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840* Kiialvue ; abundant in alluviul plain forest ; serpentine ; 50 £t. 893. 

 Comboni Mts,; forest near creek; 2500 ft.; serpentine, 2180, Sliriib 

 5-G ft. Corolla rose or pink, scentless. Berries spherical, blue-violet. 



Var. LONGIL'OLIA, var. nov, A typo discreput ob folia lunoiora (usque ad 

 18x5 cm.) costa rubiginosa pcrcursu, filanicnta longiora ita stamina longius 



exserfca.5 stigniatis ramos duplo longlores tenuioresque. 



lliv. Ngoye ; in Casuarina-Aijatlds forest; 400 ft.; serpeiitine. 20G1. 



Sbrub () ft* Flowers rosy-rc(3, scentless. 



PsYCHOTRiA SUAVEOLENS S. Moore, sp. nov. Frutex bimetralis, glaber; 

 ramulis tenuibus inferno cicatriciferis supcrnc foliosis ; foliis 4-Gx l'2-2 cm. 

 lanceolatis yel lanceolato-oblongis apicem A^ersns Scf^pe acuminatis apice ipso 

 oblusis vel acufcis basi in petiolum 1-2 cm. long, attenuatis membranaceis 

 pagina utraque opacis costis lateralibus utrinqiie circa inconspicuis ; 

 dijjulls inter se liberis triangularibus acutis 2-3 mm. long. ; floribus 5-meris 

 inter minores in cymani pedunculatam laxe trichotomam 3'5 X 4 cm, 

 digeslis; pedicellls filiforniibus quani fiores interdum brevioribus interdum 

 usque 1 cm. long, braotoas parvulas excedcntibus ; ovario 1 mm. long, 

 turbinato quam calyx cupularis obscure denticulatus longiore ; corollcv alba? 

 tubo infundibulari intus in medio pubescentc 7 mm. long, quam lobi ovato- 

 oblongi obtusi paullo longiore ; antheris juxta medium tubum insertis 

 iuclusis 2'5 mm. long. ; st^lo cxserto ramis stigmatosis prominentibus 

 coronato 8%5 nnn. long, 



Paompai ; forest; 500 ft,; locally frequent. 1890. 



Judging from 13aillon's description, this must be near Lis JJragoga 

 liijuslriua^ which is said to have oblong-obovate subcorlaceous leaves shining 

 on the upper side^ connate stipules^ subdicliolomous cymes, and a smaller 

 'Hubular" corolla. The flowers, although white when living, dry red, and 

 tljis gives tlie specimens somewhat the ap[iearance of P. speciosa, a plant 

 in several respects diverse. 



P. nuricoLA Schlcchter. Kuakue ; 50 ft. ; Spermolepis forest by river. 



947. IS'ekandoj Spermolepis forest; 500 ft. 2115. Unbranched, 3 ft., 



but ceriainly gets bigger than that. Inflorescence white. Corolla white 

 with wdiite hairs in throat. 



P, CoMrTOKii S. Moore, sp. nov. Fruticulus ramosus metralis ; ramulis 

 subteretibus superne crebro foliosis in sicco nigrescentibus puberulis cito 

 glabroscentibus ; foliis 10-14 x 2'5-5 cm. lanceolato-ellipticis vel oblongo- 

 obovatis aplce breviter lateque acuminatis ipso obtusis basi in petiolum 

 l'5-2 cm. long, extenuatis coriaceis supi-a glabrls opacisque subtus minu- 

 tissime argenteo-lepidotis ; stipidis connatis caulem laxe vaginantibus apice 

 obtusis margine ciliolatis 5-8 mm. long.; Jioribus breviter pedicellatis in 



