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tra de Sola, not abundant, fl. Feb. Apr. 1860, Wel- 
witsch 1222. Kubango; apparently widely caespitose, stems 
erect, 1-2 ft. high, leaves fleshy, deep green; flower terminal, 
resembling a large tulip in shape, all parts | lurid white, on a 
decayed and overgrown anthill in moist meadow near the fort 
Colui, 14-10-05, Gossweiler 2153, 3642. 
Hist (l.c.) points out that Grant’s specimen from Usui 
district, Uganda, is probably the same as the plant named C. 
Stuhlmannii, Hieron. In the present paper it is BL oi as 
Clematopsis Oliveri, a near ally of C. Stuhlmann 
C’. chrysocarpa is another very fine species, sini inde for the 
whorled upper leaves forming an involucre after the manner of 
an Anemone. Its lower leaves are, however, strictly opposite 
and in pairs, as in Clematis 
5. Clematopsis argentea, Hutchinson, sp. no 
Clematis argentea, Welw. ined. Clematis ‘elloess oh 
argentea, O. Kuntze, MGhogt “Clemat. 174 (1885); Hiern in Cat 
Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 2 (quoad forma acutiloba). 
aules e rhizomate lignoso numerosi, erecti, usque ad 1 m. 
alti, laxe foliati, superne ramosi, ubique dense tomentosi, inter- 
nodiis superioribus circiter 8 cm. longis. Folia inferiora non 
dense tomentosa. Infructescentia circiter 9 cm. diametro; pedi- 
celli circiter 7 cm. longi, tomentosi: Achaenia turbinata, 
sericea, stylo plumoso circiter 6 cm. longo coronata. 
Trorrcat Arrica. Angola: Pungo Andongo; frequent in 
bushy stations about Quifinda, near Quisonda, fr. Mar, 1857, 
Welwitsch 1220. 
6. Clematopsis katangensis, Hutchinson, sp. nov 
Suffruter erectus, usque ad 1 m. altus; coulis prominenter 
sulcatus, breviter pubescens, medio circiter ae crassus, 
superne ‘subtonientosus. Folia pinnata, usque ad 18 cm. longa, 
foliolis bijugis, terminali elliptico-oblanceolato a gener 
lateralibus paullo minoribus lobulato-dentatis utrinque brevissime 
 pubescentibus demum fere glabris, nervis infra prominentibus, 
venis laxis; rhachis suleata, breviter pubescens. Flores ous 
terminales, circiter 7 cm. expansi; pedicelli circiter 65 ¢ 
longi, apicem versus Lange’ tomentosi. Sepala 4, valde ae 
acuta, circiter 3-5 longa et 25-3 cm. lata, dorso” 
5-costata, breviter woinead sericeo-villosi, 2 interioribus mar- 
Sigs planis molliter tomentellis. Filamenta pilosa; antherae 
8 mm. longae. Carpella et stylus sericeo-villosa. Fructus non 
visus. 
Trorican Arrica. Belgian Congo: Katanga; tsead River, 
Nov. 1910, 7. Kassner 3347 (Type in Nat. Hist. Mus.). ; 
B 
