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antherae juniores oblongae 2,3—2,5 mm longae, 0,8 mm latae, apice truncatae, basi 

 paullo emarginatae, in '/ a alt. affixae. Styli 9 — 10 mm longi , antheras fil. long, 

 aequantes. Fructus 1,3 — 1,5 mm crassi, 1-4 w» longe rostrati, 15— 30-spernii. 

 Semina obovata v. obovato-oblonga recta v. inferne obsolete curvata, flava, demum 

 nigrescentia, 2 — 2,5 mm longa, vix supra 1 mm crassa, chalaza prominente concavius- 

 cula, basi truncata hilo brevissime apiculata. 



Habitat in Nili regionis territorio Djur prope iSeriba Ghattas m. Sept. flor. et 

 fruct.: Schweinfurth n. 2400; in Africae occidentalis Angola prope Pungo Andongo in 

 1000 m. alt. in pascuis arenosis ad fl. Koanza m. Mart. flor. et fruct.: Welwitsch n. 

 2493, 2494; in Loango in campis prope Putumongo m. Dec. flor.; Soyaux n. 187 ; 

 in Africae orientalis territorio Ukamba prope Kitai m. Maio fl. et fr. : Hildebrandt 

 n. 2774. 



6. Wormskioldia longipedunculata Mast, perennis, caulibus 

 praeter pubeni brevem crispulam raro patentem nunc subdeficientem 

 setis purpureis v. violaceis apice flavidis elongatis crassitiem caulis 

 subaequantibus , basi non bulboso-inflatis nee indurescentibus vestitis; 

 foliis — 4 mm longe petiolatis, aequalibus, lanceolatis v. lanceolato- 

 linearibus, postice v. supra basin pinnatifidis, raro denticulatis, deinde 

 medioeriter vel tenuiter, saepe remote serratis, antice subintegris inte- 

 grisve, supra glabris v. brevissime scabriusculis , subtus pilosulis et ad 

 nervös interdum setiferis , margine eglandulosis ; inflorescentiis folium 

 pluries superantibus, 4 — 12-floris; pedicellis fruetiferis arcuato-deflexis; 

 calyce 13 — 16 mm longo; fruetu 4 — 8 cm longo, parce v. crebrius, minute 

 v. obsolete hispidulo. 



Wormskioldia longepedunculata Maxw. Mast.! in Oliv. Flor. trop. 

 Afr. II, 502. 



Radix lignescens multieeps usque 1 cm crassa. Caules erecti v. ascendentes, 

 5— 20 cm alti, 1,3 — Bmm crassi,- inferne teretes. Folia 8— 15 cm longa, 0,6 — 1,7 cm 

 lata, 6 — 15-plo longiora quam latiora, basi subeuneata. Flores verisimiliter dimorphi; 

 pedunculus 7 — 15 cm longus, glaber et laevis v. plerumque setis brevibus pallidis ad- 

 spersus , nunc basin versus pilosus ; prophylla plerumque florem suffulcientia tantum 

 evoluta , inferiora 2 — 6 mm longa linearia acuta integra v. supra basin parce dentata, 

 superiora decrescentia squamiformia ; pedicelli sublaeves v. ad apicem versus dense 

 setulosi , floriferi 3 — 4 mm, fruetiferi 5 — 8 mm longi. Calyx extrinsecus breviter et 

 albido-setulosus, caeterum glaber v. praeterea albido-pubescens; tubus = 2 / 3 calycis, in 

 parte 1 / 2 inferiore intus albido-pubescens; lobi elliptici v. oblongi, interioies margine late 

 membranaceo fimbriato-ciliati 5 — 7-nerves , exteriores 7 — 9-nerves. Petala calycem 

 ejus longitudine superantia, tubo 3,5—4,5 mm longe adnata, coccinea, quoad libera 

 20 — 24 mm longa, 8 — 9 mm lata, obovato-euneata, glabra, ligula cymbiformi 1,5 — 2 mm 

 longa dorso adnata ad apicem libera. Filamenta tubo imo 0,4— 0,6 mm longe adnata 

 glabra linearia, 3 longiora 11 — 12,5 mm, 2 breviora 9— 11,5mm longa; antherae juniores 

 oblongo-lineares vix 2,5 mm longae, 0,7 mm latae, apice truncatae, basi brevissime 

 emarginatae, in '/s a 't. affixae. Styli inter sese aequilongi, 8 mm longi antheras 

 fil. long, aequantes v. 4 mm longi ab antheris 3— 4mm distantes. Fructus 1,5— 2mm 

 crassi, 4—10 mm longe rostrati, longitrorsum nervosi, parce v. crebrius minute v. 

 obsolete hispiduli, 10— 30-spermi. Sem i na obovata 2,5—3,3 mm longa, 1,2—1,7 mm 

 crassa teretia, hilo conico acutiusculo parum prominente, chalaza parum prominente 

 coueava. 



