923. THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
longo, antheris — stylo breviter exserto crassiusculo, 
stigmate oe a utrinque trune — 
b. Katen Hi ls, between Seities Mt. Kundelunga, 
under trees, Kibanda, Lake Tanganyika ; ‘Kateanioes 2189, 2723, 
3052. 
Folia vulgo + 5 cm. long., 8-11 mm. lat.; petioli tomentosi, 
circa 3mm. long. Stipule 35-4 m m. long. Pedunculi summum 
4 mm. long., sepissime_breviores ; gee at circa 2 mm. long. 
filamenta ‘7 mm. long.; anthere anguste oblongo-ovoidex bre- 
viter incurvo-appendiculate, 15 mm. long. Stylus 6 mm. long., 
stigma 1 mm. 
Near V. eo Soe from which it differs in shape of leaf, 
and in calyx and ¢ 
o. 2140, from ela River, N.W. Rhodesia, is a form with 
larger leavee (4-7-5 x 1:4-3°3 em.). 
a spithamea, sp.nov. Suffrutex — spithameus 
mplici erecto inferne nudo pubescente dein glabro, foliis 
obowate-oblongis apice rotundatis ipso obtuse eonthe mucronu- 
latisque basi in partem attenuatam tandem petioliformem gradatim 
a pergamaceis aes _presertim in Rr subtiliter 
puberulis in sicco dilutissime griseo-puniceis, stipulis bipartitis 
arnctitis lanceolato-oblongis acuminatis integris val fissis pube- 
rulis, cymis pseudoterminalibus pedunculatis quam folia multo 
brevioribus pubescentibus, bracteis parvulis setaceis vel setaceo- 
subulatis acuminatis, floribus mediocribus pedicellis manifestis 
puberulis fultis, ovario subhemispherico aliquanto er eae: 
rulo, calycis paullo ultra medium divisi puberuli lobis 5 
lennctbcbetrindi ngularibus acuminatis, corolle tubo sabbean fere 
duplo excedente sursum gradatim dilatato extus glabro intus 
dimidio oe riore villoso lobis quam tubus paullo viori- 
— oblongis acutis glabris, antheris breviter exsertis, stylo in- 
cluso 
Hab. N.W. Rhodesia, Katenina Hills, among trees; Kiissner, 
Folia 9-13 em. long., supra medium 2-2°5 cm. lat. Stipule 
iutule persistentes, 3mm. long. Cyme fere 3 cm. long. Gea 
culus 13 mm. sxquans), 1-5-2-5 cm. diam. Bractee circa 2m 
Lee> pedicelli 15 mm. Ovarium 1:25 mm., eryeis aes 
1:25 mm., lobi 2 mm. long. Corolle tubus egre 5 mm. | 
‘2 mm. ore ran mm. lat.; lobi 4 mm. long. Filamenta 
fatiatbaas inserta, 2 mm. lon ng.; anther vix totidem. Stylus 
32m rae: long.; s outa is rami oblongi, fere 2 mm. long. 
plant with somewhat appearance of P.  aceaass ed 
K. cag but quite different sag it in leaf and flow 
ong., 
(To be continued.) 
