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Peddiea llarv. in IIouk., Journ, of Bot. 1840. 2. p, 266. 



P. Zenker! Gilt; n, sp.; ghiborrima; foliis membranacois, 

 maijTi iSj nitidulis, lanceolalis, apice sub a cum ina tis^ apicc ipso 

 ro.lumlaljs^ basi sensiin in petioluni brevem cuneatim anguslatis, nervls 

 lateralibus atque venis anj^uste vel an gustissime reticulatis 

 ten ui bus utrinque manifeste prom inentib us; bracteis ad basin 

 podunculi linearibus, confertis ^ demum caducis ; p ed u n c ul o b r e- 



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nnn Ion go podicell is saepius broviore, 7 — 10- 

 rioro; pedicellis tenuibus quam floras bre viorib us ; floribus 

 4-meris; receptaculo cylindrico; sepalis 4 brevibus ovato-lriangulrtribus 

 recoptacuio 6 — 7-plo brevioribuSj margine manifeste sericeo-tomenlosis* 

 Cetera generis. 



Blatter H — 13 cm lani;, 4 — 5 cm l)reit. Blatlstiel 4 — 5 mm lang. Braclcen 1,3— 

 1j5 cm lang, ca. 3 mm breit. Blulenslie! 4 — G mm lang. liUUenslielcIien 6 — 7 mm lang. 

 Rccc^ptaculum 6 — 7 mm lang, ca. 2,o mm dick\ 



Kamerun, Yaundostalion (Zknkkk n. 242, im Marz 1890 bUihend), 



Stcht zweifelloH dcr P. parviflora Hook, nahe, unlerscheidet sicli jeducli von der- 

 selben leicht durcli die vii'l t^ruGeren and mil durcliaus verschiedener Nervalur ver- 

 seliunen Blatter, die kurzeii BlLitenstieie^und das langere und diinnere Beceptaculum. 



P, 1 n g i p e d i ce 1 1 a I a Gilg n . sp . ; glaberrima ; foliis m c m - 

 branaeeis, magnis, lanceolalis, apice rotundatis, basi subsensim 

 in petiolum brevem angustatis, nervls lateralibus atque ve n is 

 remote obsoleleque reticulatis, ten uissi mis sed utrinque 

 distincte pr omi ncn tibus; bracteis ad basin pcdunculi caduoissimis; 

 pedunculo elongato 2,5^3 cm longo pedicellis acquilongo 

 vel lis paullo breviorc, 5 — 8-floro; pedicellis tenuibus quam 

 floros 1,5-plo longioribus; floribus 5-meris; receptaculo cylindrico 

 valido, crasso ; sepabs 5 brevibus late ovatis rotundatis receptaculo 4 — 4,5- 

 j^lo brevioril)us, margine parco vel parcissime pubescentihus. — Cetera 

 generis* 



