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canaliculata, obtusissime’ vel  tessellato-papulata, glabra, vir idia. 
Flores terminales, solitarii, brevissime pedunculati. alyx in- 
aequaliter 5-lobus; tubus obconicus, papillosus (nec papulatus) ; 
lobi deltoideo-ovati, papulati. Petala laxe multiseriata, exteriora 
1 cm. longa, linearia, acuta, radiata, interiora gradatim breviora, 
intima erecta, staminodiiformia, omnia alba, basi rubra, Stamina 
erecta, stylis longiora, antheris lutei 
Souta Arrica. Described Bom a 36 Lag which flowered 
at Kew in June, 1911, collected during the Percy Sladen expedition 
to Little N amaqualand in 1910 by H. H. 7. Dae son, 6172, 
1282, Dicliptera Rogersii, Zurrill [Acanthaceae-Acanthoideac] ; 
affinis D. micranthae, Nees, sed bracteis bracteolisque dense 
glandulosis, corolla majore, seminibus laevibus valde distincta. 
Caulis erectus, ramosus, parce a angularis. Folia ae 
axillares, quasi in paniculam laxam subdivaricatam collectae ; 
bracteae apieacuapettiohiins acuminatae, 8 mm. longae, 1°5 mm. 
latae; bracteolae lanceolatae, 6 mm. longae, 0°75 mm. latae, 
bracteis bracteolisque dense glanduloso-pubescentibus. Calycis 
lobi 5, lineares, acuti, 4 mm. ongi, minute pubescentes. Corollae 
tubus cylindricus, 9 mm. longus, 1 mm, diametro, extra parce 
pilosus ; labium posticum integrum, 6 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum 
anticum trifidum, 7 mm. longum, 3°5 mm. latum. Stamina 2, 
filamentis exsertis 10 mm. longis fere glabris ; antherarum loculi 2, 
superpositi, — ; pollinis granula ellipsoidea circiter 40 p 
longa. Discus 0°75 mm, altus. Ovarium ad 1°5 mm. altum, 
0°75 mm. ciaiaetrd, glabrum, loculis 2-ovulatis. Stylus 1°6 cm. 
longus, glaber. Capsula 5-6 mm. _ 1:5 mm, lata, apice minute 
glandulosa, Semina 4, orbicularia, lae 
TROPICAL AFRICA. Mseansthans:1 District : N.-W. Rhodesia ; 
Kalomo, Rogers, 8249. 
1283, Phyllanthus Dusenii, Hutchinson [Euphorbiaceae-Phyllan- 
theae]; affinis P. Welwitschiano, Muell. Arg., sed caulibus alatis, 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis et sepalis ‘oblanceolato-spathulatis differt. 
C circiter 30 cm. alti, e rhizomate perenni orti, paullo 
flexuosi, ended tbat approximatis 5 mm. ne s; ramuli 
floriferi ices versus conferti, patuli, usque ad 13 cm. 
longi, Lacie alati, minute puberuli, Folia linenr-lanceolta 
basi rotundata vel subcuneata, apice minute mucronata, 1°3-2 ¢ 
longa, 3-6 mm. lata, membranacea, utrinque glabra, nervis tater. 
| alibus utrinque 7-9 prope marginem arcuatis subtus prominentibus ; 
petioli paullo crassi, 1 mm. longi, glabri; stipulae elongato-lanceo- 
latae, acutissimae, 2°5 mm. longae, glabrae. Flores monoici, 
solitarii, ¢ numerosi in ramulis inferne dis seit. © solitarii in 
axillis foliorum superiorum dispositi; pedicelli breves, Q levite 
alati. Flores 3: Sepala 6, Ghianeoolai-apathulata: 1 -nervia, mar- 
ginibus membranaceis, 2°5 mm. longa. Disei glandulae 6, parvae, 
prominenter verrucosae. Sinaia 3, filamentis in columnam longam 
gracilem connatis; antherae inter se liberae, loculis parallelis 
contiguis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Flores Q : Sepala maris 
sed longiora, 4 mm, longa, 1 mm, lata, Discus parvus, ——— 
