SmMitH—AFRICAN Curorecrag 309 
plicarum margines exteriores in mucronem 1 mm. longum ex- 
currentes, interiores in medio flore approximati sed haud con- 
nati, lobos corollinos praelongos gerentes ; lobi ipsi 8-9 cm. longi 
lineares apice coaliti penduli ex toto glabri purpurei. Corona 
exterior cupularis 1o-dentata, dentibus circ. 1 mm. longis tri- 
angularibus acutis pallido-viridibus glabris; corona interior 5- 
lobata, lobis ligulatis cire. 4 mm. longis erectis approximatis 
basi purpureis supra albidis. Gynostemium breve ; antherae ob- 
longae; stylus brevissimus truncatus. 
West Africa :—Cultivated from tubers collected by Dr J. M. 
Dalziel in 1920 near Tamala, the capital of the Northern Terri- 
tories of the Gold Coast. Lat. 99-109 N. Ina very dry parched 
soil over rock—soil rather sandy. Flowered June 192r. 
This species is well marked in its group by the very long pen- 
dent corolla lobes which are quite glabrous and by the plicate 
arrangement of the mouth of the corolla tube. 
W. W. Suir. 
