ALABASTRA DIVERSA 151 



5'5 mm. long. ; stigmatis lobi late oblongi, ol)tusissimi, pube- 

 scentes, marginibus recurvis, 3'5 mm. long., fere 2 mm. lat. 



This differs from B. nilotica Stapf in the velvety leaves and 

 flowers, the toothed or at most shortly lobed calyx, larger corolla- 

 lobes, long and narrow anthers, and the longer turbinate ovary, 

 which last character most probably points to difference in the 

 shape of the berries. The spinose habit distinguishes it from the 

 recently described B. lasio-phy lla K. Krause and B. torulosa K. 

 Krause, both of which have larger differently clothed leaves, calyx 

 longer than ovary, and shorter anthers. Moreover, the calyx of 

 B. lasiophylla is lobed to the middle, and its ovary is hemi- 

 spherical, while the other has, inter alia, corollas with a tube 

 three or four times as long, and lobes half as long again. 



Near this and virtually indistinguishable, without careful 

 examination, is 



Randia Taylori, sp. nov. Vestitu, ramis ramulisque, spinis, 

 foliis, infiorescentia prsecedentis, stipulis abbreviatis ovatis ob- 

 tusis vel acutiusculis circa 2 mm. long., ovario ovoideo segre 



4 mm. long., calyce tubuloso ovarium excedente in toto 6 mm. 

 long, lobis saepissime ambitu subsemicircularibus vulgo obtusis- 

 simis basi baud contractis 2 mm. long., corollae 5-lob3e lobis 



5 X 4-5 mm., antheris ovato-oblongis apice acutiusculis fere 3'5 mm. 

 long. 1-5 mm. lat. 



Hab. German East Africa, between Zanzibar and Uyui ; 

 Bev. W. E. Taylor. 



This differs from B. nilotica in the ovary and calyx and the 

 smaller corollas. 



Oxyanthus Gossweileri, sp. nov. Suffrutex humilis crebro 

 ramosus ramis validis cortice crasso badio obductis foliorum de- 

 lapsorum cicatricibus signatis, foliis parvulis suborbicularibus 

 coriaceis utrinque pube copiosa grisea onustis petiolis elongatis 



dense piloso-pubescentibus suffultis, stipulis , infiorescentiis 



subsessilibus bracteatis perpaucifloris, ovario calyce breviore cy- 

 lindrico dense pubescente, calycis dense pubescentis lobis lineari- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis tubum paullo excedentibus, corollae tubo 

 limbum multoties excedente piloso-pubescente lobis oblongis 

 acutis extus dense fulvo-pubescentibus, filamentis quam antherae 

 oblongas obtusae apice brevissime apiculatae paullulum longioribus, 

 ovario 2-loculari, stigmate clavato lobis brevibus deltoideis obtusis. 



Hab. Angola, bank of River Kiuvivi near Kassuango ; Goss- 

 weiler, 3275. 



Folia modo l"5-2-5 cm. long, et lat. ; ordinis secundae costae 

 utrinque circa 6, arrecto-ascendentibus, costulas quam se ipsae 

 minus perspicuas frequenter gignentibus ; petioli circa 1"5 cm. 

 long. Infiorescentiae axis dense pubescens, circa 5 mm. long. ; 

 hujus bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, 3-4 mm. long. Flores dilutissime 

 brunnei, suaveolentes. Ovarium 3 mm., calycis pars indivisa 

 2-5 mm. et lobi 3-3-5 mm. long. Corollae tubus vix 6 cm. long., 

 circa 1'5 mm. lat., faucibus ipsis extus densius pubescentibus 

 5 mm. lat. ; lobi 1 cm. long. Filamenta 5 mm., antherae 4 mm. 

 long. Stigmatis lobi 1x1 mm. 



