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triades staminum interjectis ; triadis stamen medium lateralibus 
brevius; tubus staminalis vix 2 mm. altus; filamenta libera 
2-3:5 mm. longa; anthere lineares 3-4 mm. longs ; staminodia 
10-13 mm. longa, 0°75 mm. lata. Ovarium 5- vel 7-loculare, 
5 mm. diametro, extra dense tomentosum ; stylus communis vix 
ultra 4 mm. longus, ultra medium vel usque furcam tomentosus, 
ramis loculis isomeris, 6 mm. longis, valde revolutis, externe 
glabris; loculi intus stellato-pilosi, usque 9-ovulati. Capsula 
10-13 mm. longa, 5-6 mm. diametro transverso, loculis 1-spermis, 
ovulis abortivis persistentibus. 
Buddu Distriet, on hills, Masaka, Dawe, 10. 
Dombeya Mukole, Sprague, sp. nov. (§ Xeropetalum) ; D. um- 
braculifere, K. Schum., habitu simillima, pedicellis pilis stellatis 
tantum indutis, alabastris rotundatis, sepalis 6—-7-nerviis haud 
acuminatis, ovario longe tomentoso ab ea recedit. 
Arbor usque ad 20 m. alta. &amuli 3-5 mm. diametro, striato- 
rugulosi, purpureo-fusci, puberuli. —Petioli semiteretes, pilis 
stellatis caducis pubescentes, 1-4 em. longi. Lamina late ovata, 
breviter aeutiuseule acuminata, basi cordata, 5-10 em. longa, 
3-7 em. lata, crenato-serrata, supra sublevis minute stellatim 
puberula, venis inconspicuis pubescentibus, subtus stellatim 
pubescens, venis et rete denso venularum prominentibus, basi 
sub-7-venia, venis lateralibus exteris utrinque 4-6. Stipule 
lanceolat:,, acuminate, 6-7 mm. longi, 1:5 mm. late, utrinque 
dense pubescentes. Pedunculi axillares, 3-6 em. longi, stellato- 
pubescentes; pedicelli 05-1 cm. longi, longius et densius 
pubescentes; bracteole lineares, 1:5-2 mm. longa, stellato- 
pilose, eadueissims. Sepala oblongo-lanceolata, acutiuscula, 
45-5 mm. longa, L:2-1:8 mm. lata, extra stellato-tomentella, 
intus glabra, 6-7-venia. Petala valde obliqua, 8:5-9 mm. longa, 
4-4°5 mm. lata. Stamina perfecta 15, staminodiis 5 inter triades 
staminum interjectis; triadis stamen medium lateralibus brevius; 
tubus staminalis vix 0'5 mm. longus; filamenta libera 2-3:5 mm. 
longa; antherx oblonga, circa 1 mm. longe ; staminodia 6-7 mm. 
longa, fere filiformia. Ovarium 3-loculare, depresso-globosum, 
l mm. altum, 1:5 mm. diametro (pilis inclusis 1:5 mm. altum, 
2 mm. diametro), longe albido-tomentosum ; loculo biovulati ; 
stylus 2-2:5 mm. longus, inferne pilosus. 
Budongo Forest, Dawe, 531; Mabira Forest, Dawe, 182: 
Koki District, Dawe, 394. Native name, * Mukole." 
