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MR. K. E, BBOWN : NEW AND OLD 



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I have not seen the flowers and 



It is not mentioned in liis other Looks. 



scarcely be the same as my m 

 never had any specimen of it/' 



The plant above described is the one known to me as j\L ag(jre<jahim for 

 very many years. I first saw it in the collection of Mr. Wilson Saunders 

 under that name about the year 1865, so that it may reasonably be accepted 

 as the species intended by Haworth under that name, although it is some- 

 what remarkable tliat no other author has described it. 



This species flowers in late October and November, and requires warmth 

 to enable it to develop its flowers, which are, I think, the most unattractive 



in the whole group. 



In the ^ Index Kewensis,' M. aggregatum is stated to be the same as 

 M. grossnm^ Ait. But that is an entire mistuke, as is also the enumeration of 

 AL grossum^ Haw, as distinct from l}f. gro^isum, Ait., for that name of both 

 authors belongs to one and the same plant, which is a branching leafy specie?, 

 with terete channelled papule 



se leaves, and is utterly unlike any 



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M. ALBEHTKNSE, A^. E 



Br. Corpuscula 10-15 mm, alta, 8-15 mm. lata 

 et <V13 mm. crassa, obconica, apioe subplana vel leviter convexa, fissura 

 centrali l^-ii mm. longa, glabra, subnitida, leviter cfcrulco-viridia, punctis 

 paucis atroviridibus consper^a. 



Flores ignoti. 



Pkince Albert Div. Near Prince Albert, Pearson, 



Described from living plants, sent to Kew by the late Prof. H, H. AV. 

 Pearson. 



M. ALTiLE, N.E.Br, Corpuscula 20-27 mm. alta, 17-25 mm. lata et 



15-20 mm. crassn, obconico-obcordata vel apice breviter biloba, fissura centndl 

 7-10 min. longa et lobulis rotundatis^ glabra^ herbea, baud glauca, inferne 

 purpureo-tincta, supra punctis atroviridibus dense notata. Talyx partini 

 exsertus, 5-lobus ; tubus 5-6 mm. longus ; lobi oblongi vel ovato-oblongi 

 obtusi. Corolla circa 2 cm. diametro, pulchre purpurea. 



South Afhica. Locality and collector unknown. 



Described from living cultivated plants. 



M. A.SSIMILE5 N. E. Br. Corpuscula 12-17 mm. alta, 9-12 mm. lata et 

 7-10 mm. crassa, obconica, apice plus minusve obcordata, fissura centrali 

 2- -3 mm. longi, glabra, subcinereo-viridia vel leviter subc^eruleo-viridiuj 

 apice punctis atroviridibus in lineas confiuentibus et paucis distinctis et 

 interdum punctis purpureis conspicue notata. Calyx 4-5-lohus ; tubus plus 

 minusve exsertus vtd inclusus^ 3-4 mm. longus, membranaceus ; lobi oblongi, 

 obtusi, CWoUa 15-18 mm. diametro ; tubus 5-6 mm, longus ; petala circa 

 30, subbiseriatu, 8-0 mm. longa, ^-^ mm. lata, acuta vel obtnga, lactea. 



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