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Foliorum limbus sepius 2-5-4 cm. long., 1-2:3 em. lat., subtus 
pallidior, cystolithis sub lente nullo negotio aspectabilibus crebro 
— Sool 5-15 mm. long. Flores albi. Pedicelli solem- 
r 1-2 mm. long. Bractee 5-7 x 45-6 mm. _ Bracteole 
15 mm. eae ciliate. Calyx egre3mm.long. Corolle superne 
puberule tubus 5 x 1 mm.; labium anticum 2:5 x 1:25 es 
posticum 2°55 x 3 mm. Filamenta 2 mm. long. ; anion oe 
loculi ‘5 mm. long. Ovarium ovoideum, 1 mm. long., stylus, 
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o be inserted in the genus next D. Elliotii OC. B. Clarke, 
which has rather aed hairy bracts slightly cuneate at the base, 
shorter and acute, not acuminate, calyx-lobes, somewhat larger 
corollas with a carved Fen and a broader 3-lobed lower lip, &e. 
3. ASCLEPIADACER DU PRETERVISA, 
Asclepias uvirensis, sp. Caule ascendente superne 
folioso puberulo, foliis secuili aie sti. linearibus obtusis mar- 
gine revolutis minute scabriusculo-pubescentibus, umbellis 
eo 
puberulis, corolle alte divise segmentis ovato-oblongis obtusis 
extus puberulis, corone phyllis fere 2 mm. a basi columnz 
i i em i 
flexis superne in cornu erectum rostrum excedens productis intus 
papillosis edentulis, antherarum appendicibus suborbicularibus 
supra stigma breviter inflexis. 
Hab. Uvira, shore of Lake Tanganyika, Késsner, 3162. 
Folia circa 3 cm. long., in sicco 1:5 mm. lat., Mans a. 
Pedunculi 8 cm. long., ascendentes. Pedicelli 2- 4c 
alse fere 3 mm. lon Pollinia ag -pyriformia, 1 mm . long. ; 
caudicula inferne filiformi, superne lata alata, 2mm. ong.; glan- 
dula te mm. long. Folliculus j ‘er otus. 
Differs from A. macrantha Henke. chiefly in the leaves, the 
narrow sepals, and the more prominent horns and beaked apex of 
the coronal leaves. 
Ceropegia Kaessneri, sp.noy. Caule volubili compressius- 
culo a Eston ee parvulis ovatis acuminatis 
pedunculatis oR glabris, bracteis minutis filiformibus, pedi- 
cellis tenuibus culus brevioribus glabris, (nts seg- 
_ mentis lineari-l pnesnlatis acutis glabris, corolle ad mediu m usque 
divisee a tube dimidio inferiore inflato superne eylindrico ore brevis- 
sime subito dil il 
8 P piloso- 
