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dulatis utrinque villosis, cyinis paucis pluribusve (4-15) saepius 

 2-3-floris pedunculis filifomiibus sat longis glanduloso-pilosis 

 fultis, pedicellis capsula longioribus, calycis segmentis lineari- 

 lanceolatis obtusiusculis piloso-pubescentibus, corollae parvae extus 

 fere glabrae tubo quam calyx 5-6-plo longiore recto superne leviter 

 ampliato lobis posticis rotundatis quam antici ovato-oblongi ol)- 

 tusissimi brevioribus, antberis conniventibus, staminodiis minutis 

 clavatis, ovario microscopice puberulo quam stylus pilosus panllo 

 breviore, capsula abbreviata corolla vix longiore glabrescente. 



Hab. Nortb-west Rhodesia, among rocks on the Kateniiia 

 Hills ; Kassner, 2162. 



Folia summum 12 x 4-5 cm., saepe vero multo minora (sc. 

 6 X 2-5 cm.), membranacea, costis secundariis circa 12 utrinque 

 percursa. Pedunculi solemniter 5-7 cm. long. ; pedicelli sub flore 

 + 1 cm. long., sub fructu aliquanto longiores. Calyx 1-5 mm. 

 long. Corolla 7-10 mm. long., ima basi 1"5 mm., faucibus 3 mm. 

 lat. Filamenta 2*5 mm., antherae 1-25 mm. long., staminodia 

 •5 mm. Ovarium 2 mm., stylus 3 mm. long. Capsula (stylo per- 

 sistente exempto) modo 7-8 mm. long. 



To be inserted next H. micrantha Clarke, a species with small 

 flowers and capsules, but quite dift'erent leaves and many-flowered 

 cymes. 



ACANTHACE^. 



Dicliptera Monroi, sp. nov. Ramulis ascendentibus foliosis 

 pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis ovatis breviter acuminatis basi late 

 rotundatis membranaceis utrinque pricsertim vero pag. inf. sparsim 

 pubescentibus, spiculis pedunculatis perpaucis ramulos terminan- 

 tibus cymam laxam referentibus 2-floris, bracteis inter se in- 

 tequalibus lanceolatis sat longe acuminatis ad medium usque 

 trinervibus sparsim pubescentibus, bracteolis bracteis similibus 

 sed pauUo minoribus uninervibusque, calycis segmentis lineari- 

 lanceolatis longe acuminatis sparsim pubescentibus, corollas tubo 

 bracteas bene excedente parum torto sursum aliquanto inflato 

 labiis tubum excedentibus labio postico ovato-oblongo retuso antico 

 tridentato aequilongo. 



Hab. Rhodesia, Victoria ; Monro, 1039. 



Foliorum limbus summum 4 x 2*2 cm., modicus 2-3 x 1"2- 

 1-4 cm., summa iraminuta in bracteas transeuntia ; petioli teneri, 

 sparsim pubescentes, foliorum majorum 1-1-5 cm. long. Pedunculi 

 8-25 mm. long., sparsim pubescentes. Bractea major 12 mm., 

 minor 8 mm. long. ; bracteolae 7-5 mm. Calycis segmenta 6 mm. 

 long. Corollae tubus extus puberulus, 12 mm. long., basi 2 mm., 

 faucibus vix 4 mm. lat. ; labium posticum 16 mm. long. ; antici 

 dentes rotundati, intermedius quam laterales major, -5 mm. long. 

 Filamenta 18 mm. ex corollae tubo exserta ; antherarum loculus 

 superior 1 mm., loc. inferior 1-2 mm. long. Ovarium ovoideo-ob- 

 longum, 2 mm. long. Stylus basi sparsim pilosus, 3 cm. long. 



Near D. maculata Nees and D. Eenii S. Moore. The chief 

 points about the species are the pubescence, the rotundato bases 

 of the leaves, and the shape of the bracts. 



