NEW AFRICAN PLANTS 213 



Hab. Angola, between Old Menongue and N'jaio ; Gossioeiler, 

 4140. 



Folia pleraque 3-6 cm. long., 1-5-2 (raro 2-5) cm. lat., summa 

 circa 15 x 8 mm., in sicco griseo-olivacea. Bracteae + 11x6 mm. 

 Bracteolae 9-10 x 5 mm. Calyx 10 mm. long. Corollae tubus 

 extus superne puberulus, 11 mm. long., basi 2-5 mm. faucibus 4 mm. 

 lat. ; labia 6 mm. long., horum lobi 3-5 mm. Antherae 2 mm. long. 

 Ovarium glabrum, 2 mm. long. Stylus puberulus, 8-5 mm. long. 



From D. dentatum C. B. Clarke this can be told on sight by 

 the sessile leaves and the broad bracteoles. 



Gossweiler's No. 3954, gathered on rocky ground near 

 Menongue, is to be referred here. The leaves are entire, or 

 at most repand, and the bracteoles narrower (11 x 2*5 mm.) but 

 otherwise I can see no difference. 



Strobilanthopsis glutinifolia S. Moore. 



Congo, near Sakania ; Rogers, 10,021. 



Blepharis Kassneri, sp. nov. Suffrutex erectus gracilis 

 sesqui-bispithameus, ramulis ascendentibus vel ascendenti-patulis 

 attenuatis sparsim foliosis patule pubescentibus, foliis verticillatis 

 paris alterius altero multo brevioribus omnibus linearibus vel 

 anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis obtusisve integris coriaceis utro- 

 bique scabridis, noribus sub apice ramulorum sat elongatorum 

 verticilloque foliorum stipatis solitariis, bracteis circa 7 interiori- 

 bus gradatim majoribus cymbiformibus lanceolatis acuminatis 

 integris longitrorsum nervosis firme scariosis, bracteolis 0, calycis 

 (ut bracteae) glabri segmento antico 4-nervi lanceolato apice 

 bilobo lobis angustissime lineari-lanceolatis acutis segmento pos- 

 tico anguste ovato-oblongo obtuso segmentis lateralibus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acutis quam segmentum anticum plane breviore, 

 corollae tubo late subcylindrico ipso sub limbo dilatato limbo ob- 

 longo-obovato tridentato, antheris majoribus latere minoribus 

 solummodo juxta medium barbatis, ovulis quove in loculo unicis. 



Hab. South Congo, Mazila ; Kassner, 3003. 



Caulis aliquanto anfractuosus, 1 mm. diam. vel paullulum 

 ultra ; internodia plerumque 5-8 cm. long. Folia majora 5-8 cm. 

 long., 6-7 mm. lat. ; minora 13-20 x 2-3 mm., omnia pallidissime 

 nitentia necnon margine in nervisque pilosa. Inflorescentia 

 pansa 27 x 9-10 mm. Bracteae extimae 6 mm. long. ; intermediae 

 9 mm., intimae 13 mm. long., omnes ut calycis segmentum posti- 

 cum lineis rubris percursae. Calycis segmentum anticum 17 mm. 

 long., hujus lobi 2-5 mm. long. ; segmentum posticum 27 mm. 

 long., segmenta lateralia 11 mm. Corollae tubus antice atque 

 postice barbatus, 3 x 3-5 mm. ; limbus verisimiliter albus vel 

 luteus, pubescens, intus prominenter 3-carinatus, 27 mm. long. 

 Filamenta 8 mm. long. ; staminum anticorum antherae 5*5 mm. 

 long., posticorum 4-5 mm., illorum antherae loculi vestigium 5 mm. 

 long. Ovarium anguste ovoideum, 2 mm. long. ; stylus glaber, 

 11 mm. long. 



Very near B. glumacea S. Moore, of which in habit and foliage 

 it is the counterpart ; the longer acuminate striated (not blotched) 

 bracts enable one to distinguish B. Kassneri without difficulty. 



