380 
inferiore vix prominentibus differ 
Caulis erectus, lignosus. Rami ascendentes, virgati, dense 
tomentosi. Volia ovata vel ovato-rotundata, 2°5 cm. longa, 1°8 em 
ata, subacuta, basi rotundata, crenata, utrinque pilosa, infra 
punctato-glandulosa; nervi laterales utrinque circa 5, arcuati. 
Cymae plures ad ramorum apices in paniculam spicatam 2 em. longam 
congestae. Calyx 6 mm. longus, tubulosus vel anguste campanu- 
latus, extra sericeo-tomentosus ; dentes subulati, tubo aequilongi, 
subaequales. Corolla extra hirsutus ; tubus subcylindricus, 7 mm. 
ongus ; labium posticum erectum, concavum, obscure crenatum, 
4mm. longum; labium anticum patens, 4 mm. longum, lobus ter- 
minalis subacutus, lobi laterales rotundati. Stamina brevia, erecta. 
Discus crassus. Nuculae ellipticae. 
Aneoua, Benguella; Bailundo District, 1500 m., Dr. F. C. 
Wellman. 
1060. Cleistanthus Johnsonii, Hutchinson [Euphorbiaceae-Phyl- 
lantheae]; a speciebus africanis adhuc descriptis foliis non 
acuminatis differt. 
leviter rotundata, 2°5-6°5 cm. longa, 1°3-3 cm. lata, membranacea, 
utrinque glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-8 prominentibus ; 
Sepala quam 3 paulo longiora. Petala spathulata, apice dentata. 
Discus glaber. Ovarium subglobosum, 3 mm. diametro, glabrum ; 
styli 3, breviter bifidi, glabri, lobis patulis, Capsula alte triloba, 
circiter 1*3 cm. longa, exocarpio crustaceo leviter rugoso glabro 
pallido, endocarpio corneo. Semina solitaria, ambitu irregularia, 
circiter 5 mm. diametro. 
Tropicau Arrica. Portuguese East Africa; Sofala, large 
tree growing on the borders of mangrove swamps near the sea, 
Johnson, 265, 
Var. pubescens, Hutchinson ; a typo ovario et fructibus juniori- 
bus dense flavo-pubescentibus differt, 
In the same locality, Johnson, 26a. 
‘ a By oe variety ate remarkably similar, the mare 
ng only in the ovary and yo frui i nse 
alibiial: onlcanae 'y young fruit which are densely 
