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bus, floribus sessilibus in spicam terminalem densam ovoideam 

 aggregatis, bracteis anguste obovato-spathulatis apice obtusis ut 

 bracteoltE sibi ipsis similes sed minores dorse saccatis extus 

 araneoso-pubescentibus margine albis glandulis rubris crebro in- 

 spersis, calycis 5-goni fusco-nitidi sursum puberuli lobis tubo 

 brevioribus triangularibus acutis marginibus breviter albo-tomen- 

 tosis, corollsB majusculae tubo superne amplificato lobis suborbicu- 

 laribus tubo brevioribus, antheris inter se cohaerentibus breviter 

 exsertis. 



Hab. Angola in shrubby pasturage at Kaconda ; Gossiveiler, 

 4240. 



Planta bispithaniea. Folia solemniter 2-2-5 cm. long., 2-4 mm. 

 lat., summa breviora etsi baud angustiora in bracteas transeuntia. 

 Spicffi nondum profecto evolutce 4-5 x 2-5 cm. Bracteae 9-12 mm. 

 long., summum 5 mm. lat. ; bracteolae 5-6 mm. long. Calyx 

 7 mm. long. ; lobi 2-5 mm. long. Corollge tubus 10 mm. long. ; 

 inferne 1-5 mm., faucibus 3*5 mm. diam. ; lobi circa 5x6 mm., 

 margine crispuli. Antherarum loculus fertilis 3-5 mm. long. 

 Ovarium ovoideum, 2 mm. long. Stylus villosus, apicem versus 

 glaber, 13 mm. long. 



Nearest S. densiflora Skan, but showing too many differential 

 features to render comparison necessary. 



Sopubea congensis, sp. nov. Verisimiliter planta circa bi- 

 spithamea caulibus simplicibus erectis densifoliosis piloso-pube- 

 scentibus deinde giabris, foliis sessilibus inferioribus sparsis superi- 

 oribus verticillatis linearibus acutis integris membranaceis primo 

 piloso-pubescentibus mox puberulis, floribus sessilibus confertis 

 spicam brevem terminalem cylindricam referentibus, bracteis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis calycem facile excedentibus glandulis 

 paucis rubris instructis ut bracteoltB lineari-oblanceolatae calyxque 

 albo-lanatis, calyce 5-gono ad medium usque diviso lobis triangu- 

 lariljus obtusis, corollae mediocris tubo calyce vix longiore superne 

 gradatim paullulum ampliato lobis suborbicularibus tubo aequi- 

 longis, antheris inter se cohaerentibus plane exsertis'. 



Hab. Congo Free State, Kundelungu ; Kiissner, 2767. 



Folia + 2-5 cm. long., 1-2 mm. lat. Spicse 3-5 x 1'8 cm. 

 Bracteae 8 mm. long., bracteolas 4 mm. Calyx 5 mm. long., 

 summum totidem lat. ; lobi 2-5 x 2 mm. Corolla tubus 5-5 mm. 

 long., inferne 1-75 mm., faucibus 2-5 mm. diam. ; lobi 6 x 5-5 mm., 

 margine integri. Antherarum loculus fertilis fere 4 mm. long. 

 Ovarium ovoideum, vix 2 mm. long.; stylus crassiusculus, inferne 

 pubescens, circa 15 mm. long. 



The place of this is next <S'. conferta S. Moore, to which it has 

 much general resemblance ; its bracts and flowers are, however, 

 different. 



Gesnerace^. 



Streptocarpus (§ EosuLATiE) rhodesianus, sp. nov. Caule 

 brevissirao radices plures filiformes emittente, foliis paucis (non- 

 nunquam verisimiliter solitariis) sessilibus subsessilibusve oblongis 

 vel oblongo-ovatis obtusis basi rotundatis vel obtusis margine un- 



