Oldeidaiidia] lxix. uubiace.e. 451 



1 1 in. in diameter ; ultimate pedicels very short ; calyx-segments 

 lanceolate, acute, about equalling the tube of the corolla, per- 

 sistent ; corolla elongate-campauulate, from milk-white to azux'e- 

 blue ; lol)es valvate in the bud, erect-spreading in open flower ; 

 ovary campanulate, green ; fruit 2-celled, depi-esso-globose, some- 

 what compressed. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — On herbaceous slopes on the right bank of 

 the river Delamboa and at the back of Rodrigo's house ; fl. and fr. 

 24 March 185G. No. 5306. At tlie skirts of primitive forests in the 

 deep valleys of Mount Cungulungula, rather rare : fl. and fr. Feb. 

 1>^55. No. 5307. 



PuN<;<) Anpongo.— In grassy wooded parts of the island Calemba 

 in the river Cuanza ; fl. and fr. 12 March 1857. No. 5305- 



31. 0. golungensis lliern, sp. n. 



An erect or ascending, sparingly branched, apparently annual 

 herb, 18 to 24 in. high; stem slender, obtusely quadrangular, 

 furx'owed, shortly pubescent at lea.st along the furrow^s ; leaves 

 elliptical or more or less lanceolate, gradually or abruptly 

 narrowed at both ends, membranous, puberulous, green and 

 rather shining above, paler beneath, 1| to 2| in. long by | to 

 1 ,\y in. broad ; lateral veins slender, 5 or 6 on each side of the 

 midrib ; petiole I to | in. long, shortly pubescent ; stipules broad, 

 truncate, tipped with several long subulate teeth ; flowers several 

 together, clustei'ed in terminal pedunculate heads ; peduncle 

 rather long ; pedicels very short ; heads small, | in. in diameter, 

 bi'acteate at the base ; bracts sub-linear, puberulous, ciliate, 

 about as long as the head ; bracteoles similar, smaller ; capsules 

 puberulous, campanulate, 1 in. long, crowned with the persistent 

 small subulate calyx-teeth, 2-valved, many-seeded ; seeds reddish 

 brown, punctate, with rounded angles. 



GoLUNcii) Alto.— No notes. No. 3083. 



11. JUSTENIA Hiern, gen. nov. 



Calyx-tube short, adnate, campanulate and somewhat com- 

 pressedan flower, subglobose in fruit ; limb 5-partite; lobes linear, 

 persistent. Corolla-tube very short ; limb deeply 5-lobed ; lobes 

 ■ovate-lanceolate, acute, subulate, valvate in sestivation, induplicate- 

 valvate towards the apex, apparently erect in open flower ; throat 

 woolly ; anthers 5, linear-lanceolate, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudi- 

 nally, apiculate at the apex, shortly sagittate or lobed at the 

 base, dorsified near the base, subsessile at the throat between 

 the bases of the lobes of the corolla. Disk elevated, epigynous, 

 compact, glabrous. Ovary 2-celled ; style from the centre of the 

 disk cylindrical, pubescent, soon gradually thickened and club- 

 shaped ; stigma thick, laminated, the lamina vertical, very thin, 

 whitish-pellucid, contorted ; ovules numerous, inserted on the 

 thin placentas. Fruit pea-shaped, indehiscent, globose or slightly 

 compressed and furrowed down two opposite sides, completely or 

 incompletely 2-celled. Seeds numerous, angular. 



A climbing shrub, with opposite shortly petiolate thinly 



