PLANTS FKOM THE KEGION OF LAKE TANGANYIKA. 487 



bescentibus ; floribus spicatis spicis terminalibus ; bracteis strobilaceis, inermibus, Appendix L 



late ovatis, obtusis, sericeo-tomentosis ; bracteolis linearibus, acutis ; calycis laci- 



niis lexterioribus late lanceolatis, interioribus subulatis ; corolla hypocraterimor- 

 pha, glabra, tubo quam calyx duplo longiore, segmentis limbi patentis obovatis; 

 staminibus fertilibus 2 exsertis, sterilibus 3 ; capsula ignota. 



Caulis erectus. Folia matura 3-3j unc. longa ; petiolus i unc. longus. Bractefe J 

 unc. longae, nervosse. Calycis laciniae pubescentes, exteriores ^ unc, interiores ^ 

 unc. longa. Corolla 1 unc. longa. Ovarium compressum, villosum ; stylus cras- 

 sus, glabrescens. 



A very distinct species of the genus, with the habit of a Crossandra. Indica- 

 tions in some of the leaf-axils would lead to the presumption that the inflores- 

 cence may be axillary as well as terminal. 



Cyclonema spixescens, Oliv.^ sp. nov. Piloso-pubescens, ramulis teretibus interdum 

 spinis rectis recurvisve supra-axillaribus oppositis folio brevioribus armatis, fohis 

 late ellipticis rotundatisve obtusis v. mucronatis brevissime petiolatis v. subsessili- 

 bus, utrinque piloso-pubescentibus, pedunculis 1-floris axillaribus patentibus folio 

 sequilongis v. eod. longioribus supra medium 2-bracteatis, bracteis auguste lineari- 

 bus, calycis villosi tubo campanulato, limbo 5-lobo, lobls ovato-lanceolatis acutis, 

 corollae tubo cylindrico calycem superante, limbo 5-partito lobis obovatis iniegris 

 apice obtuse rotundatis v. late acutatis venuloso-reticulatis, staminibus longe ex- 

 sertis glabris, ovario glabro. 



Foha f-l| poll, longa. BractejB 3-4 lin. longge. Flores l-l^^ poll. diam. 



Plumbago amplexicaulis, OUv.^ sp. nov. Ramis glabratis v. puberulis, in sicco longi- 

 tudinaliter sulcatis, foliis obovato-ellipticis late acutatis integris v. undulatis gla- 

 bris reticulatis subtus nervo medio venisque secundariis prominulis, lamina in pe- 

 tiolum late alatum contiuua basi conspicue rotundato-auriculata, auriculis amplex- 

 icaulibus, floribus caeruleis spicatis, spicis paniculatis glandulosis, bracteis ovatis 

 breviter apiculatis, calyce anguste tubuloso costato puberulo parce glanduloso, 

 corollffi hypocrateriformis tubo gracili poll, longo, limbi lobis obovatis obtusis ner. 

 vo medio gracillimo-excurrente mucronatis, antheris exsertis. 



Folia 2-5 poll, longa, 1^3 poll. lata. Calyx ^-k poll, longus. 



Aktheosolex glaucescess, Oliv., sp. nov. Glabra, glaucescens, ramulis foliiferis 

 (circ. l^-pedalibus) teretibus Isevibus, foliis alternis adscendentibus linearibus planis 

 utrinque leviter angustatis acutiusculis, floribus tetrameris capitatis, capituhs soli- 

 tariis terminalibus multifloris, foliis involucralibus ovatis acuminatis glabris flori- 

 bus brevioribus, receptaculo dense hirsuto-piloso, floribus puberulis, tubo perianthii 

 gracili, lobis limbi patentibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis, antheris subsessilibus line- 

 ari-oblongis lanceolatisve plus minus apiculatis, squamulis hypog}Tiis nuUis. 



Foha |-| poll, longa, l-H lin. lata. Perianthium tubo ^ poll, longo. 



Anthericum (Dilasthes) Cameroxi, Baker. Caule pedali, foliis caulinis 4 anguste 

 linearibus duris glabris persistentibus, racemo simphci laxifloro rachi insigniter 

 flexuosa, bracteis parvis deltoideis, floribus semper geminis, pedicellis brevibus 

 prope basin articulatis, perianthii segmentis lanceolatis dorso nervis 5 laxis pur- 

 pureis vittatis margine angusto albido, staminibus perianthio vix brevioribus, an- 

 theris magnis papillosis, ovulis in loculo pluribus crebris. 



This comes nearest the common Cape Anthericum tr'iflorum. Ait., wrongly 

 placed by Kunth in CMoroplujtum ; but it may easily be known from that and all 

 other species by the nervation of the perianth-segments. 



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