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longus et diametro, setis fasciculatis. stipitatis dense indutus, 
lobi 5, oblique oblongi, apice pilis longis fasciculatis ornati, 
circiter 1 cm. longi, extra molliter appresse hirsuti. Petala 5, 
late obovata, intra basin breviter unguiculatam parce pilosa, 
cetera glabra, 3-3-5 cm. longa et 2-5 cm. lata. Stamina 10, 
valde inaequalia, 3 cm. et 4:5 cm. longa; antherae circiter 
1-5 cm. longae, marginibus undulatis. Ovarium ovoideo-globosum, 
5 mm. longum, densissime villosum, apice pilis setosis inferne 
concretis circiter 4 mm. longis coronatum; stylus 3 cm. longus, 
glaber, apice truncatus. 
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x 4 2, leaf showing under surface x 3; 3, appendage of calyx; 4, 
long, 5, short stamen; 6, pistil; 3-6 enlarged. (See p. 371.) 
NortTHERN Nigeria. Naraguta, in wet grass lands, 20 Aug., 
1921, woody herb about 18 ins. high, flowers bluish-purple, 
HA. Lely No. 543 
A very handsome and distinct species of Dissotis with flowers 
6-7 cm. in diameter. 
Dissotis cinerascens, Hutchinson, sp. nov., foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis utrinque glabris parce ciliolatis, floribus terminalibus 
solitariis calycis tubo glabro distincta. 
pedicelli 1 cm. longi, superne incrassati, glabri. Calycis tubus 
campanulatus, 1 em. longus, striatus, glaber; segmenta lineari- 
lanceolata, acuta, 1-5 cm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, minute et parce 
ciliolata, extra glabra, superne roseo suffusa. Petala late obovata, 
circiter 2-5 cm. longa ‘et fere 2 cm. lata, glabra. Stamina 10, 
exserta, antheris 5 flavis basi breviter gibbosis, 5 rubescentibus 
