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lineari-lanceolata, sursum longe attenuata, 6-7 mm. long. Corollae 

 lobi 7 mm. long. Coronas phylla 3-5-4 mm. long. 



Hab. Angola, Kubango, in open thickets near Forte Princeza 

 Amelia, and in moist meadows near Munoque ; Gossiueiler, 481, 

 2313, 3432. 



Xysmalobium Gossweileri, sp. nov. Caule satis elato 

 erecto valido copiose folioso pubescente, foliis elongatis brevi- 

 petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis basi late truncatis breviterve 

 hastatis firme membranaceis utrinque scabridis ; umbellis pedun- 

 culatis foliis brevioribus plm^ifloris, pedunculis pedicellisque pubes- 

 centibus his floribus multo longioribus, bracteis parvulis setaceis 

 pubescentibus, calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis vel acuminatis 

 extus hispide pubescentibus, corollae alte partitae lobis calycem 

 excedentibus patentibus ovato-oblongis obtusis intus dimidio 

 distali pilis albis densis obsitis, coronas phyllis ex columna 

 staminea paullulum supra basin oriundis a columna staminea 

 facile superatis late obovatis sursum cuspidato-attenuatis apice 

 obtusis crassiusculis utrinsecus papillatis intus carina obtusa 

 parum aspectabili indutis, glandulis 5 minutis coronas phyllis 

 inter] ectis, filamentis maxima pro parte inter se liberis antherarum 

 appendicibus ovatis supra stylum truncatum inflexis, folliculis 

 fusiformibus pubescentibus pilis longis filiformibus onustis. 



Hab. Angola, Cubango, near Forte Princeza Amelia; marshes 

 along the Macuebe Eiver near Munonque ; and near the River 

 Kutchi ; Gossiveiler, 2367, 3543, 4126. 



Planta sesquimetralis. Caulis e rhizomate tubereo fistulosus, 

 superne compressus, + 5 mm. diam. Folia vetustiora 12-18 cm. 

 long., basi 2-3 cm., medio 1-8-2-5 cm. lat., summa gradatim 

 imminuta ; nervi laterales plurimi ; petioli saepius 4-12 mm. long., 

 pubescentes. Pedunculi 1- fere 4 cm. long. Bracteae circa 4 mm., 

 pedicelli 10 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 4-5 mm. long. Corollae 

 dilutissime viridis lobi 6-25 mm. long., 3 mm. lat. Coronas phylla 

 a columna staminea satis distantia, 2*5 mm. long., vix 3 mm. lat. 

 Columna staminea 4 mm. long. Pollinia pyriformia, longit. 1 mm. 

 paullulum excedentia ; caudiculae -5 mm., glandula -6 mm. long. 

 Folliculi 6 cm. long., fere 2 cm. lat. 



To be inserted in the genus next X. harhigerum N. E. Br. The 

 chief difference lies in the coronal lobes, those of X. Gossiveileri, 

 relatively shorter vpith respect to the staminal column and 

 standing out from it, being much broader and provided with a 

 distinct cusp at the end. 



Xysmalobium clavatum, sp. nov. Caule + spithameo erecto 

 fere a basi folioso pubescente radice tuberiformi globoso vel sub- 

 globoso suffulto, fohis oblongo-oblanceolatis emarginatis nisi 

 obtusis obtusissimisve (nonnunquam attamen acutis) basin versus 

 in petiolum brevem coartatis pergamaceis utrinque fere glabris, 

 umbellis leviter extra-axillaribus sessilibus (infimave pedunculata) 

 3-5-lioris, bracteis subulatis rigidis, pedicellis floribus s£epe longi- 

 oribus pubescentibus, calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis puberulis, 

 corollae parvas lobis patentibus obovato-oblongis obtusis calycem 

 excedentibus glabris, coronas phyllis columnas stamineas basi 



