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Suffrutex erectus, pedunculis calycisque lobis parce puberulis 

 exceptis glaber. Gaulis saltern 30 cm. altus, obscure 4-gonus 

 versus apicem ramosus, ramis plerumque alternis ascendentibus! 

 tolta numerosa, lanceolata, acuta, 3-4-5 cm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata. 

 t lores singuli vel 2-5, pedunculis versus apices ramorum 

 alternis ^ cm. longis sub calycem parce puberulis. Calyx 

 J-partitus, l-io cm.longus, lobis oblongis subacutisvel acutis extra 

 basi parce puberulis. Corolla 5-loba, tubo cylindrico calvci 



aequilongo, lobis ellipticis obtusis 2 cm. longis, 1-25 cm. latis. 

 Mamina versus apicem corollae tubo affixa ; antberae parum 

 contortae. Ovarium ovoideum, subacutum, 8 mm. longum. 



BrtitT AFRIGA * With ° Ut l0Cality : CulL s P ecimm in Herb. 



bpJn h ^!f Cimen u° m 1 which the accompanying description has 

 and U 1* n ^n eCt6 ^ m the K % 1 Bot GardenfBerlin, by Banse, 

 The Inff " C - Pfduncularis, Lindl. : C. Barclay^ ffort" 



CW ? W Z WhlCh lfc .T aS taken was believed to be from the 



?tt£E&2^. specimens of this form in any 



wWch^li ^.^^mblance to the true C. Barclay ana, 



Lincl it tmS ^ ha ^ noted ' the sauie ™ & peduncular^ 

 th ?calvx Zin resembles <?• «*o^ but is larger in all its parts 

 Sve the w^p r r '- 1S mor \ dee P 1 y div ided, and its lobes do not 

 thev Ire bes ?J T^S 8 ° r ? e keels characteristic of (7. M ; 

 corona too rvf aintly v PUbe , rul0US outside near *he base. The 

 membeV o^h/i y K Unl V ke that of °- linoid ^ °r of any other 

 S'/Sn 1 1 "!, Ct10 ^ ^ochiron, and most resembles that of 



ST hav t?«. ' S, Me ^' a Species which O. Bansei further 

 ThTs combinS f^ J P uberulou « peduncles and calyx-lobes. 



knownThis ^hn h ^Tf* and the fact that ' so * ar as is 



the MaWiSKdStaSr T\T th in cultivation ' sugge8ts 



any of the hit wl 1. gin ' As the inclusion of this form in 



involve a vioSn of ^ ri8ed SeCti ° nS ° f the genUS WOUld 

 treat it as the r^nrl ^ natural ch aracters, it is preferable to 



between Vnoc^^tZ^^** 8ecU ° n inte ™ ediate 

 exaTnining?;!^^ Profe ^or A. Engler for an opportunity of 



OlK!ni£^ nexuosa, Bak. [Gentianaceae- 



foliis caulinis tamen aS- S £ iransv ^ensi, Gilg., proxima, 

 differt. en an g Ust ionbus, floribusque multo minoribus 



Berba erecta, glabra n„„j- »* 

 parce ramosus, ramis f^H J? t 4 ^ Cm ' altus > teres, simplex vel 

 evanida, oblong^L nS 1S ' * Folia radicalia subrosulata, cite 



opposite, decussata, park ciZ* '« *- T' lomra ' X cm ' lata ' cauIina 

 lanceolata, 25-3 cm 1, n™ ? ? mter se 3 ~ 7 cm - remota,. lineari- 

 Paniculam terminalem , Si mm< lata - Gymae 1-3-florae, in 

 1-1-5 cm. longis. Calur ? <? V* 6 ' P edanc nlis gracilibus suberectis 

 acutis extra carinatis tSotS? b mm - longU8 ' lobis tria nsrulis 

 anguste campanulato " , ae( l ull ongis. Corolla 1 cm. longa, tubo 

 obtusis vel subacutis 6 mm i 1 ^^ngo, lobis anguste ovatis 



b mm - lon ^ ls 2'5 mm. latis. Stamina 1 mm. 



