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insertis eanclemque superantibus clavatis intus edentatis sed 

 inferne canaliculatis a dorsoque compressis superne subteretibus, 

 antherarum appendicibus suborbicularibus supra stigma planum 

 inflexis, foUiculis inferne stipitatis superne fusiformibus apice 

 incurvo-rostratis levibus. 



Hab. Angola, in primeval woods between Cuannsha and the 

 Mungombe rivulet, and at Kuiriri ; Gossweiler, 2205, 3435. 



Folia pleraque 3-4 x 1-2 cm. (rarius 6 cm. long.), subtus in 

 sicco aliquanto glauca ; costa media puberula, pag. inf. eminente ; 

 reticulum laxum, utrinque sat prominens ; petioli 3-4 mm. long. 

 Umbellse infimse pedunculus 8 mm. long. Bracteae circa 2 mm. 

 pedicelli 5-6 mm. long. Flores dilute virescentes. Calycis 

 segmenta 2-5 mm. long. CoroUse lobi 5x3 mm. Coronse phylla 

 3 mm. long., inferne '8 mm. superne 1*25 mm. lat. Columna 

 staminea 1-5 mm. long. Pollinia pyriformia, -4 mm. long. ; glan- 

 dula -25 mm., caudiculae -3 mm. long. Folliculi calycis segmentis 

 persistentibus stipati fere 12 cm. long., inferne 3-4 mm. lat., 

 superne usque ad 13 mm. dilatati, horum rostrum fere 2 cm. long. 

 Semina 3 x 1*25 mm. ; coma 35 cm. long. 



The shape of the leaves together with the small flow^ers and 

 their clavate coronal leaves are the chief distinguishing features 

 of this species. 



X. Cecils N. E. Br. The extension in the range of this 

 Ehodesian plant to Angola is a fact worth mention. The plant 

 was found in thickets about the Forte Princeza Amelia {Gossioeiler, 

 2258). The flowers of the Angolan specimens are rather smaller 

 than the Ehodesian, with somewhat shorter and narrower coronal 

 lobes, and very broad anther-wings reaching further down than 

 the place of insertion of the coronal lobes. 



Schizoglossum semlikense, sp. nov. Caule trispithameo 

 simplici tenui fere a basi etsi sparsim folioso bifariatim pubescente, 

 foliis subsessilibus anguste linearibus obtuse acutis margine revo- 

 lutis puberulis, umbellis perpaucis sessilibus 3-4-floris, pedicellis 

 floribus longioribus gracilibus pubescentibus, calycis segmentis 

 lanceolatis breviter acuminatis extus puberulis, corollae lobis ob- 

 longo-ovatis obtusis dorso piloso-puberulis intus microscopice 

 puberulis, coronse phyllis ex columna staminea paullulum supra 

 basin ortis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis acuminatis apice leviter 

 inflexis margine obscure undulatis intus planis raro evanescente 

 bicarinulatis, antherarum appendicibus suborbicularibus supra 

 stigma planum inflexis. 



Hab. Kuwenzori district, Semliki Valley ; Jfass^zc?', 3282 a. 



Caulis 1 mm. diam. vel paullulum ultra. Folia + 3 cm. long., 

 (summa imminuta), circa -5 mm. lat. ; internodia + 8 cm. long. 

 Pedicelli 5-6 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 2 mm. long. Corollae 

 lobi 3 X 1*5 mm. Coronoe phylla 1-5 mm. long. ; columna staminea 

 totidem. Antherarum appendices '4 mm. diam. Pollinia oblonga 

 •35 mm. long. ; caudiculoe breves "1 mm., glandula '2 mm. long. 



This is close to S . fuscoimrpurciun Schlechter & Eendle, an 

 Angolan species with larger and probably differently coloured 

 flowers and broader, besides larger coronal leaves more or less 



