MISCELLANEA AFRICANA 215 



longiore; ant Ji ens per paria approximatis ; ovarii siphseroideo ; sti/lo 

 leviter exserto; stigmate late lamelliformi. 



Rhodesia, Victoria ; MonrOy 788, and a later gathering under 

 No. 1879. 



Tota planta 3-7 cm. alt. Folia radicalia inferne decoloria, 

 summum circa 10 mni. long., etsi ssepe breviora, juxta medium fere 

 1 mm. lat., basi fere 3 mm, ; caulina 5-10 (raro fere usque 20) mm. 

 long., •2-"4 mm. lat., raro 1 mm. adaequantia. Pedicelli plerumque 

 5-10 mm. long. Calyx in to to vix 3 mm., lobi vix 1 mm. long. 

 Corolla) tubus 4 mm. long., basi 1-5 mm. sursum 2 mm. lat. ; labium 

 posticu;m 3x3 mm., labii antici lobi laterales 3 mm. long., lobus 

 intermedins 5 mm. Antherse 1 mm. lat. Ovarium vix 1 mm. diam. 

 Stylus 4*5 mm. long. Stigma 1*2 mm. lat. 



A very distinct species apparently nearest C. linearifolium Engl., 

 but with several differences in leaf and flower. 



Craterostigma chironioides, sp. nov. Planta spithamea, glabra ; 

 ca?^/^ascendente gracili angulato distanter f olioso ; /b/m sessilibus an- 

 guste lanceolato-oblongis obtusis margine denticulatis paucis infimis 

 subradicalibus nonnunquam pauUo latioribus ; florihus in glomerulos 

 bracteatos aggregatis; bracteis latis calycem sequantibus ovatis superne 

 attenuatis apice obtusis ; calyce ovoideo 5-costato costis alato-cristatis 



5 dentato dentibus triangularibus acutis ; corollce tubo calycem 

 excedente ima basi angustato labio postico ovato rotundato apice 

 retuso labii antici lobis lateralibus ovatis quam intermedins suborbi- 

 cularis brevioribus; anther is approximatis; stylo breviter exserto; 

 stigmate lamelliformi. 



Belgian Congo, Kundelungu Mt. ; Kassner, 2594. 



Folia pleraque l'5-2-5 cm. long., 2-4 mm. lat., perpauca radicalia 

 usque 5 mm. lat., trinervia, costa media subtus prominente. Florum 

 glomeruli 7-10 mm. diam. Bractese vetustiores 6 mm. long., basin 

 versus 4*5 mm. lat., interiores gi-adatim imminuti. Calyx 6 mm. 

 long. ; hujus dentes 1 mm. long. Corollse tubus aegre 7 mm. long., 

 ima basi vix 1 mm. sub limbo fere 3 mm. lat. ; labium posticum 

 3x3 mm. ; anticum 5 mm. long. ; hujus lobus intermedins 4x5 mm. 

 Antherse 1*25 mm. lat. Ovarium ovoideum 1*5 mm. long. Stylus 



6 mm. long. Stigma '5 mm. lat. 



Undoubtedly close to C. latehracteatum Skan, which is a taller 

 plant diverse in foliage and also in calyx and corolla. 



Ilysanthes Gossweileri, sp. nov. Herba parvula, scaposa ; canle 

 repente crebro radicante fibrillas copiose emittente ; foliis radicalibus 

 oblongo-obovatis apice rotundatis uninervibus crassiusculis glabris vel 

 fere glabris ; scapis tenuibus pubescentibus ad medium bracteis 

 2 oblongis obtusis onustis ; florihus pro rata parvis in umbellam 

 terminalem paucifloram digestis ; pedicellis calyce longioribus pubes- 

 centibus ; calyce cylindrico 5-dentato sparsim breviterque pubescente; 

 corollce tubo cylindrico calyci circa aequilongo labio postico obovato- 

 oblongo apice retuso labii antici lobis obovatis margine undulatis 

 intermedio quam laterales paullulum longiore ; staminihus breviter 

 exsertis antherarum loculis distantibus ; staminodiis ovoideis basi 

 obtusis ; ovario ovoideo aliquanto compresso ; stylo exserto com- 

 planato ; stigmate bilamellato. 



