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microscopice ciliolatis crassiusculis, corolla: cirea usque ad medium partite 
tetramerze calycem excedentis lobis late ovatis obtusissimis, staminibus 
8 antheris oblongis bifidis subinclusis, ovario subgloboso glabro 4-loculo, 
stylo bene exserto, stigmate peltato, ovulis quoque in loculo paucis. 
Hab. Melsetter at 6000 ft. ; fl. Oct. ; n. 612. [Also Portuguese East 
‚ Africa, abundant on wet sandy flats near Bajon Magenja da Costa ; Sim in 
hb. Bolus, 5688. | 
Ваший ultimi modo 0:2 mm, diam. Folia (incluso petiolo 0:2 mm. long.) 
15-2 mm. long., 05 mm. lat. Pedicelli plerique 1-2 mm. long. Calyx 
1 mm., corollz 1*5 mm. long. Filamenta complanata, 0*4 mm. long.; antherze 
] mm., lobi 0:25 mm. long. Ovarium fere 1x 1mm. Stylus vix 15 mm. 
long. Stigma ægre 1 mm. diam. 
Nearest P. milanjiensis, Britt. & Rendle, from which it can be distinguished 
by the leaves and exserted style. 
This is one of the two common trees on the wind-swept slopes of the higher 
hills overlooking Melsetter, where it attains to about 15 feet. 
PHILIPPIA HEXANDRA, ©. Moore, sp. nov. 
Arbuseula ramis sat validis cortice rubiginoso-cinereo rimoso obdueto, 
ramulis tenuibus dense foliosis pubescentibus, folis plerumque 3—5-natim 
verticillatis linearibus obtusis dorso alte suleatis crassiusculis pubescentibus, 
floribus parvis in umbellas terminales sessiles paucifloras digestis, pedicellis 
calyce siepissime brevioribus pubescentibus, calyce 4-fido pubescente lobo 
unico ovato sursum angustato quam reliqui late oblongi majore lobis omnibus 
pubescentibus necnon marginibus ciliatis, corolla calycis lobos minores 
excedente breviter 4-loba lobis subrotundatis obtusissimis, staminibus 6 
antheris oblongis bifidis paullulum  exsertis, ovario subgloboso incano- 
tomentoso 4-loculo, stylo sat gracili ovario paullulum longiore glabro, stigmate 
peltato obscure lobulato, ovulis quoque in loculo 3. 
Hab. Melsetter and Northern Melsetter, 5000—6500 ft.: fl. Oct. ; nn. 1147, 
6072. 
А small tree 30 feet high. Rami ultimi circa 0'4 ст. diam., ramuli 
004 em. Folia deorsum paullo ampliata, 2:5 mm. long., 0°75 mm. lat., in 
sicco olivacea, verticillis approximatis ita folia sat arcte imbricata. Pedicelli 
+ 0-5 mm. long. Calyx 0°8 mm. long. ; lobus major 1:4 mm. long. Corolla 
tota 12 mm. long., lobi cirea. 08 mm. Filamenta complanata, 0*6 mm. 
long.; antheree 0°75 mm. long., harum lobi circa 02 mm. long. Ovarium 
07x05 mm.; stylus 0°75 mm. long.; stigma 0'5 mm. diam. Capsula 
subglobosa, 2:5 x 2:25 mm. 
Easily distinguished from P. melanjiensis, Britten & Rendle, by the longer 
hairy leaves, the hexandrous flowers, small stamens, and longer slender 
style. 
LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XL. K 
