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angustissime reticulatis utrinque manifeste conspicuis. Flores versus apicem 
ramorum in foliorum axillis semper solitarii, pedicellis 4—1,3 cm longis, 
dense pilosis, receptaculum obovato-cylindraceum superne manifeste am- 
pliatum, dense breviter pilosum, er. 4 cm longum, superne 2 mm crassum; 
sepala oblonga, er. 1,5 cm longa, 4—5 mm lata, apice acuta, extrinsecus 
dense brevissime pilosa, intus glabra, margine manifeste albido -pilosa; 
petala 0; discus annularis cr. 1,5 mm altus, margine dense fimbriatus; 
androphorum receptaculum cr. 2 mm alte superans, staminibus liberis, 
numerosissimis; gynophorum sub anthesi er. 4,5 cm longum columniforme; 
ovarium lineare cr. 5 mm longum, vix I mm crassum, glabrum, stigmate 
parvo, sessili, subcapitato. 
Südliches Somalland: Bei Doke am Ganale im dichten Buschwald, 
120 m ü. M. (ErLENsECck n. 2262. — Blühend im Juni). 
60. M. tomentosa Pax in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 14 (1892) p. 305. 
Tropisches Ostafrika: Ohne nähere Standortsangabe, vielleicht aus 
dem Seengebiet stammend (Fischer n. 71). 
61. M. trichocarpa Gilg et Benedict n. sp. — Frutex squarrosus, 
lignosus, ramis junioribus flavido-brunneis leviter rimosis, parce breviter 
pilosis, lenticellis albidis minimis parce obtectis, demum griseis, glabres- 
centibus. Folia semper simplicia ramis abbreviatis insidentia, fasciculata 
2-na, vel folia solitaria rarius intermixta, oblonga vel obovata, apice rotun- 
data vel saepius leviter emarginata, basin versus late cuneata vel sub- 
rotundata, sub anthesi coriacea, utrinque dense brevissime pilosa vel papil- 
losa, opaca, aspera, petiolo 3—4 mm longo, dense piloso, 2,2—2,8 cm 
longa, 1 — 4,4 em lata, nervis lateralibus 4—6-jugis, nervis venisque utrinque 
manifeste prominentibus. Flores plerumque ramis abbreviatis insidentes, 
fasciculati 3—1-ni, vel rarius in racemos breves paucifloros collecti, pedi- 
cellis cr. 7 mm longis, dense pilosis; receptaculum obovato-cylindraceum, 
superne paullo ampliatum, 5—6 mm longum, 2—21/, mm crassum, nervis 
sepalorum elevatis decurrentibus longitudinaliter striatum, dense pilosum; 
sepala ovato-oblonga, apice late acutata, 0,7—1 cm longa, 5—6 mm lata, 
extrinsecus dense pilis obtecta, intus subglabra ; petala 0; discus orbicularis 
dense fimbriatus; androphorum receptaculum alte superans, staminibus 
liberis numerosis, cr. 4,6 cm longis; gynophorum sub anthesi cr. 1,3 cm 
longum; ovarium lineare, glabrum vel leviter papillosum, 3 mm longum, 
1 mm crassum, stigmate crasse pulvinariformi. Fructus elongati atque 
pluries articulati 3 cm longi, cr. 5 mm crassi, dense breviter pilosi vel 
tomentosi, gynophorum fructiferum 2 cm longum glabrum, pedicellis cr. 
| cm longis parce pilosis. 
Nord-Nigeria: Katagum Distr. (I. M. Darzıer n. 1414). 
62. M. Johannis Volkens et Gilg in Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ostafr., C. 
(4895) p. 187. 
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