ALABASTRA DIVEBSA 311 



Folia 2-5-3 cm. long., 12-14 mm. lat. ; costae laterales utrinque 

 3, aperte arcuatae ; petioli + 4 cm. long. Nodi florigeri inter se 

 distant 5-10 mm. Folia floralia vetustiores 1-5-2-5 cm. long., 

 juniores modo circa 2 mm. Bracteolae 2 mm. long. Flores veri- 

 similiter albi. Calyx 7 mm. long., smnmum aegre 2 mm. lat. 

 CoroUse tubus 8 mm. long., basi 3 mm. faucibus 4-5 mm. lat. ; 

 labium posticum 7 mm. long., summum 6 mm. lat. ; anticum 8 mm. 

 long., summum vix 5 mm. lat., hujus lobi laterales 1*5 x 1*5 mm., 

 lobus intermedius 2 x 1'8 mm. Filamentorum pars exserta 6 mm. 

 long. ; antherarum loculus alter 1-5 mm. long., alter (calcare 

 gracili incluso 2-5 mm. long.) 4 mm. Ovarium 2 mm., stylus 

 12-5 mm. long. Capsula immatura 2-sperma, 4 mm. long. 



i\llied to the preceding, but differing from it markedly in 

 foliage and inflorescence. 



The ticket accompanying the specimen has been mislaid, so 

 that locality and number cannot be cited. 



Monechma virgultorum, sp. nov. Herba fere metralis 

 caulibus e rhizomate pluribus erectis validis inferne nudis superne 

 sparsim ramosis tetragonis longitrorsum sulcatis ut ramuli ascen- 

 dentes foliosi subtiliter pubescentibus, foliis subsessilibus ovato- 

 lanceolatis raro ovatis obtusis basi rotundatis firme membranaceis 

 pag. utraque puberulis, floribus in spicis densis paniculatis folia 

 circa gequantibus dispositis, foliis floralibus parvis oblongis ob- 

 tusis ut bracteolae calycesque pubescentibus, bracteolis oblongis 

 obtusis calyce brevioribus, calycis segmentis 5 lineari-oblongis 

 quinto aliquanto imminuto acuto, coroUae extus pubescentis tubo 

 calyci eequilongo dimidio superiore inflato labio postico ovato 

 apice rotundato ipso emarginato labio antico posticum paullo 

 excedente late obovato triente superiore diviso lobis ovatis ob- 

 tusissimis, staminibus breviter exsertis, ovario apice pubescente, 

 stylo inferne puberulo ceterum glabro, ovulis pro loculo 2 supe- 

 riore casso. 



Hab. Angola, in thickets at Kassuango ; Gossweiler, 3679. 



Folia 2-5-3-5 cm. long., 1-1-5 cm. (raro 2 cm.) lat. ; costae 

 laterales utrinque 3, fere parallelae ; petioli 2 mm. long. Spicaa 

 3-5 cm. long. Folia floralia + 8 mm. long. Bracteolsc 8-5 mm. 

 long. Flores albi. Calyx 10 mm. long. ; segmenta majora 

 9 mm., segmentum posticum 7-5 mm. long. Corolloa tubus 

 9-5 mm. long., inferne 3 mm. superne 5 mm. lat. ; labium posticum 

 6x4 mm. ; anticum 7x5 mm., hujus lobi 2 mm. long., lobus 

 intermedius lateralil)us paullulum latior. Filamentorum pars 

 exserta vix 3 mm. long. ; antherarum loculus alter 1-8 mm. long., 

 alter (incluso calcare curvato gracili 1-75 mm. long.) aegre 4 mm. 

 Ovarium circa 2 mm. long., stylus 11 mm. 



This also is allied to M. scabridum Clarke, and so to the two 

 plants last described. In foliage M. virgultorum is much like 

 ill. rifjidum, but the bracteoles and flowers give an easy means of 

 distinguishing the two. 



Dicliptera Bagshawei, sp. nov. Ramis ascendentibus crebro 

 foliosis liirsutis, fohis pro rata parvis ol)longo-obovatis apice 



