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bus dispositis, bracteis lineari-subulatis pubescentibus, 207 on 
segmentis coroll# tubo #quilongis lanceolatis acuminatis 8 
pubescentibus, corolla extus pubescentis tubo sursum Ioeitee 
amplificato lobos oblongos obtusos circa semi-zequante, corone 
orum limbus 5-8 cm. lon ng. . 15-4 em. lat.; coste oe 
darize cia 10-12, pag. inf. Selo petioli 5-10 m 
long. Cyme (floribus inclusis) 1:5-25 x 15-2 cm.; bractor 
2-3 mm. he Pedicelli graciles, circa 5 mm. see Calycis seg- 
menta 3 mm. long. Corolle tubus 3 mm. long., ore 4 mm., basi 
2 mm. lat.: lobi virides, apice violacei, 7 mm gore. ae phylla 
8 mm. long.; horum lobi apicales dum adsint circa -5 mm. long. 
Filamenta 1 mm., anthere 1-5 mm. long.; translatores spathulati, 
15 mm. ay: 
Nearest R. lanceolata Schlechter, which is different, among 
other characters in leaf, smaller corolla, and much shorter lanceo- 
late coronal leaves 
Raphion e Gossweileri, sp.nov. Ca com _ e 
tubere zener sa i lnctifero ascendente sursum pau o in sicco 
compresso glabro ut ramuli breves foliosi si puberul peer © 
foliis oblongo-oblanceolatis obtusis deorsum in petiolum brevem 
dentibus crassiusculis levi rulis, calycis segmentis inter se 
paullulum imparibus pa vel lanceolato-oblongis s obtusis: vel 
longe bn sg ey ‘oblongo-lanceolatis extus puberulis quam tu tubus 
glaber multo longioribus, coronz phyllis una cum filamentis corolle 
faucibus gan stamina plane excedentibus anguste <sgentes 
integris basi cre filamentis basi amplificatis, stylo qua 
antherz sienna reviore conoideo. 
Hab. Portuguese West Africa, near Kuiriri, east of Kossuogo ; 
mais ase 3273. 
x schedis cl. detectoris 5 em. («2 inches’’) diam. Caulis 
summum et em. alt. Folia 1-8-3°5 em. long., 5-12 mm. lat.; costa 
Ee 
ord. sec , tenuissime. i summum ong 
Calycis segmenta ‘3-5-4 mm. long rolle tubus 2°56 mm., lobi 
13 mm. long. Corone phylla 1:3 em. long., bas lat., 
i 1 mm. la 
paullulum supra basin ‘5 mm., inde gradatim sensissime 6 ee 
sursum torta, verisimiliter viridia. Filamenta 3 m , anthers 
5 mm. long. Stigmatis apex ab antheris adusque 1-5 mm. , superata. 
A lowly tuberous rubber-yielding plant has recently been de- 
seribed (Kew Bulletin, 1908, p. 209) under the name of Raphio- 
nacme utilis N. EK. Br. & Stapf but R. Gossweileri is quite diffe- 
