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petiolum brevem paullo angustatis utrinquepr&sertim in nervis plus 

 minus hispidulis subcoriaceis, cymis brevibus densis paucifloris 

 ramulos abbreviates albo-pubesceutes coronantibus, bracteis bracte- 

 olisque linearibus rarius angusfce lanceolato-linearibus apice longe 

 spinoso-acuminatis margine spinis rigidiusculis patentibus indutis 

 utrinque pubescentibus, calycis pubescentis lobo antico postico 

 simili sed paullulum breviore ovato-oblongo apice integro mar- 

 gineque valide spinoso longitrorsum nervoso lobis lateralibus quam 

 reliqui brevioribus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis dorso pilis glandu- 

 losis simplicibus intermixtis onustis, corolla uiediocris verisimiliter 

 coeruleae tubo superne pubescente paullo supra basin leviter con- 

 stricto sursum paullo dilatato faucibus angusto lobis inter se sub- 

 aequalibus obovato-oblougis emarginatis juxta basin ciliatis, stami- 

 nibus fertilibus breviter exsertis horum filarnentis incrassatis 

 deorsum pilosis, staminodiis 2 basi dilatatis et ciliatis antheris 

 minimis cassis terminatis staminodio tertio reliquis simili sed an- 

 thera orbo, ovario ovoideo compresso glabro, stylo ima basi pubes- 

 cente, stigmatis lobis subconfluentibus. 



Folia 1-2-2-5 cm. long., 0-8-l'5 cm. lat., utrinsecus cystolithis 

 admodum perspicuis ditissime donata, in sicco dilute viridia ; petioli 

 0-25-0-5 cm. long., dense albo-pubescentes. Cymae circa 2-5 X 

 2*5 cm. Bracteae bracteolseque modice 1-8-2-5 cm. long., inferne 

 plerumque 02 cm. lat., superne circa 0*1 cm. ; harum spina termi- 

 nalis circa 0-5 cm. long, spinae laterales saepissime 0-2-0-4 cm. ; 

 costa centralis fac. inf. valde prominen3. Calycis lobi antici aegre 

 2-0 cm. long. ; lobis posticus 2-3 cm., spinis lateralibus 02-0-4 cm. 

 long, neglectis summum 0'7 cm. lat., ut antici pallidus et nervis 

 utrobique perspicuis percursus ; lobi laterales 1-3 cm. long., intus 

 puberuli. Corollae tubus 1*8 cm. long., ima basi 0-4 cm. paullo 

 supra basin 3 cm., superne 0-45 cm. lat. ; lobi circa 1-0 x 06- 

 0-7 cm. Filamenta 2*0 cm. long., deorsum 0-1 cm. sursum 0-06 cm. 

 lat. ; antherae 0-5 cm. long. Staminodia 0-35-0-4 cm. long. 



Discus 0-225 cm. alt. Ovarium nitens, 0-3 x 0*2 cm. ; stylus fere 

 3-0 cm. long, 



Undoubtedly nearest B. elegans S. Moore, but different in the 

 dense pubescence, the small leaves, the narrow bracts and brac- 

 teoles, &c. 



B. lancifolia T. And. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 28. — This very 

 rare plant, hitherto known only by a small scrap in the herbarium 

 of Trinity College, Dublin, is the subject of a note in the Journal 

 of Botany, 1902, p. 407. My satisfaction in lighting upon several 

 good specimens undoubtedly referable to this species will readily be 

 understood. The largest of these specimens is nearly 25 cm. long. ; 

 all of them agree excellently with Anderson's description and my 

 own drawing made from the type, except that the corollas are not 

 quite so wide at the throat (0*8 cm. instead of 10 cm.) ; one speci- 

 men, however, has a corolla apparently somewhat more advanced 

 than the rest, and of the typical dimension. 



Monechma genistifolium C. B. CI. in Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 218. 

 This is a species restricted to the tropical part of German South - 

 West Africa. 



