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Angola, Kubango, in meadows subject to inundation at Forte 

 Princeza Amelia ; Gossioeiler, 2337. 



Folia 5-10x3-4 mm. Scapus 5-6 cm. alt., hujus bractearum 

 par 3-4 mm. long. Bracteae at basin umbellae circa 2 mm. long. 

 Pedicelli summum 10 mm. long. Calyx 4-5 mm. long., 1*5 mm. 

 lat. ; dentes 1 mm. long. Corollae tubus 5 mm. long., vix 1 mm. lat. ; 

 labium posticum 3x1*75 mm.; labium antiemn 3*25x5 mm. 

 Anthera? 1*25 mm. long. Staminodia vix 1 mm. long. Ovarium 

 1-5 mm., stylus 4*5 mm. long. ; stigma '5 mm. lat. \ 



Differs from I. Welwitschii Engl, chiefly in the broader leaves, 

 the narrow calyx, small corolla, and bluntly ending staminodes. 



No. 3991 from the same place is referable here. 



Ilysanthes yaundensis, sp. nov. Caulibus caespitosis ascendenti- 

 bus fibrillas permultas basi gignentibus ; foliis radicalibus spathulato- 

 oblongis obtusis crassiusculis caulinis paucis paruvlis anguste oblongis 

 obtusis omnibus glabris ; floribus paucis ex axillis summis oi-tio sat 

 longe pedicellatis ; calyce cylindrico glabro 5-dentato dentibus 

 triangularibus acutis ; corollcd tubo calycem superante anguste 

 infundibulari labio postico subpanduriformi bidentato dentibus a basi 

 lata anguste linearibus labii antici lobis inter se subsequalibus obovatis 

 margine crispulis ; staminihus breviter exsertis ; staminodiis basi 

 obtusis ; ovario ovoideo ; stylo breviter exserto ; stigmate infun- 

 dibulari. 



Cameroons, Yaunde ; ZenlceTy 1487. 



Planta 6-8 cm. alt. Folia radicalia 6-15 mm. long., superne 

 1-2 mm. lat. ; caulina plerumque 2—4 mm. long. Pedicelli plerumque 

 1-2 cm. long. Calyx totus 4*5 mm. long. ; dentes 1 mm. Corollae 

 tubus 5'25 mm. long., inferne 1 mm. sub limbo 2 mm. lat. ; labium 

 posticum 4-5 mm. long., basi 3 mm. lat., hujus dentes 1 mm. long. 

 Antherae 1*5 mm., staminodia fere 1 mm., ovarium "8 mm., stylus 

 6 mm. long. Stigma 1 mm. lat. 



Distributed as I. Welwitschii Engl., an Angolan plant from 

 which it can be distinguished by the possession of cauline as well as 

 radical leaves, smaller calyx, upper lip of corolla with narrow teeth 

 and staminodia ending bluntly. 



Alectra gracilis, sp. nov. Herba gracilis fere spithamea ; caule 

 erecto simplici vel rariramoso sat crebro folioso scabrido ; foliis 

 oppositis sessilibus oblongis vel oblongo-linearibus obtusis integris 

 utrinque scabridis ; floribus ex axillis foliorum paucorum summorum 

 oriundis pedicellis brevibus bmcteis 2 linearibus donatis insidentibus ; 

 calyce campanulato extus scabriuscule triente superiori diviso lobis 

 triangularibus acutis ; corolla calycem breviter superante lobis quam 

 tubus plane brevioribus oblongo-ovatis obtusis ; fllamentis subaequi- 

 longis duobus barbatis duobus calvis antherarum locidis inter se 

 subsimilibus basi mucronatis ; ovario ovoideo compressiusculo ; stylo 

 clavato glabro. 



Angola, moist meadows between the Kutchi and Kutato; 

 Gossioeiler, 3391. 



Folia plerumque 5-10 mm. long., l*5-2'5 mm. lat. Pedicelli circa 

 1 mm. long. Bractca) usque 5 mm. long. Calyx totus 6 mm. long. ; 



