SPENCER MOORE: GAMOPETALX. 168 
centes.  Stipularum pars basalis cirea 0:2 em. long., 
appendici filiformi reeurvo-patenti equilonga. Corymbi 
cirea 50 em. diam. Flores albi. Calycis limbus liber 
vix O1 cm., lobi 0°27 em. long. Corolle tubus 2'0 em., 
lobi 0*6 em. long. Filamenta 0-07 cm. antherze lineares, 
torquatie, 0'5 em. long. Stylus 4'0 cm. long. 
Recognized by the small leaves drying dark, coupled with the 
densely flowered corymbs and certain floral details. 
PavETTA BaAGSHAWETZ, sp. nov, 
P. fruticosa, glabra, ramulis teretibus distanter foliosis, 
foliis brevipetiolatis obovatis vel anguste obovato-oblongis 
apice cuspidato-acuminatis basi obtusis vel rotundatis 
tenuiter coriaceis, stipulis in vaginam connatis sursum 
subulato-setaceis diuscule persistentibus, corymbis ad 
apicem ramulorum sessilibus densifloris, floribus 4-meris, 
ealyeis lobis sat elongatis subulato-setaceis eiliatis quam 
pars indivisa saltem 4-plo longioribus, coroll mediocris 
tubo attenuato intus pubescente lobis oblongis obtusis 
3-plo longioribus, antheris exsertis filamentis brevissimis 
fultis, stylo elongato longe exserto glabro, stigmate 
anguste fusiformi indiviso. 
Hab. Shore of Lake Vietoria Nyanza at Musozi. Fl. 
January, 127. 
Folia summum 11:0 em. x 65 em., ssepius 1070 x 3'5- 
4°5 cm.; eost» secundarie utrinque circa 10, marginem 
versus aperte arcuate ; costule haud prominentes; 
petioli + L'O em. long., erassiusculi. Corymbi adusque 
5'0 em. diam. Flores albo-virescentes. Calycis limbus 
0:12 cm., lobi 0°5-0°6 em. long. Corolle tubus 1:5 em. 
long. in sicco O'l em. humectatus 0'2 em. lat.; lobi 
05 cm. long. Anthere lineares, maxime torquatz, 
0-4 em. long. Ovarium turbinatum, 0:15 em., stylus 
3:5 em. long. 
Known by the sessile densely-flowered inflorescences, together 
with the glabrous leaves, the relatively long setaceous ciliated 
ealyx-lobes, and the medium-sized corollas with the tube three 
times as long as the limb. 
Rurwea RUFIPILIS, Hiern, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 188. 
Edge of swamp on shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza at 
Musozi. Fl. & Fr. February, 167. 
Distrib. Central Lake District, Upper Guinea. 
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