foliis mox patentibus breviter petiolatis anguste 

 linearibus obtusis vel obtuse acutis dorso profunde sulcatis sparsim 

 pubescentibus ; Jlorihus paucis ad apicem ramulorum approximatis 

 brevipedunculatis ; calyce 3-4-lobo unico certe majore ; corollce 

 calycem subsequantis lobis 4 rotundatis tubo paullulum brevioribus ; 

 staminibus 8 filamentis inter se liberis ; ovario 4-loculari ovulis pro 

 loculo 2. 



Belgian Congo, Katanga : Kassner, 3352. 



Folia 2-3 mm. long., -3 mm. lat. Pedicelli 1 mm. long. Vel 

 paullulum ultra. Calyx pubescens, 1 mm. long., addito lobo uno 

 lineari dorso sulcato crassiusculo fusco 1 mm. long. Corolla 1-25 mm. 

 long. ; lobi denticulato-ciliolati soli "5 mm, long. Filamenta '5 mm. 

 long. ; antherse 1 mm. long,, bifidae. Ovarium subglobosum, longi- 

 trorsum sulcatum, sericeum, '5 mm. diam. Stylus '4 mm. long. ; 

 stigma 1 mm. diam. 



Differs from the last in its narrower leaves, calyx with one 

 prominent lobe, plainly-lobed corolla, and larger anthers. The branch- 

 lets naked except for a few leaves at the top — so common a feature 

 among these plants, gives it a very different appearance from the 

 other. 



ASCLEPIADACE^. 



Fockea Monroi, sp. nov. Caule verisimiliter repente primo tereti 

 subtiliter pubescente deinde angulato glabro; foliis oblongis vel 

 anguste oblongo-lanceolatis obtusissimis apice ipso mucronatis basi in 

 petiolum brevem angustatis finne membranaceis leviter scabriusculis ; 

 ci/mis interpetiolaribus brevissimis paucifloris ; hracteis minutis ovatis 

 acutis scariosis ut cymarum axis pedicelli calycis segmenta necnon 

 corolla pubescentibus ; pedicellis manifestis cal3'ci sequilongis ; corollce 

 tubo calyce breviore lobis a basi lata ligulatis revolutis aestivatione 

 tortis in anthesi patentibus ; corona apice circa 15-fida dentibus subu- 

 latis acuminatis interdum bifidis dente intermedio quam laterales 

 majori tubo ligulis 5 elongatis integris vel bifidis fere usque apicem 

 tubi eidem adnatis carinasque formantibus parte libera ex tubo longe 

 erainente onusto addita ligula satis elongata integra vel bifida carinis 

 quibusque memoratis infra medium tubi affixa ; antherarum appendix 



