ALABASTRA DIVEESA 187 



lanatis, corollas tubo subcylindrico lobis obovatis obtusissimis tubum 

 paullulum excedentibus, antheris cohaerentibus exsertis. 



Hab. Angola, common in forests towards Catemba, near 

 Malange, and between Kutchi and Kutelo ; Gossiceiler, 1095, 1096, 

 3168. Between Kuma and Kutsi ; Baum, 885. 



Folia pleraque 2-3-5 cm. long., 4-7 mm, lat. (summa minora, 

 e. g. 15 X 3 mm.), margine breviter revoluta; costa centralis pag. 

 inf. valde eminens. Inllorescentias 15- fere 30 cm. long. Bracteae 

 + 6 mm., bracteolae 2 mm., pedicelli mox 5-7 mm. long. Fiores 

 albi, violaceo-oculati. Calyx totus 4'5 mm. long., lobi 1*5 mm. 

 Corollas tubus 4 mm. long., ima basi 2 mm., faucibus 4 mm. diam. ; 

 lobi 5 mm. long, 4-4*5 mm. lat. Antherarum loculus fertilis 

 3 mm. long. Ovarium late ovoideum, vix 2 mm. long.; stylus 

 8 mm. long., glaber. 



Allied to *S'. ramosa Hochst., but differing from it chiefly in the 

 sparser habit, the more scattered markedly broader leaves, the 

 effuse inflorescences and longer pedicels to the flowers. 



Sopubea kacondensis, sp. nov. Suffrutex caule erecto ra- 

 moso ramis erectis crebro foliosis tetragonis glabris, foliis pseudo- 

 verticillatis aliis elongatis cum aliis multo brevioribus intermixtis 

 linearibus obtusiusculis simplicibus vel trisectis rarius pinnatifidis 

 supra scabriusculis subtus glabris, floribus mediocribus in spicam 

 terminalem satis longam subdensifloram digestis, bracteis alabastra 

 bene excedentibus vetustioribus foliis similibus junioribus gradatim 

 imminutis lineari-lanceolatis acutis margine ciliato-lanata exempta 

 glabris, bracteolis bracteis similibus nisi multo minoribus, calycis 

 5-goni usque ad medium divisi lobis lanceolatis ciliato-lanatis lobo 

 postico ceteris latiore necnon bifido, corollas tubo calyce breviore 

 superne ampliato lobis late obovatis obtusissimis tubura paullulum 

 excedentibus, antheris cohaerentibus breviter exsertis. 



Hab. Angola, with Glumacece in moist meadows beside the 

 Seculu river, near Kaconda ; Gossioeiler, 4312. 



Planta ex schedis cl. detectoris ultrametralis (4 ped. alt.). 

 Folia in sicco fuscescentia, summum 5 cm. long., pleraque + 3 cm. ; 

 segmenta foliorum minorum majoribus intermixtorum + 1 cm. 

 long. Spicas circa 10 cm. long. Bracteas + 2 cm., bracteolas 

 circa 6 mm. long. Fiores punicei. Calyx 10 mm. long. ; lobi 

 •5 mm, long., lobus posticus binervosus. Corollas tubus 4-5 Uim. 

 long., basi 3 mm. faucibus 5*5 mm. diam. ; lobi 5-5 mm. long. 

 Antherarum loculus fertilis 4 mm. long. Ovarium ovoideum, 2 mm. 

 long. ; stylus microscopice puberulus, 8 mm. long. 



This has the habit of »S'. lanata Engl., which is a woolly plant 

 with entire leaves and pedicellate flowers. The affinity is with 

 S. Welwitschii Engl., but the leaves of the new plant, when not 

 simple, are divided close to the base, and not some distance up 

 tlie leaf, and among other features, the calyx is glabrous except 

 for the woolly ciliation of its lobes. 



Sopubea semula, sp. nov. Caulibus e rliizomate crasso pluri- 

 bus erectis simplicil:)us superne densifoliis araneoso-villosulis delude 

 glabrescentibus, foliis verticillatis rarius solitariis sessilibus anguste 

 lineari-oblongis obtusis integris chartaceis utrinque pubescenti- 



