500 DR. O. STAPF—PLANTAÀ NOVE 
FLACOURTIACER. 
Rawsonia ugandensis, Dawe et Sprague, sp. nov.; ramulis 
novellis et spicis tomellis, foliis argute spinuloso-serratis abrupte 
acuminatis a ceteris speciebus distinguitur. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, ramulis cinereo-fuscis, 8-4 mm. 
diametro, novellis dense brunneo-tomentellis. — Pefioli 5-10 mm. 
longi, supra valde sulcati, juventute tomentelli, demum glabres- 
centes. Lamina obovato-oblonga vel oblonga, longe satis abrupte 
acute acuminata, aeumine 1-2 em. longo, basi obtuse cuneata, 
8-14 cm. longa, 3-6 em. lata, spinuloso-serrata, rigide coriacea, 
glabra, subnitidula, venis et venulis supra prominulis subtus 
prominentibus, reticulatione densa manifesta; vens laterales 
utrinque 9-10, ascendentes. Spice axillares, 5-10-flore, 1:5- 
2 em. long ; rhachis leviter flexuosa, brunneo-tomentella. Flores 
exstantes hermaphroditi. Tepala circa 10, dense ciliata, cæterum 
glabra, exteriora minima orbicularia, interiora sensim majora, 
minus coriacea, intima elliptica cirea 7 mm. longa et 4 mm. lata 
(explanata), superne tantum ciliata. Squame petaloidee (sensu 
Harvey et Warburg) 5, elliptico-oblongz, minute ciliate, 6-7 mm. 
longz, 3-35 mm. late (explanatze), basi interne appendice adnata 
elliptica 2-3 mm. longa 1-2 mm. lata densissime pilosa. 
Stamina circa 20; filamenta 5-6 mm. longa, glabra; anthere 
oblonge, 2 mm. longs, minute apiculate, basi subsagittate. 
Ovarium ovoideum, placentis parietalibus 3 rarius 4, ovulis 
numerosis; stigma sessile, tripartitum, ramis patentibus, rarius 
quadripartitum. Fructus immaturi ovoidei, 6-7 mm. longi, 
infra stigma in collum circa 1 mm. longum angustati, stigmatis 
ramis vix 2 mm. longis. 
Bugoma Forest, 1100 m., Dawe, 946. 
MALVACE. 
Bombax reflexum, Sprague, sp. nov.; a B. buonopozensi, 
Beauv., cui affine, floribus majoribus, calyce extra pubes- 
cente, petalis intus dense pubescentibus, stigmatibus reflexis 
recedit. 
Arbor 27-80 m. alta, 1-3 m. diametro, statu juvenili ( Wel- 
witsch) vel etiam adulto (Dawe) aculeata. Ramuli 05-1 em. 
diametro, cortice mox rugoso. Folia 5-7-foliolata, glabra; 
petiolus 10-25 em. longus, semiteres, profunde sulcatus; foliola 
subsessilia vel breviter petiolulata, petiolulis anguste alatis 
