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calycis segmentis oblongis obtusis extus minute pubescentibus, 

 corollae lobis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis glabris, corona quam 

 corolla paullo breviore triente superiori 10-loba lobis oblongis vol 

 subulatis acutis nisi obtusis vel emarginatis vol bifidis intus pro- 

 minenter 5-carinata basique laminis 5 ovatis integris bilobisve 

 cum carinis alternantibus onusta, columna staminea quam corona 

 paullo breviore hujus parte filamentosa quam pars antlierifera paul- 

 lulum longiore, antherarum appendicibus suborbicularibus inflexis 

 crassiusculis, stigmate concavo antherarum appendicibus sequialto. 



Hab. Angola, banks of Kiver Luinha, between Luinha and 

 Canhaca railway-station, an unique specimen ; Gossiveiler, sine no. 



Folia circa 4-5 x 3-5 cm., in sicco brunneo-viridia, sub lente 

 arete reticulata ; petioli 2-2-5 cm. long. Pedunculi 2-5 cm. long., 

 racemi usque ad 5 cm. ; bractese 1 mm., pedicelli 4-6 mm. long. 

 Calycis segmenta 1-5 mm. long. Corollae lobi 3-5 mm. long. 

 Corona 2*5 mm. alt. ; hujus lobi -75 mm. long., carinae 1 mm., 

 laminae -75 mm. long. Columna staminea 1-75 mm. long. ; hujus 

 pars filamentosa vix 1 mm. long. Pollinia pyriformia, -45 mm. 

 long. ; caudiculae -2 mm., glandula -35 mm. long: 



Nearest G. schistoglossum Schlechter, which has differently 

 shaped leaves, smaller flowers with shorter and broader corolla- 

 lobes, a much shorter corona w^ithout prominent keels, and no 

 filamentary part to the staminal column. 



Leptadenia clavipes, sp. nov. Caule volubih ramoso crebro 

 folioso glauco pube densa minutissima obducto, foliis petiolo satis 

 longo insidentibus ovatis breviter acuminatis basi rotundato- 

 truncatis obtusisve rarissime cuneatis pergamaceis utrinsecus 

 glabris, umbellis interpetiolaribus pedunculis validis plurifloris 

 quam folia brevioribus fultis, pedicellis quam pedunculus plerum- 

 que brevioribus clavatis minutissime pubescentibus, calycis parvuli 

 ultra medium lobati minutissime tomentosi segmentis deltoideis 

 acutis extus fere glabris, corolla anguste campanulata paullo ultra 

 medium divisa lobis oblongis obtusis, coronsephyllis corollae loborum 

 sinubus insertis minutis late deltoideis apice pilis paucis penicillatis. 



Hab. South-eastern Abyssinia, Schebelli ; Donaldson Smith, 



Caulis 3 mm. diam., ramuli ultimi 1-5 mm., teres vel subteres, 

 ramuli vero compressi. Foliorum limbus summum, 6 x 3-5 cm., 

 sed saepissime minor, e.g. 3*5- 4-5 x 1-7-2-5 cm., supra glauca 

 subtus pallidissima ; costa media pag. sup. impressa pag. inf. 

 eminens ; costae laterales utrinque circa 8 ; petioli + 15 mm. long., 

 tenues. Pedunculi circiter 10 mm. long. Pedicelli 4-10 mm. 

 long., inferne -75 mm. sub flore 1-5 mm. diam. Plores veri- 

 simihter virides. Calyx 1-25 mm. long. ; hujus lobi vix 1 mm. long. 

 Corollae tubus 1-5 mm. long. ; lobi 2 mm. long. Coronje phylla 

 •3 mm. long., columna staminea -75 mm. Pollinia triangulari- 

 pyriformia, -3 mm. long. 



This can be identified on sight by the small flowers on their 

 clavate pedicels. 



Ceropegia secamonoides, sp. nov. Caule volubili tenui sub- 

 sparsim folioso pubescente, foliis anguste oblongo-oblanceolatis 

 acuminatis basi obtusis papyraceis utrobique sparsim pubescenti- 



