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2-25 mm. long. Capsula aegre 15 mm. long., rostrum 10 mm. 

 long. Semina brunnea, 3 mm. long. 



To be inserted next T. sessilis Lindau ; differing from it inter 

 alia in the slender habit, the small glabrous leaves, long peduncles, 

 and small scabriusculous bracteoles. 



The specimen, the only one seen by Mr. Gossweiler, is less 

 than two spans in length, and is unsatisfactory inasmuch as it 

 has but one uninjured flower. A fragment of a second corolla is 

 larger in its surviving parts than is the other, which probably has 

 not quite reached its full development ; hence the measurements 

 given above may require some revision. 



Thunbergia (§ Euthunbeegia) retefolia, sp. nov. Verisimi- 

 liter suffruticosa caule erecto sparsim ramoso pube grisea dense 

 obsito deinde glabrescente, foliis sessilibus lanceolato-oblongis 

 rarius oblongo-obovatis obtusis 5-nervibus supra scabriuscule 

 pubescentibus tandem scabriusculis subtus dense griseo-pube- 

 scentibus vix tomentosis, floribus in axillis superioribus solitariis 

 pedunculis brevibus hirsutulis insidentibus, bracteolis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis obtusis interdum brevissime cuspidulatis utrobique 

 dense appresse griseo-pubescentibus, calycis dentibus paucis inter 

 se insequalibus subulatis sat longe acuminatis glabris vel sparsissime 

 pilosis, corolla tubo ex bracteolis eminente superne amplificato. 



Hab. Angola, plateau between the Cuito and Cuiriri ; Goss- 

 weiler, 2621. 



Caulis 2-3 mm. diam. Folia solemniter 4-6 cm. long., 

 12-20 mm. lat., margine obscure undulata, pag. inf. reticulum 

 optime aspectabile. Bracteolse circa 2 cm. long. Calyx totus 

 5'5 mm. long. ; dentes 5 mm. long. Corollye tubus circa 2-5 cm. 

 long., juxta basin 3 mm. superne usque ad 7 mm. lat. ; limbus 

 circa 3 cm. diam. 



Here again the specimen is imperfect, and no further details 

 can be given ; in spite of this it is distinct enough to warrant 

 description. The anthers and upper part of the style appear to 

 have been eaten by insects, so the section cannot be stated with- 

 out doubt, though the plant is almost certainly a member of the 

 I Euthunhergia. The affinity appears to be with.T. Gycnium 

 S. Moore, but there are marked differences in leaves, bracts, and 

 corolla. 



Dyschoriste petalidioides, sp. nov. Planta semispithamea 

 vel paullo ultra caulibus erectis fere a basi. foliosis subsparsim 

 griseo-pubescentibus novellis hirsutulis, foliis oblongo-oblanceo- 

 latis obtusissimis basi in petiolum longe extenuatis firme mem- 

 branaceis utrinque prgesertim in nervis puberulis, inflorescentiis 

 brevibus cylindricis paucifloris, foliis floralibus pro rata magnis 

 oblongo-obovatis obtusis margine undulatis vel etiam crenatis 

 bracteolas breviter excedentibus, bracteolis lineari-oblanceolatis 

 obtusis calycem plane excedentibus ut inflorescentise axis et bracteae 

 hirsutulis vel sparsim pubescentibus deinde glabrescentibus, calycis 

 paullulum ultra medium divisi 5-carinati lobis anguste lineari- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis ciliatis, corollas glabrae tubo calycem exce- 

 dente superne amplificato lobis obovatis obtusissimis inter se 



