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12. Sracuys ACULEOLATA, H. f. (ante, vi. 18). 
Hab. Fernando Po, alt. 9000 feet. (Fl. Dec.) 
13. Leucas (HEMISTOMA) DEFLEXA, H. f.,n. sp. Herbacea, ramosa, 
elata, cano pubescens, foliis lanceolatis dentato-serratis, verticillastris 
densifloris globosis, calycibus hispidis membragaceis ore repente de- 
flexo dentibus 8-10 brevibus late ovatis setaceis. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000 feet. (Fl. Nov.-Feb.) 
Herba 4-5-pedalis, caule robusto. Folia petiolata, 2-3 unc. longa, 
membranacea, basi attenuata. Verticillastri 2-1 unc. diametro. Brac- 
tee calyci zquilongze, rigide, setaceæ, ciliate. Corolla parva, galea 
villosa. 
Allied to Z. urticefolia of Abyssinia, Arabia, and India, but 
differing remarkably in the foliage, and in the deflexed mouth of 
the calyx. 
14. Leucas (Loxosroma) OLIGOCEPHALA, H.f., n. sp. Herbacea, 
pubescenti-pilosa, caulibus ascendentibus gracilibus simplicibus, foliis 
parvis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis grosse pauciserratis, verticillastris 
globosis subsolitariis, terminalibus longe pedunculatis, bracteis setaceis 
calycis dimidium zequantibus. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000-8000 feet. (FI. Nov.-Jan.) 
Herba rigidula, 1-2-pedalis, ubique pilis patentibus v. deflexis subtomen- 
tosa. Caules subsimplices v. ramis paucis elongatis. Folia vix petio- 
lata, 1 unc. longa, subcoriacea, subtus nervis prominentibus, utrinque 
pilosa. Verticillastri folis 2 brevibus involucrati, }—} unc. diametro, 
densiflores. Bractee subulate, rigide, ciliate. Calyx tubulosus, in- 
curvus, 2-labiatus, hirsutus, dentibus longe subulatis. Corolla parva, 
albo villosa. 
A. very distinct species, clearly belonging to Bentham’s pre- 
viously monotypic section Loxostoma. 
88. PLANTAGINES. 
l. PLANTAGO PALMATA, H.f. (ante, vi. 19). ` 
Hab. Fernando Po, alt. 7500-8000 feet. Cameroons Mountains, elt. 
/000 feet. (Fl. Dec.) 
39. PorxcoNEm. 
1. Rumex AnvssiNIcus, Jacq. (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 68), var. 
Foliis subtus pilosiusculis. 
Altogether the same as the Abyssinian plant, except that there 
are more scattered hairs on the under side of the leaf. The species 
is a native also of Bourbon, and of cornfields in Eastern tropical 
Africa (Kirk). Mann states that it attains a height of 8 feet. 
According to a note on Roth’s Abyssinian specimen, the root is 
