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0:1-0°15 cm. long. Fructus immaturi subspheroidei, sericei, 
0-2 em. diam. 
Nearest P. owranogyne S. Moore, a north-east tropical species, 
from which its shorter and relatively broader leaves, short calyx- 
lobes, shorter corolla with broader lobes and stumpy style-arms are 
the chief distinguishing points. 
Pentanisia rhodesiana, sp. nov. Humilis, perennis, caule 
gracili erecto mox glabro, foliis parvis subsessilibus oblongo-lan- 
petiolis brevissime adnatis ambitu ovatis integris vel 9-3-fidis, 
ceymis pluri- et densifloris, calycis pubescentis lobis majoribus lan- 
ceolatis calycis tubum bene excedentibus, corolle lilacinee tubo 
Hab. Salisbury, September. No. 575. 
Planta circa 8-0 cm. alt. Folia 1:0-1'5 cm. long., 0°3-0°5 cm. 
lat. Stipularum pars libera circa 0-2 cm. long. Cym@ in toto 
1:5-2:0 em. long. et diam. Calyx 0-1 cm. long.; lo 
seepissime 0°2-0°3 cm. long., minores subulati, circa 0°12 cm. long. 
Corolle tubus 0-9 em. long., deorsum 0°08 cm. faucibus 0°2 cm. 
diam.; limbi circa 0°5 cm. diam. lobi 0:3 cm. long.; fauces 
pubescentes. Filamenta vix 0-1 cm. et antherw 0:13 cm. long. 
a 1:1 cm. long., glaber; ejus rami recurvi, cirea 0°1 cm. 
on 
filaments, and number of style-arms. These differences seem too 
pronounced and affect too many organs to justify the suspicion that 
Canthium lanciflorum Hiern. Salisbury, July. No. 552. 
‘©A medium-sized tree. No leaves at time of flowering.’’— 
Rand MS. 
oblongis obtusis nonnunquam cuspidulatis basi cuneatis In 5! co 
ete viri ibus subtus glaucescentibus, stipulis e basi amplificata 
lineari-setaceis mox deciduis, cymis axillaribus sepius oppositis 
paniculiformibus plurifloris pubescentibus quam folia brevioribus, 
calycis usque basin partiti lobis anguste lineari-oblongis obtusis 
maturitate recurvis vel saltem patentibus, corolle ad medium 
lanceolati 
glabris, antheris subsessilibus tubo corolle subinclusis, ovario sub- 
globoso pubescente 5-loculo, stylo corolle tubo equilongo, stigmate 
apice 5-lobo deorsum truncato. 
Hab. Bulawayo, early January. No. 123. 
Folia petiolo excluso 8°0-7:0 cm. long., 1°5-8-0 cm. lat. ; cost 
secundi ordinis utrinque 8-6, nunc ascendentes nunc leviter 
arcuate; petioli modici 0°5 cm. long., rarissime fere 1°0 ¢™ 
