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Fulia ternatlm verticilliiti crassiusciila. clensissima, linearia, acuminata 

 acutissinia, vena media glabra subtiis yM'ominente, marginibus compli- 

 catis, supra glaberrima subnitentia, subtus dense minute flavo-pubes- 

 centia ; sfipido! in vaginam persistentem longiusculam coha^rentibus 

 supra longiuscule aristatam. Flor^es luride tlavi, in cymis alaribus 

 paueifloris dispositi. Cah/cis lobi lanceolato-lineares aristiformes ; 

 corolla; extus glabrae tubus lobis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 acutissimis brevior; nntliercB exsertse lanceolata^. 



Angola : Kassuango Kuiriri, 80 September, 1906, Gossweiler 

 4353 ! ^ 



Collector's note : " Root-stock many-headed woody, stems strictly 

 erect annual, leaves ascending, flower lurid yellow, dwarfy thickets 

 grown pasturage," etc. Lfares as much as 10 cm. or longer, barely 

 3 mm. broad. Stipidar sheath 3 mm., arista rather longer. Cahfx- 

 lobes 2*5-4 mm. long. Coro//<7-tube barely 3"5 mm., lobes 5 mm. 

 long. Anthers \2 mm. long. 



Distinct in the long, grass-like but thick leaves with inroUed 

 margins. Its nearest ally is F. sfeiiophj/Ila, from which it differs 

 mainly in the leaf-details, and character of the calyx-lobes. 



Craterispermum inquisitorium, sp. nov. 



Suifrutex glaber, caulibus gracilibus l.Tevibus. Folia firme char- 

 tacea, elliptica, brevissime acuminata, obtusissima, breviter petiolata. 

 F/'orea albi parvi in spicis densis dichotomis, in j^eduneulis complanatls 

 insuj^er am])liatis, dispositi. Bacca acuminata pisiformis. 



In moist forest, Mayombe, Portuguese Congo, 7 January, 1916, 

 Gossweiler 6109 ! 



A glabrous undershrub, like a young Coffee-tree, growing to a 

 total height of 5 feet. The mature leaves measure 11 cm. x 6 cm., 

 with rather strong petiole 1 cm. long ; venation not very stronglv 

 ])ronounced ; stipules shortly oblong and apiculate. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, 2-3*5 cm., very slender at base, flattened, 2 mm. wide at apex ; 

 these bear two diverging, rather thick spikes 7 or 8 mm. long, only 

 one flower appearing at one time. Tube of flower barely 4 mm. long ; 

 limb 4 mm. in diam. Berry 7 mm. in diameter. 



Easily distinguished b}^ the small V-shaped spikelets on flattened 

 peduncles. 



Rutidea degemensis, sp. nov. 



Ranuilis glabris striatis, novellis valde com])lanato-sulcatis ; folia 

 subcoriacea, ellij)tica acuminata, apice obtusa, basi acuta, utrinque nisi 

 nonnunquam in venarum seeundarum axillis minute bai-bata glaber- 

 rima ; stipulce late triangulares. Flares in cymis umbellatis tricho- 

 tomis ]>edunculatis alaribus insuper rufo-sericeis dispositi. Calyx 

 densissime rufo-sericeus, lobi lanceolati breves ; coroUce extus sparsi- 

 uscule ferrugineo-pubescentis tubus rectus gracilis, lobi oblongi trun- 

 cato-obtusi ; stylus basin versus cano-pilosus. 



South Nigeria: Degema division, Amaury Talbot 3827! 

 • Leaves ■^-. 11 cm. x 4'5 cm., with 6-7 pairs of secondary veins; 

 petioles 1-2 cm. long, glabrous, striate ; stipules 7 mm. X 6 mm. 

 Common peduncles, 3-5 cm, long, secondary peduncles about half 

 that length. Calyx and ovary together 3 mm. long, the calyx-lobes 

 harelv 1'5 mm. Corolla-iwha 8-9 mm., l()l)es 5 (i mm. x 1 '4 mm. 



