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scentibus folia plane excedentibus fultis, bracteolis ovato-oblongis 

 acutiusculis inconspicue quinquenerviis hirtulo-pubescentibus, 

 corollae glabrae tubo bracteolas excedente ad 3 mm. supra basin 

 leviter contracto superne subcylindraceo limbo quam tubus bre- 

 viore, antherarum connectivo baud producto loculis barbatis basi 

 sat longe productis calcaratisque, stigmatis lobo infero late 

 deltoideo. 



Hab. Ehodesia, Victoria ; C. F. H. Monro, 652 a, 653. 



Foliorum lamina 2-5-4 x 2-3-5 cm. ; petioli saepissime 1-2 cm. 

 long. Pedunculi 5-8 cm. long. Bracteolae 17 x 6 mm. Calycis 

 dentes 1*25-2-5 mm. long. Corolla in toto 3 cm. long. ; tubus 

 2 cm. long., ima basi 3 mm., paullo supra basin 2-5 mm., superne 

 7-8-5 mm. diam. ; lobi late obovati, 1 cm. long. Antherarum 

 loculi 3 mm. long. Stigmatis lobus inferus 1*5 x 2 mm., superus 

 2-75 mm. long. Capsula 2 cm. long., pars seminifera 5-6 x 8 mm., 

 rostrum 3-5 mm. lat. Semina scapbaeformia, verrucosa rugataque, 

 pallide brunnea, 4 x 2-5 mm. 



From T. alata Boj. and its allies this is easily recognized by 

 its indumentum and foliage. 



The corollas of the specimens are in a rather unsatisfactory 

 state, so that one stamen only was dissected out uninjured from 

 the flower examined. 



Thunbergia (§ Thunbergiopsis) Kassneri, sp. now Caule 

 herbaceo ascendente ramoso ut rami folioso quadrangulari sparsim 

 pubescente cito bifariatim puberulo, foliis sessilibus oblongo- 

 oblanceolatis obtusis basi rotundatis vix amplexicaulibus uninervi- 

 bus firme membranaceis utrinque scabriusculis, floribus in axillis 

 solitariis pedunculis quam bracteolae longioribus insidentibus, 

 bracteolis inter se liberis late ovatis obtusiusculis 5-nervibus reti- 

 culato-nervosis scabriusculis, calycis dentibus abbreviatis deltoideis, 

 corollae mediocris tubo bracteolas facile excedente superne dilatato 

 lobis suborbicularibus tubo manifeste brevioribus, stigmate ad 

 angulos barbato. 



Hab. South Congo, Bamva, M. Kubwa ; Kass?ier, 2280. 



Folia solemniter 3*5-5-5 cm. long., 8-13 mm. lat. Pedunculi 

 circa 2-5 mm. long., puberuli. Bracteolae 14 x 9 mm. Calyx 

 1 mm. long. Corollae tubus 25 mm. long., inferne 4*5 mm. 

 superne 7 mm. lat. ; lobi 10 x 12 mm. Ovarium 2 mm. long. 

 Stylus 13 mm. long. ; stigma 7 mm. long., ore 5 mm. diam. 



Two stamens only, and those not in good condition, were seen, 

 the others having apparently been devoured by some insect. One 

 of the stamens has both of its anthers (which are 3 mm. long) 

 spurred at the base, and the connective produced at its apex, the 

 other has not a produced connective, and the cells of the anther 

 appear to be only bearded at the base. 



Differs from T. lancifolia T. And., inter alia, in the smaller 

 leaves, the much smaller and relatively broader bracts, and the 

 narrower tube of the corolla. 



Thunbergia (j Thunbergiopsis) valida, sp. nov. Erecta 

 caule valido ramoso striato angulatoque ut rami subtiliter pube- 

 scente, foliis sessilibus obovatis vel obovato-oblongis obtusissimis 



