RHODESIAN POLYPETALE, 437 
interiore annulata brevissima; filamenta summo tubo Pao 
hypogyno intus adnata; ovario elongato-conoideo in stylos 8 
Ghiosmes er parva capitata ferentes exeunte; capsulis 
chartaceis 1- i ih 
Ha r Shashi River, Jan., No. 67. 
This char hela to the section Neotr yphostemma Engler. 
tems glabrescent, considerably more leafy than in the case of 
L. triloba Bolus (see Hook. Icones, t. 1838). Leaves — lobed. 
in fruit rather longer. Petals oblanceolate, membranous, nearly 
same length as sepals. Exterior corona fimbriate, interior short. 
Styles 8. Capsule chartaceous—those present are not fully ripe 
and about 1 cm. long, those examined one-seeded. 
ETALUM var. sERRATUM Bak, fil.* Caules vel rami herbacei 
verisimiliter ex radi erenni orti virgati striati, foliis brevissime 
ri brev 
corone interioris jiiaubtls fructu pericarpio chartaceo ovoideo stirpe 
quam sepalis breviore. 
Hab. Salisbury, in flower and fruit, Dec., G. 4. K. Marshall. 
This is the food-plant of the two butterflies Acrea nohara and 
A, caldarena. ae 
The type 7. apetalum Bak. fil. comes from Mts. Milanji and 
Zomba. 
Whole plant somewhat glaucous green. Stem or branches 
herbaceous, virgate, striate. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceo- 
late, apex acute, base cuneate, strongly Pent petiole very short, 
ami 6 cm. long, nearly 1°3 em. broa tipuliform appendages 
* I was at first inclined to casawe the above ate of unin rank, but 
a plant collected by Dr. Rand at Salisbury, No. 470, appears to be intermediate 
between this and the type. 
