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obtusis mucronulatisve basi in petiolum brevem angastatis utiin- 

 que sparsim pubescentibus dein puberulis novellis albo-hirsutis, 

 spiculis ad apicem ramorum paitcis approximatis bifloris, spicu- 

 larum bracteis inter se a?qualibus vel fere sequalibus oblanceolato- 

 oblongis brevissime mucronulatis sparsim hirsutis, bracteolis 

 anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis sparsim hirsutis, calycis seg- 

 mentis bracteolis pauUo brevioribus angustissime lineari-lanceo- 

 latis acuminatis pubescentibus, coroUse tubo calycem facile super- 

 ante parum inflato labiis late obovatis postico integro, staminibus 

 exsertis, capsula ovoidea basi contracta hirsutula. 



Hab. Unyoro, near Masinde ; Bagshawe, 1539, 



Speciminum nobis obviorum rami ex caulibus demortuis forsan 

 ustis oriundi, 10-15 cm. alt., quadrangulares. Folia summum 

 2x1 cm., saepissime + 12 x 5-8 mm., pag. sup. in sicco fusca, 

 pag. inf. griseo-viridia ; petioli modo 2 mm. long. Bracteae 

 6-7 mm. long. ; bracteolse + 4'5 mm. Calycis segmenta 3'5- 

 4 mm. long. Corolla punicea, faucibus alba ; tubus 7-5 cm. long., 

 inferne 1'25 mm. ore 2 mm. lat. ; labia 7 mm. long., antici dentes 

 deltoidei, obtusi, 1 mm. long. Filamenta 5 mm. long. ; antherarum 

 loculi ovoidei, 1 mm. long. Ovarium 1"5 mm. long. ; stylus glaber, 

 7 mm. long. Capsula 4 mm. long. 



Near D. alhicauUs [Diapedium albicaule S. Moore), from which, 

 among other features, the habit, the hirsute stems, and absence of 

 glandular pubescence afford easy means of distinguishing it. 



Dicliptera betonicoides, sp. nov. Herba annua, sat elata, 

 ramulis ascendentibus aliquantulum anfractuosis distanter foliosis 

 quadrangularibus secus angulos albo-pubescentibus, foliis sub- 

 sessilibus lanceolato-oblongis superioribus gradatim angustioribus 

 summis oblongo-linearibus obtusis basi cordatis (foliis summis 

 vero obtusis) membranaceis cito costa media pilis brevibus ap- 

 pressis obsita exempta glabris in sicco laete viridibus, spicis ex 

 apice ramorum ramulorumque oriundis pedunculatis sessilibusve 

 subcylindricis densifloris, spiculis 1-floris addito secundi mero 

 rudimento, spicularum bracteis pro rata parvis altera breviore 

 obovato-oblonga obtusissima hispidule ciliata straminea lineis 

 tribus longitudinalibus viridibus valde perspicuis apice conjunctis 

 dorso ciliolatis percursa altera majori oblongo-oblanceolata obtusa 

 3-nervi margine hyaline excluso viridi, bracteolis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis debiliter aristulatis bracteam breviorem saepe leviter ex- 

 cedentibus margine ciliatis, calycis segmentis lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis margine ciliolatis, coroUae extus puberulae tubo sur- 

 sum levissime ampliato labio antico 3-denticulato quam posticum 

 subrotundatum paullulum longiore, staminibus breviter exsertis. 



Hab. Angola, Kassuango ; Gosstveiler, 3018, 3680. 



Planta semimetralis. Internodia inferiora ± 4 cm. long., 

 summa saepe usque ad 6 vel etiam 10 cm. Folia solemniter 

 3-4-5 cm. X 5-8 mm., raro usque ad 6 cm. x 13 mm., cystolithis 

 comparate elongatis pag. utraque prjedita ; petioli summum 2 mm. 

 long. Pedunculi summum 2-5 cm. long. Spica + 2x1 cm., 

 rarissime 3'5 cm. long. Bractea major 7 mm. long., minor 

 5'5 mm. ; bracteolse 5-6 mm. Flores albi, roseo-lineati. Calyx 



