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fere ad 3 cm. longa et 2 cm. lata; endosperma utrinque 4 mm. 
crassu on 
South-east he a “Cuango” (Kubango River ?), betwee 
14° ie 462 south lat., Marques, 2! by the River Kuebe, in aks 
soil near Kassinga, eastwards to beyond the River Kwito, October 
23rd, 1899, in flower, Bawm, 309! by the River Kambambe, east 
of the River Kebe, with young fruits, destroyed by frost, June 14th, 
1906, Gossweiler! near the River Kwiriri, in gravelly soil, October, 
i 7! 3274 arch 6, in frui 
, in flower, Gossweiler, 323 ! M , 190 uit 
- Gossweiler, 3697! in the xana Mikango, between the Rivers Kwiriri 
and Kwito, July 14th, 1906, in fruit, Gossweiler, 2806 ! 
Gossweiler describes the flowers as ae a colour not observed 
ee in sseasasorde and = allied gen 
Carpodinus Gossweileri, Stapf (no ay Sy affinis C. lan- 
ceolate K. fiekcent differt foliis exsiccando fla vescentibus minoribus 
magis coriaceis, venis subtus obscuris, cymis sessilibus vel sub- 
sessilibus, floribus paulo SPN seminibus fere 2 em “dest s. 
uffrutex dumosus, 50-100 cm. altus, raro seandens et tunc 
altus, preter ‘nflorossecaaal gla ber. Rhizoma lignosum, 
longe lateque repens. Caules snk erecti, simplices vel basi 
parce ramosi, cortice rapier tec Folia ternata ved: opposita, 
es obtusa, basi a io prac attenuata, 5-7 em. longa, 
1-15 cm. lata, chartaceo- sisetidaks exsiccando flavo- iieidis, supra 
. lucida, sebttis nigro- sora — supra angustissime canalicu- 
lata, nervis lateralibus patulis subobscuris utrinque patie 12 
sub margine arcuatim connec tis; “petolis 2-4 mm. lon Cyme 
era ae ae Sie vel subsessiles, terminales ot secun- 
dum totum caulem , minute rufo-puberule ; pedicelli vix 
ulli; bracteze obkeabie; Lt 3 mm. longe. Calyx 3 mm. longus ; 
sepala 5, pomp ovata, obtusa, puberula, ciliolata. Corolla flave- 
cens, fra; labra ; tubus superne leviter ampliatus, 6-8 mm. 
das: obi ‘Tinsaxes, subobtusi, ad 9mm. longi. <Anthere 1 mm. 
longe. Ovariwm ima basi glabrum, ceterum uti stylus 5 mm 
longus, tenuiter pubescens. Fructus Beaters, — ferrugineo- 
maculatus, ad 7 mm. longus, ad vel ultra 5 cm. diametro, cortice 
carn 6 mm. crasso. Semina uuce in pulpa Sdslanten fere 
2 em. longa, ad i4 em. ata, fere 1 cm. cras 
South-east Angola, from the. Rises Kunene to beyond the 
River Kwito, and between 15° and 164° south lat., in light sandy 
soil in sie grassy woods and savannas: between the Rivers 
Kunene and Kubanke, ce tae in L open ¥ woods, August 4th, 1905, 
; t 
rse Kwireka, ae into the River Kutato, 
hace 26th, 1905, Gosiiiislet 995! n near the River Kambambe, 
between the Rivers Kebe and Kwartiri, 1500 m., January, 1906, 
Gossweiler, 2621! in the xana ga re near the River Kwanavol, 
September 5th, 1906, Gossweiler, 2592! 
Gossweiler describes this Carpodinus as an under-shrub, usually 
only 60-90 cm. high, but occasionally giving off long sarmentose 
shoots, which, when they have the support of a tree, climb on it 
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