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spicae 5-7 cm. longa, rufo-hirta; bracteae subulatae vel ager 
75 mm. longae, extra tomentosae, marginibus incurvis. Calye: 
dentes 5, late triangulares, 1 mm. longi, ciliati. Petala 5, dbleaie: 
apice obtusa, 2°5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, glabra. Stamina 10, longe 
exserta ; filamenta 6 mm, longa; antherae oblongae, versatiles, 
5mm. longae. Receptaculum inferum elongato-fusiforme, 3°5 mm. 
longum, Superum 2°5 mm. longum, late campanu atum, extra parce 
pubescens, inferne intra glabrum, superne intra pilosum, Fructus 
Tropica Arrica. Gold Coast: Suku Suku, Chipp, 10; 
Tarkwa, Thompson, xliii. 
1424, Stephanorossia Elliotii, J. J. Clark [Umbelliferae-Laser- 
piticae] ; species S. palustri, Chiov., affinis sed caulibus floriferis 
flaccidis, involucri et involucelli bracteis, fructus magnitudine 
differt. 
Herba, Caules floriferi flaccidi. Folia triternata, segmentis 
ultimis ovatis glaberrimis membranaceis argute serratis vel inciso- 
serratis basi rotundatis apice acutis 12 mm. longis 6-10 mm. latis ; 
vagina 1-1°5 cm. longa. Umbellae axillares ; pedunculi 1°4-3 em 
longi. Jnvolucrum ex bractea solitaria lineari 1 cm. longa constitu- 
tum; radu 5 vel 6, 1-1°2 cm. longi. Bracteae smpolscotl lineari- 
filiformes, acutae, 5°5 mm. longae. Flores umbellularum 8-14, pauci 
-aliquando steriles ; pedicelli 1-2 mm. longi. Calycis dentes lineares, 
acuti, 0°5 mm. longi. Petala apice incurvata, minuta, 0°75 mm. 
longa. Fructus 2 mm. longi, 1°5 mm. lati, commissura (parte 
contigua) 1 mm. lata. 
Tropicat East Arrica. Ruwenzori: by a small stream on 
rocks. 317 m., Scott-Llhot, 7791. 
The genus Sisbaucunia was published in 1911 by Dr. Chiovenda 
in Annali di Botanica (vol. ix. p. 65). It is founded on material 
collected in Abyssinia (S. palustris, Bagh ag from the descrip- 
tion, seems to be identical with 372 of Mr. G. S. Baker’s 
collection—said to grow in sets “beds a marshy mlpoes at 
Mau. 
1425, Conopharyngia Chippii, Stapf [Apocynaceae-Tabernaemon- 
-tanoideae]; ab yngt g 
orum et tubo longo crassissimo facile distincta. 
Arbor parva, glaberrima, 5-6 m. alta. Folia lanceolata vel 
ester ia basi acuta vel subacuta, apice breviter acu- 
min 18-25 cm. longa, 5-8 cm. lata, papyracea, nervis utrinque 
10; tiolus 1 cm. lougus ; stipulae intra-petiolares obtusissimae, 
breves, ne eigeasialng subcorymbosae ; pedunculus crassus, circiter 
ongus ; bracteae superiores ovatae, minutae; pedicelli 
soba, 1°5-2°5 em. longi. Calyx 2 cm. longus ; sepala latissime 
ovata, obtusissima, marginem versus tenuia, minute ciliolata, intus 
basi glandibus numerosis parvis stipata. Corolla cremea; tubus 
subcylindricus, medio paulo dilatatus, lies cm. longus, infra stamina 
tenuis, supra ea crassissime carno via angustissima, intus 
praeter lineas 5 pubescentes glaber ; Timbi lobi oblique late ovati, 
si, vix 2 cm. longi, glabri. Stamina paulo infra medium inserta, 
_ antherae 2°5 2°5 cm. longae, brevissime sagittatae. Stylus 3 cm. longus; 
