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ramulos abbreviates dense vel longiores laxiuscule digestis pani- 

 culam thyrsoideam elongatam referentibus, bracteis linearibus 

 calycem circa aequantibus, calycis alte partiti papillosi segmentis, 

 oblongo-spathulatis crassiusculis, corollae tubo calycem multo ex- 

 cedente gracili faucibus ipsis dilatato crassiusculo extus papilloso 

 lobis inter se fere aequalibus (2 posticis paullo angustioribus) 

 oblongo-obovatis obtusissimis intus glabris, stylo incluso, capsula 

 obovoidea apice emarginata calyci aequilonga glabra. 



Hab. Ehodesia, Victoria ; Monro, 924. 



Planta saltern trispithamea. Rami tetragon! vel subtetragoni, 

 longitrorsum multistriati, ut folia infiorescentiaque papillis brevis- 

 simis albidis muniti. Folia circa 1-2 cm. long., et 2 mm. lat. 

 Bracteae 1-2 mm. long. Flores verisimiliter aurantiaci vel am-an- 

 tiaco-pmiicei. Calyx totus 2 mm. long. ; lobi 1-8 mm. Corollae 

 tubus 8 mm. long., -5 mm. lat., faucibus 1 mm. lat. ; lobi patentes, 

 vix 2 mm. long. Antherae superiores brevissime exsertae, fertiles 

 etsi immunitae, '25 mm. long., barum filamenta '75 mm. long. ; 

 antberae inferiores oblongae, obtusae, 1 mm. long., barum filamenta 

 •2 mm. long. Stylus circa 7 mm., capsula 2 mm. long. 



Near the South African JSI. parviflora Benth., but different in 

 the narrow leaves, the smaller calyx with spathulate segments, 

 and the longer corollas. This is the second known tropical species 

 of this largish South i\.frican genus. 



Stemodiopsis linearis, sp. nov. Suffrutex parvus, glaber, 

 caule verisimiliter repente subtereti nudo, ramulis gracillimis fere 

 a basi foliosis, foliis sessilibus anguste linearibus obtuse acutis 

 margine revolutis, floribus in axillis soiitariis, pedicellis foliis bre- 

 vioribus supra medium bracteolis duabus parvulis filiformibus 

 onustis ascendentibus sub fructu decurvis, calycis segmentis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis quam corolla tubus brevioribus, 

 corollae tubo superne levissime amplificato labio postico ovato bifido 

 antico postico paullulum breviore intus minute pubescente palato 

 valde intruso, staminum anticorum filamentis juxta medium tortis, 

 staminodio filiform! a staminibus remoto, capsula decurva ovoidea 

 obtusa breviterve rostrata glabra. 



Hab. Congo Free State, Mt. Penga, on rocks ; Kcissner, 

 2964. 



Tota planta circiter spithamea. Foha + 2 cm. long, (saepis- 

 sime 1-5-2-5 cm.), circa -5 mm. lat. vel etiam minus. Pedicelli 

 plerique 7-12 mm. long. ; horum bracteolae 1-5 mm. Calyx 3-25 mm. 

 long. Corollae tubus 5 mm. long., inferne 1-5 mm. ore 2-5 nnii. 

 lat. ; labium posticum intus sparsim piloso-puberulum, margine 

 ciliolatum aegre 3 mm. long.; labium anticum 25 mm. long., hujus 

 lobi abbi'eviati, rotundati, vix 1 mm. long. Staminodium corollae 

 tubi basin versus insertum 2 mm. long. ; staminum anticorum 

 filamenta 3 mm., posticorum 2 mm. long. ; antherarum loculi 

 divergentes, anguste ovato-ol)longi, -8 mm. long. Ovarium 2 mm. 

 long., stylus 3 mm. Capsula 7 mm. long. 



The linear leaves serve to distinguish this from its few con- 

 geners. 



