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MONOCHLAMYDEZ. 
By Spencer Le M. Moore. 
МҮСТАСІМЕА. 
BoERHAAVIA ADSCENDENS, Willd. Sp. PL 1. 19. 
Chibabava, Lower Buzi, 400 ft. ; in fl. & fr. Dec. ; nn. 1747, 1747 a. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
A common weed in cultivated ground, 
ILLECEBRACEJE. (Е. С. Baker.) 
Except the following, Corrigiola littoralis, Linn., is the only representative 
of this order in the collection. It is a weed of wide distribution. 
CoRRIGIOLA DRYMARIOIDES, Bak, fil., sp. nov. 
Herba humilis, repens, caulibus elongatis viridibus glabris; stipulis ovatis 
vel subovatis seariosis ; foliis viridibus sessilibus vel subsessilibus ovatis vel 
oblongo-ovatis basi rotundatis vel late cuneatis apice acutis sepissime alternis 
rarissime oppositis quam internodiis sepissime brevioribus rarius longioribus 
margine integris ; floribus parvulis in cymas axillares её pedunculatas dis- 
positis bracteatis eymis quam foliis longioribus ; calyce alte quinquepartito 
calycis segmentis obtusis medio viridibus marginibus membranaceis ; petalis 
5 quam calycis segmentis paullo brevioribus ; staminibus 5 ; ovario ovoideo ; 
stylo brevissimo 2-partito segmentis recurvis ; ovula funieulo filiformi orto 
e basi suspensa ; fructu subgloboso calycis segmentis incluso ; seminibus 
»voideo-globosis. 
Hab. Chimanimani Mountains at 7000 ft. ; in fl. & fr. Sept. ; n. 2159. А 
trailing herb common among the crags. 
Caules debiles, usque ad 33 em. lengi. Internodia 5-18 mm. longa. 
Stipule 1:5-2:5 mm. longw. Folia 7-12 mm. longa, 5-9 mm. lata. Bracteæ 
circa 1:5 mm. longs. Calycis segmenta circ. 2 mm. longa. | Capsula circiter 
1:5 mm. diam. 
'The sessile or subsessile ovate leaves and the comparatively few-flowered 
axillary сутез at once distinguish this from the only other African species. 
PHYTOLACCACEAZE. 
PuHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA, 7 Herit. Stirp. Nov. 143. 
Mt. Maruma, 3500 ft. ; Lusitu River at about 3000 ft. ; in fl & fr. Sept. 
Oct.; nn. 2116, 2117, 2118. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa, Madagascar. 
