28 NEW PLANTS FROM SOMALI-LAND. 



filiformibus acutis glabris ; scapo basi vaginis membranaceis brevi- 

 bus basibus foliorum emarcidorum circumdato, valde flexnoso ; ra- 

 ceme laxiusculo elongate pluriflorOjCylindrico, bracteis minutis mem- 

 branaceis obtusis, 0'l-0-2 cm. longis; pedicellis erecto-patentibus 

 liliformibus glabris, inferioribus usque ad 1-5 cm. longis, superiori- 

 bus sensim miuoribus ; perianthii segments ovato-oblongis, obtusis, 

 1-nerviis, 0*4 cm. longis, medio fere c. 2*2 cm. latis ; staminibus 

 erecto-patentibus angaste linearibus dimidio superiore subfiliformi- 

 bus, supra medium pilis patentibus barbatis, apice glabris, c. 2 cm. 

 longis, antheris lineari-oblongis obtusis, 0-1 cm. longis ; ovario sub- 

 globoso, glabro ; stylo filiformi, glabro, c. 2-5 mm. longo, antheras 

 superante. 



In regione austro-occidentali : In collibus aridis prope villam 

 Clanwilliam, alt. c. 300 ped., Maio 1897 ; L. C. Leipoldt. 



A very distinct species, somewhat allied to B. minima Baker, 

 but well distinguished by the wiry twisted stem, which resembles 

 that of Carpohjza and of Schizodium. Amongst my specimens there 

 is only one bearing a small filiform glabrous leaf, although they 

 have been well advanced ; this seems to prove that leaves appear 

 when the plant is deflorate, as, for instance, is the case in B. favosa 

 Roem. & Schult. 



NEW PLANTS FROM SOMALI-LAND. 

 By a. B. Rendle, M.A., F.L.S. 



The following novelties are from the collection made last winter 

 by Mrs. Lort Phillips and her friends in Somali-land, and presented 

 to the British Museum : — 



Pentanopsis, gen. nov. Sepala 4 herbacea, subaequalia, per- 

 sistentia, sed friictu baud accresceiitia. Corolla infundibuliformis, 

 tubo tenui elongate, limbi lobis 4 valvatis, ellipticis, subpatentibus, 

 margine et facie superiore puberuUs. AntheraB 4, infra faucem 

 corollse sessiles, dorse affixae, anguste lanceolatae, basi integrae, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Discus tumidus. Ovarium subcam- 

 panulatum 2-leculare ; stylus filiformis cum apice bifida exserta, 

 segmentis linearibus; evula in leculis numeresa, in placentis crassis 

 septo affixis peltatim inserta. Capsula 2-locularis, eudecarpis 

 corneo leculicide in valvis 2 oblengis dehiscente. Semina .... 

 Frutex diffusus ramis teretibus, juvenilibus hispidulis. Folia parva 

 opposita, sessilia, lineari-eblanceolata, basi angustata, uninervia. 

 Stipulse interfoliaceae, membranaceae, mtegrae, cennatae, cum felii 

 basi subindurato persistentes. Flores in dichasia 3-flora, interdum 

 ad florem centralem reducta, subsessilia, axillaria dispesiti, albi ; 

 bracteffi foliaceae. Terra somalensis. Species 1. 



Genus novum Fuibiacearum e tribu Hedyotidearum ad genus 

 Neurocarpfnam R. Br. [Pentadem Benth.) accedente. 



After much consideration, I have decided to separate this plant 

 from Bentham's Pentas, as, though resembling it in the general 

 structure of the flower, it lacks all the striking characters of the 



