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Crossandra pinguior, sp. nov. Suffruticosa, circiter spi- 

 thamea, fere a basi ramosa, ramis pubescentibus cito glabrescentibus, 

 foliis sessilibus obovato-oblongis obtusis nisi obtusissimis basi longe 

 attenuatis ita petiolum alatum simulantibus firme membranaceis 

 utrinque scabriusculis necnon in nervis pubescentibus, spicis 

 anguste ovato-oblongis plurifloris pedunculis validis sat elongatis 

 pubescentibus insidentibus, bracteis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis 

 integris longitrorsum pluristriatis papyraceis subtiliter puberulis, 

 bracteolis oblongo-obovatis breviter aristulatis bracteas circiter 

 semiaequantibus, calycis segmento postico integro ovato-oblongo 

 breviter aristulato nervo unico centrali percurso quam antica 

 longius aristulata paullulum breviore segmentis lateralibus anticis 

 similibus nisi paullo brevioribus, corolla3 tubo bracteis aequilongo 

 superne leviter ampliato extus (triente inf. glabra exempta) 

 pubescente limbi lobis posticis quam ceteri roinoribus, staminibus 

 supra medium tubum insertis. 



Hab. Congo?, N'Yenyeshi Eiver, between trees ; Kassner, 2225. 



Folia (adjecta parte petioliforme) summum 18 cm. long, et 

 5 cm. lat., sed plerumque minora. Pedunculi 8-10 cm. long. 

 Spicae ±6x2 cm. Bracteae circa 25 mm. long., 10-11 mm. 

 lat. Bracteolae 14 mm. long., juxta medium 5 mm. lat. Calycis 

 segmentum posticum 12 mm., segmenta antica 13 mm., lateralia 

 10 mm. long. Corollae tubus 25 mm. long., faucibus 3 mm. diam. ; 

 limbus 18 x 22 mm., hujus lobi postici 3 mm.,reliqui 6 mm. long. 

 Stamina ad 6 mm. infra corollae os inserta ; antherae 2-25 mm. 

 long. Ovarium 4 mm., stylus 14 mm. long. 



Distinguishable on sight from C. puberala Klotzsch by reason 

 of the broader spikes with differently shaped bracts. The entire 

 1 -nerved hinder segment of the calyx is another of the peculiar 

 features. 



Crossandra Warneckii, sp. nov. Planta + spithamea caule 

 ascendente paucifolioso dense ferrugineo-velutino, foliis petiolatis 

 ovato-oblongis obtusissimis basi cordatis margine undulatis firme 

 membranaceis supra pilis albis appressis sparsim praeditis subtus 

 praesertim in nervis pubescentibus, spicis folia excedentibus 

 linearibus plurifloris floribus saltern inferioribus subdistantibus, 

 bracteis pro rata parvulis lanceolatis longe acuminatis ut bracteolae 

 sibi ipsis similes nisi minores calycisque segmenta papyraceis 

 glabrisque, calycis bracteas circiter aequantis segmentis inter se 

 subaequalibus (lateralibus paullulum angustioribus) anguste ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis acuminatis segmento postico integro uninervi, 

 corollae tubo calycem facile superante subcylindrico (basi leviter 

 ampliato) glabro lobis oblongo-obovatis quam tubus multo 

 brevioribus, staminibus ad 5 mm. infra corollae os affixis. 



Hab. German East Africa, Amani ; Warnecke, 230. 



Folia pleraque 5-6-5 x 2-5-3 cm., in sicco olivaceo-grisea ; 

 petioli 1-3 cm. long., dense velutini. Spica summum longit. 

 10 cm. excedens, hujus internodia profecto evoluta 1 cm. long. 

 Bracteae 7 mm. long., basi aegre 3 mm. lat. ; bracteolae 6 x 1*5 mm. 

 Calycis segmenta lateralia 7-5 x 1 mm., reliqua 8 x 1*5 mm. 

 Corollae tubus 12 mm. long., basi 2 mm. superne 1*75 mm. lat. ; 



