128 NEW AFRICAN PLANTS. 



Cycnium erectum, sp. nov. Caule lignnso precto alto t^reti 

 hispiflo snperne hispidulo et parce ramoso, ramis It evibns ; foliis 

 sessilibus lanceolatis vel e basi cnneatis snboblnngis, nninerviis, 

 marorine snpra basin integrara crenato-dentatis, utraqne facie 

 hispidis ; floribns in parte caiilis superiore racemosis. oppositis, 

 bracteis foliis similibus spd minoribus pedifellos tenups snbfenuanti- 

 bns ; braeteolis linpavi-l;incen]atis sub calyce insertis vplnt hnic et 

 pedicpllis hirsntnlis; calyce tnbuloso supra medium obliqno apice 

 aequaliter 5-dpntato ; corollfe atrate purpurpfe tubo calycem duplo 

 superante, labio postico vix ad medium bifido, autico tripartite, 

 lobis late ovatis ; anthpris sublanceolatis, appendice tenui acuta ; 

 capsulis oblnpsfis. apiculatis. 



Hab. Shpik-husin, Sept. 2lRt, 1894, Dmudfhon Smith. 



Tbe long stem, wbicli is broken off at the base, is 3^ ft. long, 

 and 2| lines thick. The cortex and outer layers of the wood are 

 tinged with purple. The upper portion bears a few short branches 

 (about 6 in. long). The shortly hispid leaves reach on the main 

 stem 2 in. in length, with a breadth of 10 lines. The raceme is 



1 ft. long. The flower-pedicels are \ in. long, becoming f in. in 

 the fruit. The bracteoles are nearly 2 lines long. The calyx-tube 

 is 7 lines, and its acuminate teeth 1 line long; a lateral incision to 

 just above the middle makes it oblique. The calyx shows the same 

 deep blue colour as the corolla, the tube of which is 1\ in. long, 

 less than 1 line in diameter in tlie lower half, but widening to 

 about 1^ lines at the insertion of the stamens. The delicately 

 veined lobes are 8 lines long by 6 broad. The pointed anthers are 

 nearly 2i^ lines long. The unripe fruits {\ in. long) retain as a 

 blunt apiculus the base of the style. 



Eecalls the South African C. mcemosum Bth., but is not so 

 much branched. It is at once distinguished by the greater length 

 of the corolla-tube in proportion to the calyx, and by the rounded 

 teeth of the leaf-margin. 



Graderia speciosa, sp. nov. Frutex ramis griseis tetragonis 

 juvenilibus hirsntulis; foliis parvis decussatis obovatis utrinque 

 scabridis subsessilibus ; floribus speciosis axillaribus breviter pedi- 

 cellatis, bracteis binis linearibus acutis ; calyce hirsutulo campanu- 

 lato sequaliter 5-fido, limbis ovatis acutis ; corolla speciosa super 

 tubum breve subito expansa, lobis planis suboblongis,praeter antieum, 

 qui minor est subaequalibus ; staminibus glabris securiformihus; 



2 posticis longioribus cum anthera 1-loculare trapezoidea basifixa, 

 anticis cum anthera altera ad calcar longum reducta : stylo longo 

 in stigmate subclavato terminante ; ovarii loculis jequalibus; capsulo 

 oblongo obtuse apiculato. 



Hab. Galla Country. Darar and Sheik-busin, Sept. 1894, 

 Donaldaon Smith, 



The hard woody shoots bear numerous lenticels. There are 

 several buds, generally three, in a vertical row above each leaf-scar, 

 all of which mav remain dormant, or one (the median), rarely two, 

 may develop. The small leaves are found in the youngest shoots 

 onlv; they are 7-12 lines long, 4-5 broad. The flowers spring a 

 little distance above the leaf-insertion ; the short pedicels are ^ in. 



