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calycis lobis 15 mm. long. et 15 mm. lat.; seminis cotyledonis 
plicatis contortuplicatis. 
On Mount Gonkwi, Duunia Talla Hills, Feb. 16, no. 4860; an 
undershrub in forest by Kora River, Feb. 18, no. 4797. 
Also shrub scandent, 14 feet, supporting itself by spines, 
Onitscha, Niger Expedition, Barter, no. 1699! 
MALvaces. 
KostELEeTzKya FLAVA, EL. G. Baker, sp. nov. 
Perennis, caule erecto stellato-scabrido inferne terete superne 
applanato ; foliis breviter petiolatis anguste oblongis vel anguste 
oblanceolatis apice acutis basi cuneatis margine precipue versus 
apicem serratis trinerviis utrinque stellato-pubescentibus ; ped- 
unculis solitariis unifloris strictis teretibus quam folia brevioribus 
vel subsequantibus, versus apicem articulatis, bracteolis line- 
aribus pubescentibus calyce brevioribus; sepalis lanceolatis acutis ; 
petalis (in siccitate flavis) quam calyx brevioribus ; capsulis his- 
pidis pentagonis ad angulas salientes pubescentibus 5-cellulis, 
5-spermis, spermis brunneis. 
Stem 14 feet high or more; leaves 1-23 inches long, about 
2 inch broad ; petioles 3 inch. 
Differs from KH. adoensis, Hochst., by its narrow leaves and 
unbranched peduncles. 
Rather wet alluvial by river at Erimakuna, alt. c. 3000 feet, 
in Niger drainage area, March, no. 5256. 
Probably the following specimen of Welwitsch no. 4900, “am 
Cuanza Sasamanda, Pungo Andongo, Feb. 1857,” is a stouter 
form of this species. 
Hrsiscus Scorertu, LE. G. Baker, sp. nov. 
H. caule ligneo ramoso non spinoso, ramis strictis stellato- 
pubescentibus ; foliis petiolatis profunde palmati-5-lobatis, lobis 
serratis subtus minute incano-stellato-pubescentibus, junioribus 
non lobatis vel trilobatis serratis, margine et nervo medio 
rubro ; floribus axillaribus solitariis breviter pedunculatis; brac- 
teolis lineari-lanceolatis liberis integris nec furcatis nec appendi- 
culatis, quam calyx brevioribus ; sepalis ovatis acuminatis pubes- 
centibus; margine et nervo medio rubro-fulvo; petalis calyce 
longioribus (in siccitate purpureis) capsulis parvis apiculatis, 
