PSEUDOMUSSiENDA 299 



below, gradually narrowed above into the subacute apex, very 

 thin, glabrous. Corolla glabrous outside, except for a few 

 scattered minute hairs; tube very slender, about 2-5 cm. long, 

 inflated under the Hmb ; the latter spreading, barely 1 cm. in 

 diameter, lobes broadly ovate, ending in a setaceous mucro. 

 Cccjjsiiles barely 6 mm. long, oblong, calyx-lobes rapidly caducous. 

 Differs in many points from the Nile-land P. luteola ; readily 

 distinguished by the almost complete glabrousness, the small 

 narrow petaloid calyx-lobes, and the small capsules, uncrowmed 

 by calyx segments. 



4. P. CAPSULiFERA comb. nov. M. capsulifera Balf. fil. in Proc. 

 Eoy. Soc. Edin. xi, 836. 



I append a key to these four species : — 

 Kipe capsule at least 6 mm. long ; petaloid calyx- 

 lobe over 2 cm. long. 

 Petaloid calyx-lobe fairly tough, broadly ovate, 

 eUiptic or suborbicular, over 3 cm. long 

 in flower. 

 Corolla-tube over 2-5 cm. long ; fruiting 

 calyx-lobes filamentous, 6 mm., persis- 

 tent lanceolata 



Corolla- tube not much over 1-5 cm. ; fruit- 

 ing calyx-lobes short, curled, early 



caducous Monteiroi 



Petaloid calyx-lobe very thin, narrowly ovate, 



barely 2*5 cm. long in flower Goss'weileri 



Ripe capsule barely 4 mm. long ; largest calyx- 

 lobes spathulate, less than 1 cm. (Socotra 

 plant) capsulifera 



I take the present opportunity to describe a few new species 

 of MusscdJida, collected in Tropical Africa. 



Musssenda entomophila sp. nov, 



Frutex ramulis pilis rigidiuscuhs deflexis ferrugineis dense 

 indutis. Folia elliptica, coriaceo-chartacea, ad ca. 11 cm. x 6 cm., 

 brevissime acuminata acuta, basi subacuta, utrinque hispida, 

 subtus discoloria, venis secundariis utrinque 9-10 tenuibus retiQulo 

 necnon interveniente conspicuis, petiolo validiusculo 1 cm. densis- 

 sime rufo-piloso ; s tiim Ice ^ersistentes angustelanceolata3,longissime 

 setaceo-acuminatse bifidae ± 1 cm. longae. Flores in umbelUs 

 dense confertis. v aritmi ^-pst^rwum oblongum dense flavo-hispi- 

 dulum ; calijcis lobi minores inasquales 5-10 mm. longi linear!- 

 subulati, petaloidei maximi suborbiculares, acuti vix acuminati 

 10 cm. X 7 '5 cm. vel majores, basi in petiolum hispidulum 

 ■±. 2*5 cm. longum breviter acuminati. Corollcd extus dense 

 flavo-hirsutae tubus gracillimus 3 cm. excedens, limbus ± 7 mm 

 diametro lobis setaceo-africulatis. 



South Nigeria : Degema Division, P. Amaury Talbot I 



Related to M. teniUflora Benth., but readily distinguished by 

 the much longer corolla-tube and relatively narrower limb. 



