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cibus oblongis quam antherae duplo longioribus ; folliculo fusifonni 

 glabro. 



Hah. Rhodesia, Victoria ; iI/"o«r<?, 828, 837. 



Folia plerumque 4-7 cm. long., 8-10 mm. lat., in sicco viridia ; 

 costa media supra plana subtus eminens ; petioli 2-3 mm. long., 

 validi, supra excavata. Pedicelli 2-2*5 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 

 2 mm. long. CoroUae tubus 1 mm. long. ; lobi 15 mm. long., juxta 

 basin 2 mm. lat., superne 1 mm. vel etiam minus. Coronae tubus 

 aegre 5 mm. long.; hujus dentes intermediae 1-5 mm. long., laterales 

 1 mm. vel minus ; laminae exsertae circiter 1 mm. infm coronae os 

 liberae aegre 4 mm. long., interne "3 mm. lat., superne attenuatae 

 necnon curvatae. Columna staminea 1 mm. long. Antherarum alae 

 •5 mm. long., harum appendices aegre 2 mm. long. Pollinia pyriformia, 

 •25 mm. long. Folliculus 12*5 cm. long., inferne fere 2 cm. superne 

 circa 1 cm. lat. Semina 9 mm., coma 3*5 cm. long. 



Cerope^ia degemensis, sp. nov. Caule volubili distanter folioso 

 glabro ; foJiis petiolatis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis basi obtusis in 

 sicco membranaceis glabris ; Jlorihios mediocribus pedicellatis in 

 umbellas pedunculatas paucifloms dispositis ; pedicnculis sat validis 

 petiolis circiter aequilongis ; ijedicellis pedunculos aequantibus pube- 

 rulis ; calycis segmentis lineari-subulatis acutis puberulis ; corollcG 

 extus glabr* tubo basi in Ha to medio constricte inde usque ad fauces 

 gradatim dilatato lobis tubo brevioribus apice connatis ovato-oblongis 

 obtusis replicatis margine longiuscule sed sparsim ciliatis ; coronce 

 phyllis ext. inter se liberis vel fere liberis oblongis longiuscule bifidis 

 ciliatis segmentis linearibus divaricatis phyllorum int. lobis j^hyllis 

 ext. fere aequilongis lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis glabris. 



Nigeria, Degema Division ; Talbot, 3652. 



Folia plei-aque 3*5-5 cm. long., 1'2-1*5 cm. lat., in sicco viridi- 

 brunnescentia, viva verisimiliter aliquanto cmssiuscula ; costa media 

 pag. inf. prominens, costae laterales vix aspectabiles ; petioli plerumque 

 8-10 mm. long. Pedunculi validi, striati, usque 8 mm. long. 

 Calycis segmenta 2 mm. long. Corolla 2*5 cm. long. ; basis inflat. 

 5x7 mm. ; pars intermedia medium 6x3 mm., pars superior 6 mm. 

 long., ipso sub limbo 8 mm. lat. ; lobi 8 mm. long. Corona pbylla 

 ext. 2 mm. long, (segmentis 1 mm. long, inclusis) ; phyllorum int. 

 lobi vix 2 mm. long. 



To be inserted in the genus next C. voluhilis N. E. Br., which has 

 ovate-cordate leaves and corollas with a much less inflated base and a 

 narrower throat. 



SCROPHULAEIACEiE. 



Craterostigma Monroi, sp. nov. Herba annua, glabra, basi 

 co])i()se fibrillifera ; cauUhus caespitosis erectis gracilibus pauci- 

 foliosis ; foliis radicalibus linearibus obtusis inferne dilatatis cau- 

 lemque laxe vaginantilnis crassiusculis foliis caulinis sessilibus anguste 

 linearibus obtusis ; Jlorihiis paucis axillaribus terminalibusve pedicellis 

 ssepe folia subaequantibus insidentibus ; calycis campanulati triente 

 superiore divisi lobis deltoideis obtuse acutis ; coroUw tubo calycem 

 excedente subcylindrico (basin versus leviter angustato) labio postico 

 ovato.bifido antici lobis obovatis obtusissimis intermedio quam laterales 



