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ments; third verticil of free segments above, but joined into a cup 

 below ; interior verticil of about 20 inflexed filaments. 



This species is allied to N. cuspidata Miers. It is noticeable on 

 account of the oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, distinctly cu'^pidate, 

 papyraceo-coriaceous leaves, 18-24 cm. long, 55-70 mm. broad, and 

 the flowers about 40 mm. in diameter, the first petaloid verticil 

 being more or less broken up into laciniae. 



Napoleona Gossweileri Bak. fil. sp. nov. Frutex semper- 

 virens ; foliis parviusculis oblongo-oblanceolatis vel anguste 

 oblongis margine integris apice obtusis basi cuneatis coriaceis 

 superne glabris nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-7 nervis secundariis 

 tenuibus subtus reticulatis petiolo brevi limbo sub 30-plo breviore y 

 florihus medioci'ibus saepissime solitariis ex apicibus ramulorum 

 oriundis ; sepalls 5 ovatis acutis apice extus biglandulosis ; verti- 

 cillo primo petaloideo cupuliformi subtus nervis crassis circ. 35 

 radiantibus donato ; veriiciUo seciindo e filamentis linearibu& 

 liberis composite ; vert'icillo tertio e segmentis plano-linearibus 

 apice liberis basi in cupulam connatis ; verticiUo inieriore e fila- 

 mentis plano-linearibus et centrum versus infiexis ; ovario infero 

 5-loculari ; fructii depresse globoso sepalis coronate extus plua 

 minus verrucose. 



Angola : plentiful east of Rio Cuebe ; between Rio Cambambe and 

 Rio Cuarfciri, Gossweiler; n. 2609; in open dwarfy thickets at 

 Kassuango Kuiriri, Gossiveiler ; n. 3361. 



An evergreen shrub with a woody rootstock. Leaves 5-7 '5 cm. 

 long, 20-25 mm. broad; petiole ± 2 mm. long. Flowers fragrant, 

 rose-white to pure white (Gossweiler). First verticil petaloid, cupuli- 

 form, with about 35 ribs, 45-50 mm. in diameter ; second verticil of 

 radiating linear segments ; thhd verticil of about 40 flat linear 

 segments united into a cup below ; interior verticil inflexed. Ovarij 

 5-locular. Fruit crowned with the remains of the calyx, depressed- 

 globose, verrucose externally. 



This species is easily distinguished by the rather small, coriaceous, 

 oblong-oblanceolate or oblong leaves, 5-7 '5 cm, long, 20-25 mm. 

 broad, blunt at the apex, and by the flowers at the apex of 

 branchlets, witli a cupuliform, petaloid, first verticil 45-50 mm. in 

 diameter. 



Napoleona Talbotii Bak. hi. sp. nev. Arbor ramulis glabris 

 subangulatis ; fol'iis subcoriaceis glabris oblongis vel oblenge- 

 oblanoeolatis apice in acumen attenuatis basi late cuneatis nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 8-9 prepe marginem arcu intramarginali 

 cenjunctis petiole brevissimo superne canaliculate quam I?mina 

 circ. 40-plo breviore ; ftorihus majusculis e trunce ortis plus 

 minus aggregatis (5-10) distincte pedicellatis ; verticiUo itrimo 

 petaloideo albe-lacteo plus minus fisse ; verticiUo secundo in lacinias 

 liberas fisse ; verticiUo tertio e filamentis superne liberis inferne 

 in cupulam connatis ; verticiUo interiore e filamentis composite et 



