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pedicellis gracillimis ad basin appendiculatis; sepalis 5 obtusis (in sicco flavo- 
viridibus) ; petalis nullis; corona exteriore gamophylla, cylindracea, ore longe 
fimbriata, corona interiore annulari brevissima ; staminibus inclusis; stylis precipue 
post anthesin exsertis, divergentibus, filiformibus ; stigmatibus clavatiformibus ; 
fruetu pericarpio chartaceo ovoideo; seminibus fere ellipticis applanatis. 
Hab. Zomba. 
Stem 1-13 ft. high; leaves 2 in. to nearly 3 in. long, 3 in. to nearly 4 in. broad; 
peduncles ¿ in. long. 
- This plant resembles Tryphostemma zanzibaricum, Mast. in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 
p. 508, in the structure of its flowers. Engler, in the * Botanische Jahrbücher’ for 1892, 
revises the genus Tryphostemma, proposing the sections Hutryphostemma, Neotrypho- 
stemma, and Basananthe, this last section, consisting of West-tropical African pian; 
having been formerly kept up as a genus. | 
T. apetalum will belong to the section Hutryphostemma; but the peduncles are 
1-2-flowered, and not 3-flowered. The stipuliform appendages referred to in the 
description are organs similar to those found in T. triloba, Bolus in Hook. Icones Plant. 
t. 1838, where, however, they are described as stipules; their point of insertion is above 
the peduncle. 
MOMORDICA FETIDA, Schum. et Thonn, Pl. Guin. p. 426. 
Hab. Zomba. 
Distr. Abyssinia; Cordofan; Central Africa; Guinea; Fernando Po; Natal. 
HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA, Linn.; Hiern, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 6. 
Hab. Milanji, alt. 6000 ft. No. 197. 
Widely spread in Tropical and Subtropical regions. 
PHYSOTRICHIA BUCHANANI, Benth. in Hook. Icones Plant. t. 1358. 
Hab. Milanji. No. 14. 
Gathered on Zomba by Buchanan and Sir J. Kirk. 
PEUCEDANUM, Sp. 
Hab. Milanji, alt. 6000 ft. 
CAUCALIS MELANANTHA, Benth. & Hook. fil.; Hiern, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 26. 
Hab. Milanji. No. 121. 
Distr. Abyssinia, alt. 9300 ft. (Schimper); Camaroons, alt. 7000-9000 ft., Kilima- 
njaro; Masai Country; Kapte Plateau, 5000-6000 ft. ; Plateau, Lake Nyasa; also in 
Madagascar. 
CAUCALIS PEDUNCULATA, Baker fib, n. sp. ©. radice crassa; caule adscendente, canali- 
culato, albo-piloso; foliis ovatis, bipinnatifidis, segmentis oblongis acutis, incisis, 
inferioribus distincte petiolatis, vagina membranacea, venosa, magne dilatata, 
margine albo-pilosa ; umbellis terminalibus, involucri et involucelli bracteis lineari- 
