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7 — 12-plo longiora quam latiora. Pedunculi 7—9 cm longi, 0,6 — 0,8 cm crassi, pilis 

 longis patentibus albis dense obsiti; prophylia infima alterna, caetera bina diversi ordinis 

 approximata et unilateraliter subopposita, lanceolata v. suprema ovata, 2,5 — lmm, longa; 

 pedicelli floriferi 6 — 9 mm longi, pilosi et breviter setulosi. Calyx extrinsecus patenti- 

 pilosus et breviter setulosus: tubus = '/ 2 calycis, intus in parte 2 / % — 3 / i inferiore 

 albido-pubescens, pilis supremis dense aggregatis: lobi lanceolati obtusiusculi, interiores 

 margine late rnembranaceo ciliati 5-nerves, exteriores sub-7-nerves. Petala calycem 

 plus quam duplo superantia, tubo 5,5 mm longe adnata, flava, quoad libera 25 — 28 mm 

 longa, er. 10 mm lata, superne obovata, glabra, ligula vix 2 mm longa angustissime 

 lanceolato-lineari, inferne adnata, superne membrana petalo conjuneta et valde angustata. 

 Filamenta tubo imo -rix lmm longe adnata, glabra, 3 longiora 16mm, 2 breriora 

 14,5 mm longa; antherae juniores reetangulari- lineares, 2,5 mm longae, 1 mm latae, 

 apice truncatae, basi breriter emarginatae, dorso in 7 / 5 — '/* alt. affixae. Styli aequi- 

 longi, 10 mm longi, basin antherarurn fil. breviorum attingentes. Ovarium anguste 

 oblongum praeter pilos setiformes apice obvios glabrum, ovulis 20 — 26, longe funi- 

 culatis. 



Habitat in insula Zanzibar: Grandidier n. 28 (Mus. Paris.). 



5. Wormskioldia lobata Urb., annua, caule praeter pubem brevissi- 

 marn tenuern sursum curvatani v. crispulam satis deDsam setis difficile con- 

 spieuis brevissimis subaequilongis aureis v. brunnescentibus, ad basin 

 paullatim incrassatis parcis v. praesertim superne crebris vestito; foliis 

 1 — 5 mm longe petiolatis v. plerumque subsessilibas aequalibus, ambitu 

 lanceolatis v. oblongo-lanceolatis, ad basin lobulos 2 parvos suboppositos, 

 omnino v. antice tantum glanduloso -incrassatos gerentibus, supra partem 

 1 / 3 inferiorem triangulärem y. triangulär! -euneatam, raro ad medium, 

 subito contractis in ligulam dimidio v. duplo angustiorem lanceolatam 

 v. lineari-lanceolatam, ad lobos v. quasi aures prominentes (in alt, in- 

 aequali abeuntes) glandula rotunda margini antico impressa notatis, 

 remote denticulatis v. obsolete crenulatis v. subintegris, utrinque pilis 

 simplieibus brevibus laxe v. dense conspersis ; inflorescentiis folio brevi- 

 oribus v. postremo sublongioribus 2 — 4-iloris; pedicellis fruetiferis arcuato- 

 deflexis v. subhorizontalibus ; calyce 11 — 14 mm longo; fruetu 4 — 6 cm 

 longo glabro, valvis obsolete 1-nervibus. 



Cotyledones suboblique elliptico-oblongae, 5 — 7 mm longae, 1,8—2,2 mm latae, 

 in petiolum 1,5— 2mm longum contraetae. Caulis erectus 10 — 30 cm altus, 1,5—4»»«! 

 crassus, inferne teres tenuifer striatus. Folia 6 — 12 cm longa, 1 — 2,5 cm lata, 4 — 7-plo 

 longiora quam latiora. Pedunculus 5—11 cm longus , 0,3 — 0,7 mm crassus, pilis 

 longioribus patentibus et brevibus pubescens, nunc setulis intermixtis; prophylia bina 

 evoluta, sed adnascendo remota ita, ut fios inferior unicum suffulciens, intermedius duo, 

 supremus tria gerat, ovato-lanceolata v. lanceolata, interdum papilloso-serrata, 0,5 — 2 mm 

 longa; pedicelli 2—4 mm longi. Calyx extrinsecus breviter patenti-pilosus; tubus 

 = i / i calycis, intus quoad petala adnata pilosus; lobi oblongo-lineares obtusiusculi v.obtusi, 

 interiores margine longiuscule fimbriato-ciliati 5-, exteriores sub-7-nerves. Petala calycem 

 parte V 5 — '/ 2 ejus longitudinis superantia, tubo 3,5— 4 mm longe adnata, flava, 

 anguste obovato-euneata, quoad libera 15 mm longa, 2,5 — 3,5 mm lata, glabra, ligula 

 l,bmm longa anguste lineari, dorso adnata. Filamenta tubo imo 0,7 — 0,8 mm longe 

 adnata, glabra v. ad basin pilosula. 3 longiora 11— 12 mm, 2 breviora 9 — .10 mm longa; 



