NEW TROPICAL AFRICAN ACANTHACE 293 
Folia inferiora 6-8 em. long., 2-3-5 em. lat., superiora 2°5—4 
‘5-2 em., supra olivaceo- brunnea, subtus griseo-viridia, pore. 
crebro glandulosa : petioli + 5 mm. long. Spicastra su 
cm. long., sepius vero breviora. Bractew + 2 cm. long., mn 
1-1:5 cm. lat. Pedicelli 2-4 mm. long. Calyx florescens 11 mm. 
long. ; tubus 6 mm. long.; calyx fructescens agre 2 em. long., 
cirea 11 mm. diam., brunneus, eleganter reticulatus. Coroila tota 
inferne su mim. 
; in 
diam. ; labium posticum levissime undulatum, 3-5 mm. long. ; 
labium anticum 6 mm. long. Staminum seh ETE 8 
7 mm. long., posticorum 5mm. Nucule brunnee, m. long. 
Nearest 7’. physaloides Bak.; but with narrower i lalen not 
la. 
_ 3. New Tropican AFRICAN ACANTHACE2. 
Synnema (§ Eu-Synnema) prin ae sp. nov. Perennis, 
caule debili crebro ramoso co te ad nodos radicante r 
in 
sum piloso hujus loculis ‘inet 10-ovulatis, stylo incluso inferne 
Hab. Angola, on rocks at the cataract Cubango; Gossweiler, 
1915. 
Rami + 10 cm. long., spe aliquanto anfractuosi; internodia 
vulgo 1-2 cm. long. Folia 6-12 mm. long., 3-4 mm. lat., in sicco 
olivacea. Pedunculi — 1 mm. long. Bracteole 5 mm. long. 
Calyx 6 mm. ee segmenta ‘4mm. lat. Corolle tubus purpureo- 
ag eat : > ah limbi violacei_labium mys 
‘Synnema (§ Ev-Synnema) Gossweileri, sp.nov, Rhizomate 
tenui repente ad nodos radicante caules plures graciles abe 
cespitosos gignente, caulibus brevibus o> So seepius ramo- 
sis pubescentibus dein glabris, foliis summum brevissime petiolatis 
parvulis emo ovatis obtusis sparsim gis -fielbedoedi titra: flori- 
bus parvis i ii orum vo him axillis distincte pedunculatis 
uam ¢ 
