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subglobosa, cinereo-brunnea (Gossweiler), circiter 10 cm. dia- 
metro, Achaenia turbinata, fere 1 cm. longa, pilosa, stylo cir- 
citer 5 cm. longo dense sericeo-piloso coronata. 
Tropica Arrica. Angola: Malange, Mechow 305 (only a 
sketch of type seen at the Natural History Museum, S. Kensing- 
ton). Malange, on high ground near Sansala Catombe, fr. 16th 
June, 1908, J. Gossweiler 1469. 
Mr. Gossweiler described the plant as follows :—‘‘ A perennial 
with many-headed caespitose rootstock; stem strictly ascending, 
not branched, all parts softly hairy; infructescence globular, 
silvery brown! ”’ 
3. Clematopsis speciosa, Hutchinson, sp. nov. 
Caulis erectus, fruticosus, verosimiliter simplex, profunde sul- 
catus, longe rufo-pilosus. Folia superiora involucrata tantum 
visa, simplicia, obovata, acuta, basi longe attenuata, circiter 12 
cm. longa et 5 cm. lata, dimidio parte serrata, inferne integra, 
chartacea, utrinque “pilis curvatis laxe pilosa; nervi laterales e 
simus, usque ad 15 cm. expansus, longe pedicellatus. Sepala 4, 
ovato-lanceolata, acuta, tenuiter chartacea, ad 7 cm. longa et 
3 cm. lata, extra striata et laxe pilosa, intra breviter pubescentia. 
Filamenta pilosa, circiter 1 em. longa; antherae 0:8 cm. longae. 
Achaenia numerosa, dense villosa, matura non visa. 
Tropican Arrica. Angola: 15° 05’ E. Long., 12° 44’ §, Lat., 
alt. 1360 m., Dr. F. C. Wellman 1792. 
This is a magnificent plant and should be introduced to 
cultivation. | 
¢. Clematopsis chrysocarpa, Hutchinson, comb. nov. 
Clematis chrysocarpa, Welw. ex Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. i. 5, 
partim (1868); Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 2 (1896). 
Clematis villosa, subsp. chrysocarpa, 0. Kuntze, Monogr. Clemat, 
174 (1885). 
Descr. emend.—Caules erecti, usque ad 0-75 m. alti, profunde 
suleati, medio circiter 6 mm. crassi, patule pilosi, nodiis sub- 
i longis } 
7 mm. longae. Achaenia turbinata, 8 m 
; . ( m. longa, appresse 
pilosa, superne fere villosa, stylo elongato 6 ¢ 
to. 
m. longo flavo- 
Tropica, Arrtca. Angola: Huilla; in shortly bushy, rocky, 
rather dry stations between Lopollo and Nene, at a place called 
