ALABASTRA DIVERSA 295 



subaequalibus, antherarum loculis basi muticis nisi microscopice 

 mucronulatis, capsulis . 



Hab. Angola, in short thicket-grown pasturage on the waggon- 

 road between the Cuhii Eiver and Kubanque, Forte Maria Pia ; 

 Gossweiler, 2917. 



Foha 3-4 cm. long., 8-14 mm. lat. ; petioli summum 15 mm. 

 long, sed scepius breviores. Inflorescentiae (inclusis corollis pansis) 

 circa 2 cm. long. Folia floralia saepius 15-20 mm. long., bracteolae 

 13-15 mm. Flores albi. Calyx 10 mm. long.; tubus 4-5 mm. 

 Corollae circa 20 mm. long. ; tubus 15 mm. long., 1'25 mm. lat., 

 faucibus adusque 4 mm. dilatatus ; lobi 4*5 mm. long, Antherae 

 oblongas, 1-5 mm. long. Ovarium oblongum, 2 mm. long.; stylus 

 puberulus, 16 mm. long. 



This has much the appearance of a small Petalidiwn. The 

 large floral leaves and bracteoles distinguish it from its congeners. 



Disperma Gossweileri, sp. nov. Suffruticosum, intricate 

 ramosum, ramulis sat tenuibus ascendenti-patentibus foliosis 

 scabriusculis, foliis subsessilibus oblongis vel anguste oblongo- 

 ovatis obtusis vel obtuse acutis basi saepissime levissime cordatis 

 undulatis denticulatisve pergamaceis pag. utravis scabriusculis, 

 floribus mediocribus in axillis superioribus solitariis vel 2-3-nis, 

 foliis floralibus parvis ovatis acutis ut inflorescentiae axis et 

 bracteolae et calyx glanduloso-pubescentibus, bracteolis anguste 

 oblongo-obovatis obtusis calyci subaequilongis, calycis usque ad 

 medium divisi tubo sursum leviter dilatato lobis oblongis acuti- 

 usculis inter se paullo inaequalibus sc. postico ceteris latiore, 

 corollae tubo cylindrico extus pubescente limbo bilabiato labii 

 antici basi palatiferi ultra medium trilobi lobis lateralibus oblongo- 

 obovatis obtusissimis lobo intermedio obovato emarginato aequi- 

 longis labii postici lobis oblongo-subquadratis obtusissimis, ovulis 

 pro loculo 1. 



Hab. iVngola, along the Cuelai Eiver at Massaco ; Gossweiler, 

 2699. 



Planta saltem f-metralis. Eami seniores 2-3 mm., juniores 

 1-5 mm. diam. Folia pleraque 3-4 x 1-1'5 cm. (exstant minora 

 circa 20 X 8 mm.), in sicco griseo-olivacea. Folia floralia circa 

 10 X 6 mm. ; bracteolae 10 x 4 mm. Flores coeruleo-violacei, ore 

 tuboque brunneo. Calyx 9 mm long. ; tubus 4-5 mm. long. ; lobi 

 4-5 X + 1 mm., lobus posticus aegre 2 mm. lat. Corollae tubus 

 9 mm. long., 2 mm. lat. ; labium anticum 5 mm. long., hujus lobi 

 3 mm. long. ; labium posticum 5 x 2-5 mm. Filamentorum 

 longiorum pars exserta 2-5 mm., breviorum modo "5 mm. long. 

 Antherarum loculi subsequialti, utrinque obtusi, 1'75 mm. long. 

 Ovarium ovoideum, glabrum, vix 2 mm. long. ; stylus puberulus, 

 8 mm. long. 



The affinity of this is with D. viscidissimum S. Moore, which, 

 among other characters, has flowers different in several respects. 



Phaylopsis sangana, sp. nov. Herbacea, crebro ramosa, 

 ram is gracilibus sat distanter foliosis tetragonis puberulis, foliis 

 longe (summis breviter) petiolatis ovatis vel o))longo-ovatis socpe 

 cuspidato-acuminatis apice ipso obtusis basi SiTpe maxime obliquis 



