NEW OR RARE GAMOPETALZ FROM TROPICAL AFRICA 27 
Possibly distinct, though, except for the glabrous stems and 
smaller and differently shaped leaves, I can see no difference be- 
tween it and the type. 
Il.—Mr. Joun Gosswemter’s ANGotan ACANTHACER. 
In 1904 the Museum acquired a large and important collection 
which Mr. John Gossweiler recently made in Angola. yes dean- 
thacee of this collection have yielded the two nove under 
described, besides several plants of interest either cecpenpileally 
or for their rarity in herbaria. The following is the list :— 
soropitia, sae S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 197.—Near 
Malange. 1079. 
Brillant ta patula J. And. in eae Linn. Soc. as 21, var. 
Wetwitsehii “Burkill in Fl. Trop. Afr. 42.—Not uncommon in 
shady and wet spots” in company with Cyperacee ‘it. Capoppa, 
Malange. No. 1048 
Phaylopsis lankesterioides Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
No. 1081 r. zum ii.-iv. Th. 805 (Phaulopsis).—Quaballa, near Malange. 
) 
Pepper herb, usually procumbent. Tube of corolla dusky 
yellow, limb pure white, the lower lip marked with reddish violet dots. 
Blepharis tetrasticha ar in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 29.—Between 
wore my Quepacaca. No. 1069. 
Am emmed unbranched undershrub about one foot high. 
an pila’ its, pure white towards the throat. Plentiful, but flowers 
“Ble epharis malangensis, sp.nov. Suffruticosa, frm prostrato- 
ee nodulosis patule pubescentibus dein puberulis, foliis 
sessilibus i 2 A ae tis lineari- 
lanceolatis : 2 -abbreviatis lanceolato-ovatis omnibus i spinoso- 
cuminatis margine hac atque illac spinulosis: ans scabridis, 
foliis floralibus acai lanceolatis breviter spinoso-acuminatis mar- 
gine rarispinulosis quam caulina majora beavieeibas, infos rne piloso- 
hirtis ceterum glabris, floribus in cymis globosis rarius sare an 
ramulos breves laterales seteisianeiaiaen dispositis, bracteolis lineari- 
oblongis linearibusve maximis e calycis lobis breviter superatis 
margine paucispinulosis apice spinuloso-acuminatis dorso piloso- 
hirtis intimis integris margine ciliatis, calycis lobis inter se sub 
ullu iori i 
connatis lanceolato-oblongis apice breviter ac debiliter bispinuloso- 
acuminatis infra apicem ras ee lobis lateralibus _— 
oo ering debiliter ac breviter spinuloso-acumina 
omnibus margine tiliclatie,.< corolle peril utrinque a PO 
lobis 8 brevibus subequimagnis, antheris apice breviter barbatis. 
. Plentiful in tall grass and in thickets a Malange. 
o.1 
FE sla eaulins majora beer fere 10-0 cm. a 0- 5-07 cm. 
lat., 1-nervosa ; minora1‘5cem, x 0°7-1-°0cem iid 3-nervosa, nervi subtus 
maxime eminentes, folia omnia basin v neileaag “Cyme 3:0- 
4.0 cm. diam., harum ch aati iaen a0 aah -long., — 
