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superiore arcuatim recurva, apice obtusissima, in basin late 
cuneatim angustata, 9-11 em. longa, 4-5-5 em. lata (folia ovata 
7 cm. longa, 4-5 cm. lata), supra partem basalem cuneatam 
integram conspicue bicrenata, crenis primariis crenula singula 
inferne instructa; nervus medius supra propter plicationem 
laminae valde impressus; folia superiora oblongo-lanceolata vel 
anguste lanceolata, 7-9 cm. longa, 2-3-5 cm. lata, potius dentata 
quam crenata. Thyrsus bracteatus, in toto 3 dm. longus; bracteae 
inferiores lineares, obtusae, 5 cm. longae, 7 mm. latae, integrae, 
superiores subulatae, gradatim minores, ultimae circiter 3 mm. 
longae; pedunculi dichasiorum 4-14 cm. longi; dichasia bis fur- 
cata,deinde in monochasia transientia, 20—25-flora ; pedicelli 7 mm. 
longi. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, acute acuminata, recurvo-ascen- 
dentia, 1 cm. longa, 1-6 mm. lata. Corollae tubus viridi-luteus, 
ampullaeformis, vix 1-5 em. longus, infra medium rite quadran- 
gularis; lobi supra flavo-lateritii, recurvi, obovato-lanceolati, in 
toto 9 mm. longi, 4-4-5 mm. lati, apice uncati, unco ultra 1 mm. 
longo. Stamina omnia antherifera, inferiora 8 mm. supra basin, 
superiora 10 mm. supra basin inserta; filamenta inferiora 2 mm. 
longa, superiora vix ultra 1 mm. longa. Squamulae flavae, lineari- 
subulatae, 4-5 mm. longae. Pistilla 1 cm. longa; styli circiter 
2-5 mm. longi; stigmata extrorsum spectantia. 
Tropica, Arrica. Angola. Described from a living plant 
received from Mr. M. T. Dawe in 1921, which flowered at 
Kew in January 1923. The inflorescence greatly resembles that 
of K. brachyloba Welw., but the narrow upper part of the corolla- 
tube is considerably longer and the foliage is very different. 
1689. Homalium (Eublackwellia) subsuperum, Sprague [Samy- 
daceae-Homalieae]; affine H. dentato (Harv.) Warb., a quo 
pedicellis brevioribus, ovario maxima pro parte supero recedit. 
Ramuli subangulati, vix 2 mm. diametro, fusco-brunnei, dense 
lenticellati; internodia 0-7-1-5 (-2) em. longa. Folia elliptica, 
apice breviter acute cuspidata, basi obtusa vel breviter sub- 
cuneata, 4-5-6-5 cm. longa, 3-4 em. lata, grosse crenato-serrata, 
tenuiter coriacea, glabra, utrinsecus 5—6-nervia, nervis sub angulo 
45° vel minore excurrentibus supra satis obviis subtus prominen- 
tibus, rete venularum utrinque praecipue subtus manifesto; 
crenae 4-8 mm. longae; petioli 1-5-2 mm. longi; gemmae 
axillares pulvinares transverse oblongae, 1-5-1-7 mm. latae, 
nitidulae, spadiceae. Thyrsi axillares, infra gemmas orti, sub- 
pyramidales, 3-5 em. longi, inferne circiter 2-5 em. diametro; 
pedicelli 0-8 mm. longi, 0-3-0-4 mm. infra apicem articulati. 
Flores hexameri, dense minute pubescentes. Sepala anguste 
triangularia obtusa, vel subacuta, 1-25 mm. longa, basi 0-6- 
0-7 mm. lata. Petala oblonga, apice rotundata, 1-7 mm. longa, 
0-8 mm. lata. Staminodia episepala, pulvinaria, dense pubes- 
centia, 0-5-0-6 mm. lata. Stamina epipetala; filamenta 2-75 mm. 
longa, glabra. Ovarium trimerum, basi in torum paullulo (0-3- 
0-4 mm.) immersum, in toto 1-5 mm. longum, extra patule 
