504 DR, O. STAPF—PLANTE NOV.E 
ornati. Lamina ambitu ovata vel sepius suborbieularis, inter- 
dum leviter trilobata, 6-8:5 cm. longa, 9-65 em. lata, subacuta, 
dupliciter obtuse serrata, basi 5-7-venia, utrinque scabrida, 
supra pilis minutis stellatis et paucis longioribus simplicibus 
puberula, subtus pubescens (novella subtus tomentella); vens 
supra prominule subtus prominentes, laterales utrinque circa 3 
(basalibus exceptis); venule supra inconspieum, subtus pro- 
minule. Stipule e basi lata arcuato-subulatz, cirea 1 em. 
longs, basi 2-2:5 mm. late, stellatim ciliate. Pedunculi 5-7 mm. 
longi, dense pubescentes. Flores 4-5 una involucrati, bracteis 
subulato-linearibus eirca 4 mm. longis, 075 mm. latis, pedicellis 
cirea 38 mm. longis. Sepala 5, linearia, 13:5 mm. longa, supra 
medium 1-125 mm. lata, apice cucullata appendiculata, basi per 
2 mm, ampliata, dense ciliata, 1:5-2 mm. lata, extra stellatim 
pubescentia, intus glabra, appendieula 0*5 mm. louga. Petala 5, 
oblongo-lanceolata, rotundata, 10:5-11:5 mm. longa, 275-3 mm. 
lata, basi per 1:5 mm. dense ciliata, pilis extra affixis. Andro- 
gynophorum 05-0775 mm. longum, glabrum, glandulis transverse 
ellipticis circa 0*4 mm. longis, 0'75 mm. latis. Discus extra- 
staminalis vix 0°5 mm. altus, dense longiuscule ciliatus. Stamina 
10 (-11), alterne ineequalia; filamenta 9-11 mm. longa; anther 
1-125 mm. longs. Ovarium depresso-globosum, vix 1 mm. 
diametro, 5-loculare ; stylus circa 10 mm. longus, filamenta lon- 
giora subequans. Capsula globosa, glabra, corpore 4-5 mm. 
diametro, aculeis uncinatis 7-8 mm. longis. 
Ruwenzori Mountain, 1800 m., Dawe, 657. 
RUTACE. E. 
BALSAMOCITRUS, Stapf (gen. nov.). 
gle affinis, habitu, foliis crassis, imprimis staminibus paucis 
definitis et seminum testa glaberrima distincta. 
Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx parvus, 5-partitus, diu per- 
sistens. Petala 5, oblonga, imbricata. Stamina 10; filamenta 
subulata, antheris sagittatis longiora, disco annulari insidentia. 
Ovarium ovoideum, 8-loculare ; stylus brevis, conico-cylindricus, 
mox deciduus; stigma inconspicuum, vix suleatum ; ovula in 
loculis œ, 2-seriata. Bacca ovoideo-globosa, corticeo ligneo, 
8-locularis, loculis polyspermis muco liquido balsameo repletis, 
pulpa parca. Semina subellipsoidea, leviter compressa, testa 
coriacea, glaberrima; endosperma nullum. Embryo cotyle- 
donibus amplis crassis earnosis, radicula minuta.— Arbor inermis, 
