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Filamenta 5 mm. long., horum dens 75 mm. ; antherae fere 2 mm. 

 long. Stylus 5'5 cm. long., hujus pars attenuata 2d mm. long. 



Besides the erect corolla-lobes this is known from L. ogowensis 

 Engl, by the larger obtuse leaves usually more or less cordate at the 

 base, the calyx broader and wider at the mouth and the distinctly 

 puberulous pink corollas. 



Zenker's 749 and 1414 referred to L. ogowensis in Fl. Trop. Atr. 

 vi. sect 1, 346, are conspecific with this. 



EUPHOEBIACEiE. 



Acalypha eriophylloides, sp. nov. Monoica, caulihns rhizomate 

 valido erectis simplicibus spithameis dilute flavo-tomentosis ; foliis 

 sessilibus anguste obovato-oblongis apice mucronatis basi obtusis 

 apicem versus dentatis vel denticulatis pag. sup. ajopresse hirsutis pag. 

 inf. hirsuto-tomentosis ; stijmlis parvis lineari-lanceolatis pubescen- 

 tibus; spicis axillaribus masculis foliis circiter ajquilongis apice 

 bracteis perspicuis ssepe coronatis flore femineo unico ex axillo eodem 

 oriundo ab iis libero ; bractea $ fere usque basin in lacinias 7 iniequi- 

 lono-as lineares longe ciliatas divisa ; sepalis 2 oblongis sursum 

 pectinato-cihatis ; ovorio dense hirsute ; stj'lis 3 quam ovarium longi- 

 oribus crebro pectinatis. 



Angola, Kuanaval; Gossiveiler, 3041. 



Folia pleraque 2-3 cm, long,, 8-10 mm. lat,, supm in sicco fusco- 

 subtus dilute grisea, stipulse 2-3 cm. long. Spicse evolutse (incluso 

 pedunculo 5-7 mm, long,) 2-5-3 cm. long. Bractese 6 flonim fasci- 

 culos stipantes lineari-lanceolatae, summum 2 mm. long. ; bracteai 

 apicales usque 4-5 mm. long. Bractea $ circa 4 mm. lat. ; harum 

 laciniaj 2-5 mm. long. Sepala $ 1-5 mm. long. Ovarium segre 

 3 mm. diam. Styli usque 7 mm. long. 



Evidently a close ally of A. eriophylla Hutchins., but among 

 other features with di:fferently-shaped leaves, spikes on shorter 

 peduncles, female flower arising separately from the male spike instead 

 of at its base and not invested by the curious large stipules of 

 A. erioplii/lla. 



The remains of stems still attached to the rhizome show the 

 effects of fire. 



Acalypha Gossweileri, sp. nov. Frutex ultrametmlis, crebro 

 ramosus ; o^amis lignosis primo dense pubescentibus mox glabris 

 ultimis solummodo folia pauca gerentibus ; foliis parvis petiolatis 

 lanceolatis acutis breviterve acuminatis basi obtusis vel levissime 

 cordatis m:irgine dentato-serratis trinervibus membranaceis supra 

 hispidule pilosis subtus arete pubescentibus; sfipulis setaceis foliis 

 circiter aequilongis sparsim pilosis ; spicis axillaribus bisexualibus 

 quam folia brevioribus e bractea unica florem unicum $ fovente plane 

 supra basin posita floribusque pluribus (S terminalibus approximatis a 

 $ satis remotis sistentibus ; Iractea parva foliacea margine integra vel 

 summum undulata extus pilis strigillosis sparsim onusta intus glabra ; 

 sepalis $ 3 lanceolatis cilia tis ; ovario dense strigoso ; stylis 3 ovario 

 multe longioribus crebro laciniatis. 



