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BOTANY OF THE UGANDA BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 
tenuiter puberulo, oblongis, penninerviis, nerviis lateralibus 
utrinque sepissime 11-13, prope marginem arcuatis et 
inter se conjunctis, supra impressis, fere glabris, subtus 
reticulatis et pubescentibus ad apicem attenuatis apice 
ipso obtusis, basi rotundatis, panicule ramulis precipue 
inferne + elongatis, tenuiter fulvo-tomentellis ; floribus 
masculis albis; sepalis concavis imbricatis, dorso rufo- 
pubescentibus margine subseariosis ; petalis unguiculatis, 
ovatis + albo-hirtis, ad basin squamula magna tomentosa 
instructis; staminibus circa 18-20, petalis subsequilongis, 
filamentis pubescentibus, diseo manifeste conspicuo. 
Species D. insigni, Hook. fil., valde affinis. 
Hab. Island of Wema, Victoria Nyanza. Fl. March 1904, 
d onlv. 592. 
Folia 50-60 em. longa. — Folicla 16-245 em. longa, 7-9 cm. 
lata. Sepala 4-5 mm. longa. Petala + 6 mm. longa + 
4mm, lata. Filamenta + 5 mm. longa. 
PAPPEA UGANDENSIS, sp. nov. 
Frutex ramis vetustioribus nigrescenti-corticatis, foliis 
m , 
apicem ramulorum versus confertis, oblongis, apice obtusis, 
basi rotundatis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 10-17 subtus 
prominentibus, modice petiolatis, junioribus utrinque 
brevissime tomentosis, adultioribus supra demum gla- 
bratis; inflorescentia axillari, spleato-racemosa; calyce 
cupulari 5-lobato, in flore 3 staminibus 8, exsertis, ovario 
rudimentario, in flore 9 ovario 2-lobo, 3-loculari hirsuto, 
disco annulari hy pogyno, stylo brevi crasso erecto superne 
longitudinaliter tristigmatoso. 
Species P.capensi, Ecklon & Zeyher, affinis, differt floribus 
brevissime pedicellatis, racemis foemincis quam racemis 
masculis longioribus, filamentis longioribus. 
Hab. Hillside, Mulema. Fl. June 1903. 369. 
“Shrub with inconspicuous flowers.” 
Folia 5:0-10 em. longa, 2°3-4°5 em. lata. — Petiolus 6-10 mm. 
longus. Fl. d filamentis + 1:5 ium. longis sparse pilo- 
sulis. Fl. 9 stylus + 1:5 mm. longus, 
DODONÆA viscosa, Jacq. Enum. Pl. Carib. 19. 
Below Ruchigga, alt. 5,600 ft. FI. December, 521. 
Distrib. Widely distributed in the Tropics. 
