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Royrena WHYTEANA, Hiern, sp. n. Foliis lanceolatis vel anguste ovali-ovatis, tenuiter 
coriaceis, margine sericeo-setoso, basi subcordatis, breviter petiolatis; floribus 
solitariis, 6—7-meris; calyce semi-fisso, lobis lanceolatis vel ovatis; staminibus 8 ; 
ovario (in floribus masculis rudimentario ?) piloso, in stylis 2 desinente. 
Branches dark ashy; towards the extremities dark ferruginous and hispid, leafy. 
Leaves (of the young shoots) alternate, entire, lanceolate or narrowly oval-ovate, some- 
what cordate at base, acutely pointed at apex, thinly coriaceous; silky, with pale tawny 
setose hairs on the margin and on the midrib both above and below; 1}~1} in. long by 
2-2 in. broad; midrib depressed above ; petiole 4-4 in. long, clothed with tawny 
setose hairs. Flowers solitary. Peduúñele axillary, about ? in. long, clothed with 
tawny setose hairs, bracteate about the middle; bracts opposite or solitary, sessile, 
lanceolate, glabrous above, clothed beneath with tawny hairs, about 4 in. long. Calyx 
hemispherical, 6—7-eft, setose towards the base, } in. long; teeth lanceolate or ovate, 
acute. Corolla ¿ in. long, deeply divided ; lobes 6, glabrous, oblong or slightly obovate, 
obtusely pointed, net-veined, reflexed. Stamens 8, }%s-} in. long; anthers narrowly 
linear-lanceolate, somewhat hairy at the back upwards, filaments TT short. Ovary 
hairy, narrow (rudimentary ?); styles 2, glabrous. 
Hab. Milanji. 
The affinity of the species is with R. scabrida, Harv. 
TABERNZMONTANA VENTRICOSA, Hochst. ex DC. Prod. viii. p. 366. 
Hab. Milanji. No. 188. 
TABERNZMONTANA STAPFIANA, Britten, sp. n. Foliis coriaceis oblongo-ellipticis, basi 
acutis, apice obtusis, 5-7 poll. longis, 2-3 poll. latis, nervis lateralibus prominenti- 
bus 12-14; floribus corymbose-paniculatis, paniculis in foliorum anni preecedentis 
axillis, pedunculo pedicellisque crassis, calyce 5-lineo, corollæ tubo pollicari sub- 
cylindrico, medio minus quam in 7' angolensi ampliato, lobis late-obovatis vel 
suborbicularibus, 16 lin. longis, 10-12 latis, apice rotundis, staminibus infra 
medium insertis fauces minime attingentibus, 5 lin. longis. 
Hab. Milanji, 6000 ft. No. 87. Md 
Differs from 7. angolensis, Stapf (Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 
1894, p. 23), in the more prominently-nerved leaves, thicker pedicels, and larger flowers. 
I have named this species after Dr. O. Stapf, to whom I am indebted for pointing out 
its affinity with his recently described 7' angolensis. In that description he makes no 
reference to the fruit, which is absent both from the British Museum and Kew speci- 
mens. The plant is the “ No. 55 (Apocynacez) ” of the Apontamentos (p. 588), where 
the fruit is described as “ fructus follicularis geminatus, mole, forma, et colore fruct. 
citr. aurantii. Semina membranis suberosis involuta (in optimo statu!).” To the 
specimen in the British Museum, where we have a complete transcript of all Welwitsch's 
notes, is attached a similar description, with the addition of “ Flores et fructus maturos 
et immaturos ssepius eodem tempore fert." 
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