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late ovatis nunc oblanceolato-oblongis semper obtusissimis basi in 
petiolum latum satis elongatum desinentibus raro subsessilibus 
supra glabris subtus appresse biréntolo- pubescentibus, scapo gracili 
simplici folia longe excedente 3-4-floro, floribus fere omnino sessili- 
bus, calycis gene apne subturbinati lobis deltoideis tubo duplo 
brevioribus, corolle tubo infundibulari hujus labio superiore ob- 
longo-ovato crane —— antheris per paria approximatis, 
ovario pee com 
ab. Jara, camatien’ Oct. 1899 ; Dr. Donaldson Smith (Herb. 
Mus. Brit.). 
Foliorum lamina usque 1-5 cm. long. et 1:3 cm. lat., plerumque 
vero minor, flabellatim 3-5-nervis, petiolo usque 1-0 cm 
(seepe vero a fulta, lete virens, firme membranacea. Scapus 
°0-3°5 cm. long., albo-pilosus. Bractess: modice 0°6 cm. long., 
vix totidem lat., margine ciliate, floribus arcte applicate. Calyx 
totus 0:45 em. lo ong.; lobi 0°15 em. long., basi 0:1 cm. lat., albo- 
eee Flores eyanel. Corolle tubus 0°8 cm. long., juxta basin 
0-2 cm. sub limbo 0°35 cm. diam. ; hujus labium superius 0°5 cm. 
long. let 0:4 cm. sos labii infericris lobi laterales wens obtusis- 
= Sat cm. lat., lobus intermedius late obovatus, 0°4 cm. lat. 
apsula ——. 
A very distinct species, agreeing in many details of its inflores- 
cence with the Angolan C. scene Engl., but quite different 
from it in habit and OT at In the latter character it is much 
like C. ves i Hochs 
Sopubia Eenii, sp.nov. Minute lepidoto-tomentella demum 
fere glabra, caule erecto crebro ramoso tetragono folioso, foliis 
oppositis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis vel obtuse acutis integris rarius 
breviter =o aerial os Oppositis raro ternatim verticillatis 
juxta medium bi eatis, bracteis linearibus acutis, calycis lobis 
oblongis Sitastseiveds tubum excedentibus, corolle limbi lobis 
obovatis calyce longioribus. 
Damaraland; 7. G. en, 1879 (Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Caulis 0:15-0-3 cm. diam. “is pig Sonal internodia pleraque circa 
1-0-1'5 cm. long. Folia 1- 5-25 ¢ - long., 0°25-0°4 cm. lat., 
membranaceo-coriacea, sursum ditade ‘fere glabra. Pedicelli 0°5- 
1:0 em. long. Bractez 0-2 em. sn Calycis tubus 0°15 em. long. ; 
hujus soti 0-2 em. long., 0-12 cm. lat. Corolle tubus 0°35 cm. 
long. ; limbus expansus circa 10 em. diam., lobi 0-45 cm. long. et 
vix totidem lat. Capsula roses emarginata, 0-4 cm. long. 
Semina ovoidea, vix 0:1 cm. dia 
Closely allied to S. leprosa 8. Moore (vide p. 468), and differing 
from it in indumentum, —_ of leaves, and larger flowers with 
somewhat diverse calyx an 
Crossandra Smithii, sp.nov. Caule ascendente verisimiliter 
humili superne folioso pubescente, foliis parvis behiolnas ellipticis 
obtusis basi angustatis molliter pubescentibus, pedunculis abbrevi- 
atis oi eethie. tile Lite brevibus paucifloris, oaerw lanceolato- 
