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inferum vix 2 mm. longum, oblongum, obtusum, concavnm. 



Stamina vix exserta. 



Tropical Afmca. Angola : on the liigh plateau near Hiimpata, 



1850 m., Pearson 2664. 

 1507. Aeolanthus lobatus, N. E. Brown [Labiatae-Oci- 



moideae] ; affinis A. pinnatifido, Hoclist, sed spicis longioribus et 

 laxioribus, floribns minoribus et bracteis aristato-aciiminatis bene 

 distinguitur. 



Herha circa 30 cm. alta, ramosa, ramis adscendentibus 

 minutissime pubcrulis. Folia opposita, petiolata, pinnatisecta, 

 l'5-4 cm. longa, 0*6-2 cm. lata, subglabra, lobis linearibus vel 

 lineari-spathulatis obtusis. Paniculae terminales ; rami 2-5-10 cm. 

 longi, erecti, secnndiflori. Floves sessiles. Bracteae 3-5 mm. 

 longae, lanceolatae vel ovato-lanceolataej longe arista to- 

 aciiminafae, minute glanduloso-puberulae. Calyx 1-5 mm. longus, 

 campanulatus, truncatus, obscure 5-crenatus, minutissime 

 glanduloso-puberulus, fructu clausus. Corolla glabra, alba, 

 labio infero apice purpureo; tubus 3-5-4 mm. longus, rectus, 

 apice dilatatus, compressus; labium superum erectum, truncato- 

 bilobum, lobis 2 mm. longis deltoideo-lanceolatis acutis horizon- 

 taliter divergentibus; labium inferum 6-7 mm, longum, rectum, 

 compresso-concavuni, obtusum. Stamina 4, apice incurva, 

 4-5 mm. longa, 2 inferiora basi connata, 2 superiora libera. 

 Stylus staminibus longior, apice bifidas. Nucleae compressae, 

 suborbiculares, laeves, nitidae. 



Teofical AmiCA. Angola : open ground near the Mossamedes 

 railway at km. 107, Pearson 2643. 



1508. Anthericum acutum, (7. H. Wright [Liliaceae- 



Asphodeleae] ; species A. pachyphyUo, Baker, affinis, foliis longe 

 et anguste acuminatis, bracteisque longe cuspidatis differt. 



Folia lineari-lanceolata, longe angusteque acuminata, basi 

 vaginantia, minute scabridula, minutissime serrulata, 34 cm. 

 longa, 1 cm, lata. Pedunculus cylindricus, circa 45 cm. longus, 

 paucibracteatus ; racemus 20 cm. longus; bracteae e basi ovata 

 longe cuspidatae, infimae 2'5 cm. longae, superiores gradatim 

 minores. Perianthium album; segmenta oblonga, 17 mm. longa, 

 5 mm. lata, costa 1 mm. lata viridi trinervia instructa, exteriora 

 apice callosa. Filamenta complanata, 6 mm. longa; antherae 

 4 mm. longae, loculis basi divergentibus. Ovarinin oblongum, 

 trilobum ; stylus staminibus superans, sursum gradatim 

 incrassatus. 



South Africa. Natal: Ensikeni, 1220 m., IF. J. Hayqarth in 

 Herh. Wood, 12,063. 



1509. Fuirena cristata, Turrill [Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae] ; affinis 

 F.cinerascenti^ Ridley, sed foliis brevioribus, petalis majoribus 

 apice cristatis mucronatis praeclpue differt. 



Rhizoma horizontale, crassum, usque ad 8 mm. diametro. Cnlmi 

 erecti, usque ad 2-5 cm. longi, teretes, sulcati, basi vaginis bifidis 

 obtecti, superne patenter hirsuti, inferne leriter pubescentes vel 

 glabri. Folia ovato-lanceolata, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata. 



mm 



